It’s really sad especially because Viola might seem “gullible” and “naive” to some people, but it’s pretty much exactly what happens when you get into that situation. If you know what it feels like, you’ll understand.
"She isnt like us." THE WAY THAT SUNK IN. OH MU GOD?! THE ACTING TOO, THE CLASSISM. THE WAY SHE STOPPED CHOPPING THE FRUIT AND THE WAY THAT GIRL KEPT TAKING ANYTHING THE OTHER GIRL GAVE HER BUT ITS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED?? THE ACTING IS ACTUALLY INSANE!! I LOVE THIS AND I GOT ATTACHED TO VIOLA AND WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE DOES IN 22 MINUTES. THE FAKE FEMINISM,WHEN SHE IGNORED HER FRIEND IT PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH I FORGOT IT WAS ACTING!!
LOLL THE DANCING WHEN SHES SAYS VIOLA MIND SAYS 😭😭 anyways, this film is way more accurate, unlike other films were they use stereotypical situations. You could also see how Viola started changing the way she dresed and behaved.
19:45 This scene personal feels so well-written for me is the dreading fact that they just did something bad, but they show it in a way that is so warm and memorable is best describe the feeling of finally getting the validation you wanted, yet it’s short-live and immediately shuts down the second later. This story is so uniquely told I love it 😭
FR, this video is exactly what I feel when I was being left out and bullied, I was forced not to be myself and I’m so glad I spoke up, the backhanded compliments and insults about who I used to be and actually is…
I usually don't like films like this because of the unrealistic depiction of common teasing/passive bullying, but honestly, as a 'new kid' who commonly finds herself in situations like Viola found herself here, I relate so much more than I ever thought I would. Even the girls' mannerisms while gossiping in the bathroom are so familiar to me and though I appreciate its realness, I still do get mad, which is amazing. I recognize those words and phrases way too well for my own good. Huge kudos for this.
Hey I hope you’re okay, that must be tough, you don’t deserve to feel like sh*t or get sh*t thrown at you, i hope you get the validation and recognition to not be judged as you deserve ❤️
The acting was superb. The storytelling, everything. It is such a small vignette of what classism really is. The fake feminism, the corporate feminism, the "let others pay for your actions", all this. My niece got caught stealing alongside her friends who were all rich and born into privilege because she felt peer pressured to do so.
And also watch Pink's "F*ckin' perfect" music video,it also relates to the topic...It doesn't sugarcoat about the fact that we would be victim-blamed if we stand up for ourselves,my heart cries even if my eyes didn't the moment I watched the music video of the song,cuz I relate to the girl also who loves to draw and makes mistakes in her life and then got gaslighted whenever I try to protect myself
The acting is so good!! It is honestly pretty relatable, some kids in my school throw around these words like "groomer", "pedophile", etc. without knowing what they mean and it bugs me a lot. I'm not finished watching but still, it's very realistic!!
coming from a neighbourhood pri sch and having ended up in an “elite” girls sch..i can say that the ppl represented in the vid are quite accurate. the film really hits close to home, hell we even swimming pool lmao
@@jidabrightNo it’s actually not normal 😭 I wish it was. Depends where you live and the type of school you go to. My school doesn’t have one and I’m pretty sure no school in my area does.
one of the things I like about this besides the really accurate depiction of the bullying and subtle peer pressure is how it doesn't end in Viola and her "friends" all making up and her parents understanding, because most of the time (in real life) they don't
this hits hard. REALLY HARD, i am in 8 grade too and a few months ago i think i was getting bullied just like this, it doesn't hit you that there not your friends until you finally see it, at first its light comments, playing along, when they insult you, insult them back! then its not bullying right? was my mindset until my friends pulled me aside and told THAT THEY ARE BUULLYING ME. NO THAT ISN'T FRIENDSHIP. i am forever grateful to them
This simply depicts the reality that environment could really change someone's behavior. It could really shape the way they think and act like one of them. It's important to consider the people whom we are hanging out with and what their intention could be. And for a person that doesn't have to change oneself just to get in or to fit in with the people who surrounds them and as well as you don't have to dump older and kinder friends just because you have new one and at the end of the day, they'll leave you and you got you. Find the right circle, find the right friends.
