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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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Thank you so much for teaching us how to make a goplay account to watch wtfock. Would you mind doing a walkthrough on how to join vrtmax for those of us who want to watch knokke off? 💛
Of course! :) Here you go. Is anyone translating the episodes, that you know of?
VRT MAX
Go to the right-hand upper corner where you see the little icon with the arrow pointing down
Log In
Don't have a VRT-profile yet? [Click]
Register
Fill out your email address and choose a password
GA VERDER (continue) [Click]
They're like: happy that you want to start a VRT-profile. If you continue on you agree to our terms and conditions. If you want to know more about the privacy terms you can click the second link.
I WANT A VRT PROFILE [click]
First Name
Last Name
Gender (last box is: would rather not say)
D.O.B.
Country (I don't know what happens if you choose your actual country, but if you want to be safe you can click Belgium)
Postal code and city 8300 Knokke ;)
GA VERDER (continue) [click]
This page is about if you want to see ads catered to you, or not. It says it decides this on your personal info (gender, D.O.B., the way you use their app etc.)
JA, AKKOORD (yes, I agree) [Click]
They're asking if you want their newsletters, so don't click any boxes and just say GA VERDER (continue) [Click]
They've sent you an email with an activation link.
The blue button says: "I did it. Continue."
Have fun with Knokke Off!
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💌 if ur still doing these <33
ofc I’m still doing these and even if I wasn’t I would make an accepting for you <3 first of all. the raven cycle (I know it’s a book series I know nothing else), the entire country do canada (whenever I hear about somebody or something in canada I wonder if it’s by you), wtfock (sorry), the ocean (that first icon of yours that I saw was well. Iconic.), and going along with that is sky blue. actually just blue. it’s your color what can I say
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when you last posted about it i decided to rewatch all 4 seasons of skam (which i haven’t watched since 2017) and wow…. this show was so good my obsession has been reignited thank you 🙏🙏
OMG REALLY.....ICONIC OF YOU,, i dont think ive done a full rewatch of the og in years like i got so wrapped up in druck + wtfock that i never went back but i really should because god its sooooo good. i love finding forms of media that im able to get super involved with which is how i ended up loving dsmp but like skam was perfect because i could translate texts and keep up with the characters on ig and wait for the clips to drop like it was such a unique presentation at the time i miss it
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Can you believe two years ago today Willem was blonde.. how is that two years ago??
it seems like a different life tbh. in general, everything wtfock related seems like it happened in a different life. it's funny how it's almost been a year since wtfock ended, but it feels like so much longer. when wtfock was airing I was so into it, like it was my entire life... it was consuming, and now it's not (i would like to think i have a more natural and well-balanced "relationship" to it, but yeah it's still so weird to think about how long ago so many of the iconic moments happened... like in a couple of months it's gonna be three years since season three started... like how did that happen?
but to answer your ask (... sorry i always seem to write something that's way off the ask i get hehe), i can't believe it's been two years. willem... sander having bleached hair always reminds me of the golden days of wtfock, the happy days and back when everything was still so good! even though sander rocked that brunette hair in season five, i still miss his bleached hair so much, it was just so iconic like you wouldn't believe it. so I'm never not thinking about it to be honest, and may the bleached hair rest in peace! <333
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she is beauty she is grace. she is an icon. she is a poc lesbian actress we didn’t spend enough time talking about
yess she deserved her own season so much!! (if written by other people because wtfock obviously doesn’t do well with writing women of color). i wish yara the best and i hope we’ll get to see her in something else someday!!
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The fact that the most important plots in the season aka absent parents, struggling with dysfunctional family, discovering your sexuality, SA which still unnecessary, first love and struggling with finding your place and voice was used as subplots and the most ridiculous and stupid one aka hanne bring hit by a door is the main one... like the biggest miss of wtfock writers and still they Managed to create an amazing ship who could rival the iconic ships of skam franchise and instead of nurturing them they are destroying them without need like honestly is Bobbie is still behaving like a jackals idk. I'm seriously starting to believe that they never intended for them to end up together at the end.
Exactly, like they had do many good plots, but then had hyperfocus on Bobbies addiction and weed use, and now we're here, its so annoying
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omg i picked up skam (og) again bcs i was bored and i’m really getting into it all over again jejdjdjdj btw which ver is ur favorite (s) and why ?
i feel like i can't say that one version of skam holistically is my favorite. it's more like it depends on what i'm valuing. most people's obsession with the og peaked with evak. like you really had to be there in 2016 watching each update drop bc it was all over tumblr. noorhelm was popular in its own right and then there were the iconic scenes of the girls walking to the party or willhelm and his gang walking into school that went viral during their season but i don't think most people actually liked willhelm and frankly neither did i (albeit og noora was adorable and i love her!). the sana season was frustrating but sana and youssef had insaaaane chemistry, so i still really cherish that along with the evak season
other than that, skam italia and wtfock do noorhelm best (esp italia. i could write essays on incantava. i have written essays lmao i was absolutely obsessed with every facet of their season) but i don't particularly care for any of their other seasons or content (albeit i do have a soft spot for sobbe in wtfock). druck is probably the best overall adaptation but i only really care for amira/mohammed and spiderwitz. skam espana does vilda/magnus best but with the rest of the ships i only enjoy the initial development before ultimately losing interest bc they insert weird plot twists. skam nl aesthetically is gorgeous and has one of the best depictions of the central girl group, but that's about it. i don't even register skam france. and skam austin is too weird to process in my head bc i live in texasgjdfhklgdfg
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