One of a series entitled "Visual Poetry" that was to be accompanied by the following poem:

   Flame

   A flame.
   The candle wax melts
   Forming rivers of white
   That cascade from the molten reservoir
   Over the side like cataracts.

   And then -
   The flame is inhaled;
   Consumed by its benefactor.

   Smoke dances and swirls
   And comes out of my eyes,
   Obscurring;

   And the world turns black again.

It presented a particularly difficult challenge in frame 9: Flame inhaled. Due to the limitations of the available equipment the visuals were reworked slightly and the resulting piece appeared as a vignette in a subsequent film, "Soluble Fish."

1: Flames, ZOOM OUT to title "FLAME". Flames seen through letters - [Fade Out]

2: [Fade In] TRACK to candlestick, PAN UP to candle and flame

3: MLS candle flickering

4: CU candle wick

5: ECU melting wax

6: MCU wax drips down candle

7: CU candle wax collecting

8: MLS flame "inhaled"

9: [XSlo-Mo] BCU flame "inhaled"

10: MLS flame extinguished completely

11: CU smoke from flame

12: [X-Slo-Mo] Smoke moving, light gradually dims to [Fade Out]