Same, even though my old classmates hid themselves with nice faces and behaviours, then they talked behind my back (I discovered that since 9th grade, by one of my old classmates, who I still stay friends with). And since I discovered their double personality, I've hated them for years until the graduation
Hey my name is Viola, and i think this is such a great video with such a good message . Yup i got bullied when i was a kid but i'm doing very good now, and for all of those who are getting bullied , remember they are not worth your time ,mental space or your tears . Keep your chin up and never back down , you know your worth better than anyone:)
I usually hate films like this but this one was SOO REAL. It was actually realistic and not just classmates bullying (beating up, stealing stuff from them and humiliating) the new one.
I like how at 21:54 she cant escape from reality so she used some silly words to cope instead, my "friends" were similar to her "friends" and i relate to this ALOT. The confusion, sadness, guilt, and anxiety The "what did i do?" And "i just following them" vibes. The "it's ___ fault!". And the friends talking bad about other to her ears, i relate to it so bad..
They added dancing because viola is an wannabe TikToker dancer and that stuff so when the video says “Viola mind!” That means in her viola she find everyone love her and dance with her but in reality no one dancing + no loving her only her old friends from the school ONLY talk to her only
This honestly is reminding me a bit of like how revolutionary mean girls was when it came to filming bullies and that kind of stuff. this short film actually captures a more realistic side to bullying rather than the you. Give me your lunch money and the jock picking on the nerds
this video is so relatable. I wish I could tell my "friends" I was uncomfortable to hear them swearing. I was taught to be a person with ethics and self-esteem so you know it is annoying to listen to those bad words. They regarded swearing unreasonably as something superior and cool and I was supposed to say that to fit in. That is not innocent fun. I am sorry my English is not good. I just want to vent my emotions here.
We're in the same boat! I'm fine with swearing (as long as they don't use it excessively) but my friends think it's cool to go and hate literally everyone but themselves, even their friends. One of my friends would think it's funny to tell someone to die just cause they said goodmorning? And the other one has TOO MUCH of a big ego, just cause you're really pretty and talented doesn't mean that you can be a jerk.
Maturity is when you realize... in the future no ones gonna care how many friends u had at school or how well u fit in at school... in the future, only thing that matters is how well you did at studies and stuff. Even i have a similar situation but i keep reminding myself that I've gotta study well cuz getting validation ain't gonna feed me.
I love the small little instances where Violas “friends” will take things out of her hands or make her hold things with little to no thought. I know another comment stated this, but i also like the detail on how they will throw around the idea of being a pedo or something related to that. I know that people will throw around those topics without realizing how deep or serious they can be. The ideas of the texting being read aloud by the people themselves instead of on a screen is also really creative. And the “random” dancing that happens a few times though the film is kinda relatable. It’s that weird feeling to stay positive with the situation being held, even in a very unrealistic and out of place way.
I love the detail of her using the money her mom was able to give her for the skirt instead of the swimsuit because even though she loves swimming, she wanted to blend in more.
That’s normal in a lot of bilingual households. I grew up in England and my mum is British and my dad is Pakistani. They both speak in Urdu to each other and sometimes English at home and when she says anything to me in that language, I respond in English. We understand it but we can’t speak it. A lot of people actually relate to that, it’s not a big deal and neither is it funny lol.
what's the point of this comment... this is perfectly normal, same for me my parents speak Malayalam a lot to me and I understand but can't speak it myself. They can understand english so they understand me and I understand them. whats so surprising about that lol
I'm on summer break before the last year of high school, and RUclips has granted me this video EXACTLY at the right time, with how much I can link with it. When I first started high school in Year 7, I had completely unrealistic expectations of how being around other kids worked from what I would often read in primary school, so I carried the idea to be cool and kind to everyone thinking it would boost popularity, not realising I set myself tf up for the worst. So ever since Year 7, I've been viewed as "that kid" being often used as the punchline of many jokes, and never being taken seriously due to how confident and cheery I'd often act. There's other things that have blown the flames worse over the years. The main ideology at school is to wear mullets (this is Australia btw), solve any problems with other kids with your fists, take the pathway of dropping out in Year 10 for a working-class apprenticeship, and saving up for a V8 sedan with modded engines. I fail to meet these obligations as a boy, and it's something I do notice with acting less masculine than the others, liking music, reading and geography instead. I even lack a sense of humour, to their standards at least, leaving certain times where I set up jokes of events that would flop miserably. And I feel really comforted watching this film. The fact the bullying is all in private in the film (and in my scenario, often piss-taking), and especially the urge to fit in leading to bad consequences. As much friends as I lack, if I tried mixing with the groups of the other guys, I'd often find myself in places I do not fit (drugs, violence, and some other law-breaking stuff).
