Haze — light beams in the haze

On screen

What Haze shows

Haze simulates a room full of slowly swirling smoke, blown by two machines on the floor, and crosses it with a fan of light beams. The beams are visible only where the smoke is dense: they carve it into sharp wisps, coloured by the cover’s palette. It is the moment just before the party starts.

Every kick blows a puff of smoke into the light, the beams breathe on the beat and slowly sweep on every bar; the palette and the rig’s layout change on every phrase. Once per scene a wide central beam projects the cover into the smoke, where it can just be made out. On intense music the drop brings every beam to the centre and a laser sheet slices the smoke.