An Unexpected Find

An Unexpected Find

Almashharawi, Amr

I’ve always been interested in mixing real life footage with visual effects. For a long time fiction was something that people could only ever write, draw, and imagine, but video and visual effects finally allow us to experience fiction in action as if it was right in front of us. I am a big fan of films that utilize believable and extensive visual effects such as Star Wars or Marvel films. In my own work I try and mirror this sentiment as seen in my submission, “An Unexpected Find”. I’ve always wanted to know how they made lightsaber effects in Star Wars films so when I had the opportunity to submit a video with a flexible prompt to one of my classes, I decided to take it. Learning how the effect works, tracking the shot frame by frame, and editing everything together certainly took a while. But once I finished I couldn’t be happier with what I had. Thank you and I hope you enjoy watching it just as much as I enjoyed making it!

2025