Wow this is a great film!! Really enjoyed it, the acting from the girls was excellent, and also the interdek mindset was too real… I feel like I’m reliving school lol (and not in a good way lol)
This reminds me of the time when i was send to a specifically elite russian class (because i had a 1st world country background and the principal thought it fitted me) Everyone was chronically online because that had more life than their everyday lives. The pictures they took had to look in goofy angles w a 0.6/0.5 camera zoom, everyone wore watered down baggy y2k clothes (if they had enough money for the social status) and the boys always had these blue, tight uniforms and played brawl stars (it was weird if you didn't). The gap between genders was huge. They also glazed the 2000's american style, and anything western which was weird considering the nationalism and xenophobia. Appearance was what mattered the most, your nails, your hair, your clothes - it's like they assumed they knew you by it because that's all you were to them. The bullying was like something straight out of a movie. I got greeted by girls walking up to me on my first day at lunch and being impressed by my phone's language being english. They "warned" me about who to avoid, because they had pre-established categories for everyone. When i asked someone if we were friends, she dead ass said that they need to find out were i belonged first,,,, The thing that was the most unsettling however, is how the whole school bullied this one girl because of her telegram channel. She didn't post anything even slightly shocking, the main spotlight was on her seriously using emojis and posting things like "im listening to ariana grande *peace sign*" which they found peak cringe And when i tell the whole school, i mean the whole school bullied her. Her channel gained 127 subscribers from 10 in one hour and the hallways were full of people surrounding her, asking for signatures and pictures, sarcastically bullying her by treating her as if shes famous and then posting that picture in their channel. The rich girls added me to all the channels but there was one that stood out. It was a channel about "school events" which was ran by two almost graduating bsf's (in the "popular" circle). They posted random pictures of the disabled kids, stupid drawings and inside jokes. It was the main school information source My (what i thought friend) literally laughed at another girl in front of me because she "looked funny" (she meant dark skin and explicitly clarified it) The whole school was just stuck in their own bubble, they were so terribly emotionally immature to the point that they couldn't even see anything wrong with anything they did let alone think about it. "Yeah, we joke about everyone, but it's light-hearted"
lol either you exhagerate a bit or they sent you to some bourgeoise hellschool. in my experience, high-schoolers are ridiculous everywhere. i personally prefered the russian bullies more; american ones are so subtle its hell. mind telling in which region did you go to school? because your text sounds so ridiculous in contrast to my own experience
2:49 I never really understood gossip. I hate people when they do that. And it’s not really because I have a really long history about people gossiping about me (I simply never cared) but it just says so much about a person. Like how boring they are to not have something to talk about themselves and have their noses all stuck up on other people’s business and for what? For those 4 mins of laughters
It’s sad how much I relate to viola, I was bullied a lot in the past and I did everything to fit in. Change my looks my personality everything you can think of.. looking at girls and her friend groups being jealous of their validation and wishing I also had friends that would care for me. Especially because I had such bad experiences with my girl friends in the past and having a strong hatred and jealously between us, seeing cute girls being friends as a girl makes myself ask why I can’t get what they have. Seriously it’s a lot I’ve been through but even at the thought of knowing how much better I am now is what counts.
This reminds me of my school years... When I was tired of being seen as the weird girl and I tried to be friends with my bullies, I got to do things I didn't even want to do just so that they wouldn't make me cry in the middle of the school breaks, how others would be disgusted of me, stepping aside whenever they could and how they said horrible things about me. Bullying always attacks you from the inside and you don't know when you can trust someone else after that, I lived my entire adolescence isolated from everyone, Now I am a person who hardly knows how to socialize, for them I was a mistake in their school years, for me, that was the thing that changed my behaviour forever.
