Hi all, I created this daft special effect in order to demonstrate the my children how special effects work in movies, and why they can't believe everything they see on TV. Compositing, "animation" (such as it is), and colour correction were all done in Kdenlive and audio all from freesound.org imported directly using the online resources facility. The sparkles themselves were created in GIMP and then saved as PNG files with transparency.

It's silly but I thought I'd share, and at least now my daughter understands that Charlize Theron doesn't really turn into a flock of sparrows in that trailer!