okay maybe i’m done with my hater era so i’ll just say that this show (aside from half of s7 and this season) is so so special to me
with the original generation they weren’t afraid to take the story and make it their own whilst still being respectful of the vision of the original concept of skam. season 3 is such a peak for me and the best remake of the original alongside españa. i still feel a sense of bitterness when i think about how amira’s season was cut short but i think that they sidestepped a lot of the unnecessary drama of some of sana’s season and gave some beautiful moments of joy with amira’s episodes, as well as a lovely meta ending in the final clip framed as david’s film school application (which i’m assuming they tried to emulate here)
the first two seasons of the new gen were immaculate. nora’s season IS thee definitive skamverse season to me they just managed to craft such a beautiful story of a young girl struggling to understand herself and find and build lasting connections with the people around her amidst a mental health crisis. they referenced the original gen and had cameo appearances from kiki and carlos that acted as “passing the torch” rather than relying on the audience’s previous engagement and approached everything in that season with such originality that was still aware of its history. fatou’s season means the most to me in particular as a story about a wlw couple comprised of two girls of colour whose experiences resonate with me so deeply. i don’t think i’ve ever seen myself more in a character than i do with both kieu my and fatou. i loved how casually yet powerfully they handled queerness within the new gen (regardless of how lacklustre isi’s gender storyline was executed, eren’s performance carried it). and seasons 5 and 6 show such lovely friendships across the whole cast of characters, you can really see how much the cast enjoyed making this show together just as we did with the original generation
it sucks that it came to such a pathetic end but now that it’s over i can take what i enjoyed most from the show and look away from the rest
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Visual Effects in Only Friends MV part 2
The second song on the Only Friends OST dropped today; So What? by the amazing Ford Arun. Much like the first MV for Only Friends, this one is also has visual frameworks that made me stop and stare.
Just like my first post on this subject, where I talked about the late 90s/early 00s aesthetic of the show as well as controlled voyeurism (aka we only see what they want us to see), these themes show up again here, but a little differently. Unlike the Let's Try MV and the BTS vids which use multiple different effects and transitions as well as framing a lot of the scenes to look like (possibly) 90s camcorder footage, So What? has two visual effects (I think technically three, and I'll point out why I say it this way in a minute).
The first one is the camcorder footage effect. Except that it's even different from the Let's Try MV. While the Let's Try MV has the "play" prompt onscreen and time stamps, it now, to me, feels more like CCTV video than camcorder video. The video effect on So What? is definitely camcorder footage because it is time and date stamped.
Now, the time and date stamp is February 1st, 2020 at 6:06pm for every screen it appears on, which to me cannot be an accurate date/time for any of the scenes. Several of these scenes were from episodes 4, 5, 6, or potentially yet to air. Chuem drops info about Covid in episode one and in February of 2020, we were so early into the pandemic during that time that I'm not sure she would have referred to it so casually, plus with no Covid precautions being taken onscreen it does feel the show is set currently (aka 2023).
Why this date? Why 6:06pm? WHAT IS JOJO TRYING TO SAY HERE? Is this a specific reference to something upcoming on the show? Is this date famous in Thailand for something? Did he just pull a date and time out of a hat?
Onto the second effect: the yellow text on the screen is back! It was heavily used as a visual effect in episode one, and after a discussion with @ignoranaxed I did add it to my Narrative Frameworks post where I'm tracking visual effects on the show. We discussed whether or not this was an homage or reference to SKAM Norway, an extremely popular coming of age teen drama that had an amazingly done queer season (Season three. If nothing else, stop what you're doing and go watch SKAM Norway season three. You can thank me later). The show was so popular it has been remade in Spain, Italy, France, Germany (named Druck), Belgium (named WtFock), the United States and has even been announced as a Korean (BL?) drama for next year.
Is this an actual homage? I came down on the side of maybe. I can't swear it is, but I can't say it isn't. That yellow text on the screen is iconic due to SKAM Norway, and it is used in every single remake of the show (if Korea doesn't use it, I will cry. Also, if Korea doesn't release/air it in the same way, I will cry). Leaving that aside, the yellow text is in Thai, and as yet, I have no idea what it says because my subs only translated the song lyrics, not the onscreen words. If anyone who knows Thai can help me with this, I would love you forever because there's one other thing that shows up in yellow on the screen, and it's this:
WHY AN ELLIPSES, JOJO? WHAT DID IT SAY BEFORE THIS? I NEED TO KNOW WHY IT'S TRAILING OFF. IS IT TO BE CONTINUED? THE NOT KNOWING WILL DRIVE ME INSANE.
Onto the third , but maybe not really an effect: Is Ford photoshopped in here?
I ask this because if he is (and I can't quite tell but I think maybe?) then does that mean this is future footage coming up on the show? Or, like Let's Try MV did with it's extra SandRay footage in the car, was this just shot for the MV? I'm curious to see what people think on this.
Now for the rest of the MV where I just melt down because WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DRAMA BETWEEN YO AND PLUG, JOJO? YOU CAN'T DO THIS. Also, is this Sand hugging Yo?
You can't do this to my girl. This will hurt.
Do we think this is Boston and Nick potentially going ice skating or roller skating? Because if it's roller skating, JOJO I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER.
In summary, the visual frameworks are back in play once again and what they're choosing to show and how feel important.
Tagging the ephemerality squad: @waitmyturtles, @wen-kexing-apologist, @ranchthoughts, @chickenstrangers, @lurkingshan, @twig-tea, @clara-maybe-ontheroad, @distant-screaming
Apologies to anyone I missed. If you would liked to be tagged in my OF posts/meta, please let me know and I will add you.
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Some of the best show endings have had couples together at the end that I appreciate:
Simon x Wille together and happy
Kurt x Blaine together, married, expecting a baby, 5 years down the road
Chandler and Monica, married with kids, starting their new life together in a house.
Michael x Alex, married, living their lives
Lost but only in the sideways world when they were all dead.
Syed and Christian from Eastenders left happy together and are still together from what we know
Drew and Rick from the night shift, were happy and married at the end
Isak and Even from Skam left happy and planning a trip
Martino and Niccolo from Skam Italia were happy in season 6
Lucas and Eliott were ok after speed bumps of school related stress from Skam France
Matteo and David were happy and in love from Druck after graduation
Jonas and Hanna were back together in Druck as well
Robbe and Sander were in a great place in Wtfock after graduation.
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zethphan smith-gneist gif pack !
click HERE to find #141 gifs of zethphan smith-gneist in druck ( season 5, episode 4-6 ). all gifs were made by me from scratch. if you want to make them into gif icons, you can as long as you credit me by @’ing me and don’t make them smaller than 100px. don’t claim as your own. don’t use these in smut threads or for taboo plots. feel free to give this a like or reblog if you found this useful, and enjoy!
content warning: PDA.
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