@@anttonism Been there,done that,plss don't think of yourself as a mistake...We aren't a mistake.Stand with pride and never ever let anyone make you submit to them if they mistreat you,cuz you're f*ckin' perfect to me💝
The heading literally is so accurate, girl is pretending to have friends or company and copying the vibe just to please herself for not being alone is so - stupid thing ever rr to doo !! Literally lol-
Poor viola... Maybe I am just like her in school. I tried to be a good, friendly student but... They don't like me and yea... 💔💔💔😭😭some like me but... Most of them don't really like me ig...
Didnt watch the full video yet but i have been seeing this on my fyp forever and decided to watch it. Will say if i like or not after watching. OML THIS ATE 10/10 IT ISNT LIKE THAT SHIR DHAR MAN WHO ALWAYS SAYS " hey you dork im going to shove you into this locker "
Bullying by peers is not the only problem. The way teachers scream even when students make trivial mistakes that is also a big problem especially if an undiagnosed autistic student studies in the school. I am not talking about their prank on the teacher but irl many teachers just treat students like emotional punchbags and toys to abuse. Shaming, blaming, hypocrisy, heirarchy, humiliation, and lacking empathy, humanity, morality, emotional maturity is a crime; not making mistakes or being imperfect. You cannot treat students like criminals and expect them to not become one. Lead by example. They will never trust you, never pay attention, never learn anything good from you if you make them feel constantly on edge and unsafe, intimidated or in danger and if you don't prove that you're humane. For every self-deceptive, self-righteous doomed pereon who was once an abusive teacher, parent or an abusive peer/sibling: Don't make the universe regret by making you a human or even letting you exist. Don't be a Satan like burden on this earth: with this behaviour you are a blot on the word 'human' 'teacher' 'student'. You're nothing but an insecure envious landfill. Without cleaning your mind, intentions, perspective, behaviour, mentality and without correcting yourself, you can't grow. Faking it will not make it. Truth is truth and the only thing you can do is acknowledge it, focus on your own actions and change yourself instead of intending harm or always resenting others. Focus on your actions if you don't wanna destroy yourself because focusing on others makes one fall down. If you choose to be good today, you cannot be defined by your past but yes you will always be held accountable for it but it will lose the power to define you. We cannot grow if we refuse to acknowledge and correct our mistakes. _Each person can only grow by taking accountability because no one is sinless._
Hmm, not all private schools are like this. You just have to meet genuine people, and make genuine connections. Although, if it's an unlucky mix, with individuals that have vastly difference values and personalities then yeah, tending to yourself and making friends outside of school is the best way to go.
I went through the exact thing this girl went through. In year 5 i got into a class with a bunch of girls just despised me (they were what people called that werent in there friend group mean girls) and they were but not mean girls they were BULLYS. they destroyed my mental health and confidence in sports and everything i was good at, i still havent recorved from what they did 3 years ago. They gaslighted me and gossiped about me bht everytime i stood up to it they would say "hey stop being mean" and that was away to play victim in thiw terrible situation.. Hopefully people see this and dont ignore this because I WANT ALL THE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN BLACK MAILED, GASLIGHTED, TRICKED, TAUGHT WRONG THINGS, GOSSIPED ABOUT, HAD THER LIFE DESTROYED... TO HAVE JUSTICE
This is so real. I feel myself when I moved to a new school this started happening to me. It’s almost exactly what happened minus more stuff that they didn't show
Unfortunately, this is how many people on the autism spectrum (like me feel). We are basically expected to fake it until we make it, so as not to upset too many neurotypicals/allistics.
@@gaaragirlgo98 That's correct, but that is how we often feel. Just as people of a certain social/economic class are expected to fake it until they make it, so as not to attract the wrong kind of attention.
