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Ava Appreciation Week: Favorite Friendship

i have literally seen better fan trailers jdaksdka. i don't mind the phrases (wish they were intercut with new footage; old clips don't get me hype lol), but minus the rule breaking one, these don't feel specific to the mailin we've seen? and i know they switched teams but "who do you want to be?" would be a much stronger new gen thesis if nora & fatou's (non existent) trailers had them too idk.

anyways let's talk about #REAL artistry

the phallic imagery cris ignores vs joana piquing her interest immediately and then literally getting her wet lmao. the way this is a clear reference to isak's trailer but it's also not a copy. it’s erotic without being over-sexualised, it’s fun, it’s exciting. the first kiss foreshadowing with the pool, and the first time we hear hurricanes by dido.

a reverse trailer, like sana's, is such a simple concept yet it does so much. like it’s not just the idea that she’s putting on a false brave face, or that you can’t judge a book by its cover (everyone’s fighting a battle etc), it’s also that she’s stuck and not moving forward, because that’s how poverty works.

the cashqueens not appearing at all and the focus being on the instas partying, tricking us into believing they’d be the main squad - much like viri’s, there’s the idea of hiding something, a truth yet to be revealed. also the entire cast doing voiceovers! i think that works so well with nora’s mindset and just as a general anxieties-of-youth thing? reminds me of the jonas speeches in s1.

literally signaling all the plots and dynamics (and changes in dynamics) via simple bed shots, quick editing, and minimal acting. and the importance of a bed to the story! the music being both hopeful and ominous. the trailer ending with the camera going down to rest next to grace - meant to represent daniel, but also the way we’re going to follow her for 10 weeks too.

the og date fading to white before the new date pops up in yellow! amira’s voiceover apologizing to us for that because she needed time! starting with her staring at us before she leaves! the super quick flashes of new footage representing the ‘caught between two worlds’ concept and how confused & chaotic her mindset is rn!!

everyone look away but i actually do like lucas’ trailer. i think it’s fun to see the ‘first time i saw you’ moment and know that that’s what we’re seeing, and with the way the real time format works it’s like...idk, we know something the main doesn’t, we know how important they’re about to become to each other but they don’t etc. and i do love a good pov switch <3

max looking at chloe // chloe looking at max

girls after they break their favorite mug that costs 69¢