I'm another kind of Southeast Asian but this hit so hard certain moments gave me flashbacks from school and these flashbacks aren't good ones... Toxic wealthy friends that expect me to catch up to them and withstand their bs, watching everyone at school casually enjoy something I can't afford normally but having to stay quiet since I don't want to bother my parents
5:22 I always feel like this in gym :( I have to sit there while I wait for the activity to start while everyone else is talking with there friends or playing with the balls
same happened to me in almost every single time i was any place in my school (i feel so left out because i suck at communicating and i feel jealous when some people talked to each other)
its what's going on inside her mind in those times eg; when her mother first gives her $15, she is happy and is no longer upset. like the way children would suddenly see their parents in a better light after an argument because they would offer to buy them mcdonalds or something. the second segment is when both viola and eve were exempted from pe class. In her head, viola saw eve as an ally, because both of them had to be exempted & she naively thought they could both bond over it
@lemoncable She probably wants her old friend and the new friend to become friends, so that she wouldn't have to avoid her old friend anymore 😅 I'm not rlly sure though..
i think this a pretty superficial portrayal of what elite schools look like in singapore?? like what's with the american accents/ over the top feminist portrayals/ pilates references?? the tampon scene doesn't make sense? the stealing clothes? and the whole NSK thing-- like since when has that been a term anywhere.? if you wanted to tackle issues of elitism there were a lot of nuances that were missed and this was a pretty damn unrealistic take. it was a bit too inspired by american high school dramas? and i also get that the "viola's world" "viola texting" with the gamey synthy sounds was an artistic choice but i don't feel like it served any substantial purpose for the film as a whole great cinematography though that was probably the one thing i enjoyed
fwiw the accents were pretty common in RGS/NYGH when I attended as well - not universal amongst the students ofc but those who did speak differently def formed part of the elite segment (but not the 'cool' segment if that makes sense - that would comprise the rich sporty kids lol)
If I was Viola, I would never befriend Eve and the others I understand how it plays out in real life and might still befriend her anyway But the fact that Viola had to act different and ignore her real friends is what’s so sad Her mom is only a cafeteria auntie, they are not poor but kinda middle class They are not rich like the other girls Now we know where Eve got her arrogant behavior, it’s her mom, the fact that a grown ass woman like that can say “Viola isn’t like us” U know what woman, we are equal in the eyes of God You’ll realize it someday when u lose everything
Idk why but i feel like this video also shows how different the world of two people can be just because of their financial status and still have problem with it. As viola belongs from a poor family she is deprived from so many things like she loves swimming but can not afford to go to swimming class. She doesn't have the advanced gadgets like other students in the school, sge doesn't have money to afford high end brand clothing. In her eyes her life is total misery. On the other hand, Eve's family owns a big business, she have so many helpers, she goes to expensive vacation and jer family will soon tell her to overtake their business. But to her actual fun is having the absolute freedom of not having any kind of responsibility or multiple classes she does everyday. Intresting, isn't it?
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FINALLY WHEN PICKING ON/BULLYING IN FILMS ARE ACTUALLY REALISTIC INSTEAD OF SOME “GIMME UR LUNCH MONEY DORK” DHAR MANN ASS SCENARIO
Omg stop 😭😭😭 🤣🤣🤣
FRR OMFG
gimme ur lunch money dweeb
*shoves against lockers*
"gUyS, sToP. thIs iSNT lIkE yOu!"
_so you see_
😡😡😡🤬
fr like it’s not all HAHAHA U DONT HAVE SUPREME!!!!
Yk the acting is good when you forget it's acting and start getting mad
And then they start dancing 💀😂
lmao fr
@@romesawsama frr
Then they start lyin’
Ikr😭😭😭
It’s really sad especially because Viola might seem “gullible” and “naive” to some people, but it’s pretty much exactly what happens when you get into that situation. If you know what it feels like, you’ll understand.
Yeah the feeling is overwhelming
She's a teenager, with a very undeveloped brain to really be able to rationalize why she is behaving the way she is.
fr i used to be thAT friend that talks back no mater what till i moved schools and i cant stand up for myself. i can never win.
True you dont even know that you're changing
@@Spedup1236😢
"She isnt like us." THE WAY THAT SUNK IN. OH MU GOD?! THE ACTING TOO, THE CLASSISM. THE WAY SHE STOPPED CHOPPING THE FRUIT AND THE WAY THAT GIRL KEPT TAKING ANYTHING THE OTHER GIRL GAVE HER BUT ITS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED?? THE ACTING IS ACTUALLY INSANE!! I LOVE THIS AND I GOT ATTACHED TO VIOLA AND WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE DOES IN 22 MINUTES.
THE FAKE FEMINISM,WHEN SHE IGNORED HER FRIEND IT PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH I FORGOT IT WAS ACTING!!
God loves you
I can’t tell if this is heavy sarcasm or actually fr 😭
@@Ang-y2k what is fr?
@@roadkill_52 it stands for 'for real'
LOLL THE DANCING WHEN SHES SAYS VIOLA MIND SAYS 😭😭 anyways, this film is way more accurate, unlike other films were they use stereotypical situations. You could also see how Viola started changing the way she dresed and behaved.
FRR
and the way she her accent changed too 😭
Is Viola coping when the dancing pops up in her mind cuz 😭😭
Ikrrr
Yesssssss bc she wants to fit in with the pretty girls
19:45 This scene personal feels so well-written for me is the dreading fact that they just did something bad, but they show it in a way that is so warm and memorable is best describe the feeling of finally getting the validation you wanted, yet it’s short-live and immediately shuts down the second later. This story is so uniquely told I love it 😭
this is EXACTLY what I felt too! v well made ♡
FR, this video is exactly what I feel when I was being left out and bullied, I was forced not to be myself and I’m so glad I spoke up, the backhanded compliments and insults about who I used to be and actually is…
This is exactly how I felt omggg
yeah.. the cut to the next scene immediately is like a punch to your face. it almost made me cry, especially the man yelling at viola.
Yeahhhhh
I usually don't like films like this because of the unrealistic depiction of common teasing/passive bullying, but honestly, as a 'new kid' who commonly finds herself in situations like Viola found herself here, I relate so much more than I ever thought I would. Even the girls' mannerisms while gossiping in the bathroom are so familiar to me and though I appreciate its realness, I still do get mad, which is amazing. I recognize those words and phrases way too well for my own good. Huge kudos for this.
Hey I hope you’re okay, that must be tough, you don’t deserve to feel like sh*t or get sh*t thrown at you, i hope you get the validation and recognition to not be judged as you deserve ❤️
As a kid who's went to a new school every year after 1st grade, YES YES
Also I don't really fit into groups :/
The acting was superb. The storytelling, everything. It is such a small vignette of what classism really is. The fake feminism, the corporate feminism, the "let others pay for your actions", all this.
My niece got caught stealing alongside her friends who were all rich and born into privilege because she felt peer pressured to do so.
hate corporate feminism but none of these girls are feminists, that's not what feminism means.
this is so much more realistic and relatable than how all those "anti bullying" programs represent it bro
And also watch Pink's "F*ckin' perfect" music video,it also relates to the topic...It doesn't sugarcoat about the fact that we would be victim-blamed if we stand up for ourselves,my heart cries even if my eyes didn't the moment I watched the music video of the song,cuz I relate to the girl also who loves to draw and makes mistakes in her life and then got gaslighted whenever I try to protect myself
The way highschool girl gossips about others and pick on the weak is depicted so realistically. Gosh. I hate mean girls
Fr
and they never grow up, we call them coworkers now
the way they start dancing when viola mind says 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
frrrrr😭😭😭😭
And the fact they just went back to normal like if nothing happened 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋
@@wonyxo-xoHELPP😭💀💀💀💀
@@wonyxo-xo npc behavior 😭😭😭😭
Time stamp?
The acting is so good!! It is honestly pretty relatable, some kids in my school throw around these words like "groomer", "pedophile", etc. without knowing what they mean and it bugs me a lot. I'm not finished watching but still, it's very realistic!!
this is the best i've ever seen anyone show a group text, film makers always struggle with it a lot
coming from a neighbourhood pri sch and having ended up in an “elite” girls sch..i can say that the ppl represented in the vid are quite accurate. the film really hits close to home, hell we even swimming pool lmao
Swimming pools in every school js normal ??
@@jidabright not in aus schools
@@jidabrightNo it’s actually not normal 😭 I wish it was. Depends where you live and the type of school you go to. My school doesn’t have one and I’m pretty sure no school in my area does.
dang-
omg like mgs in singapore :O
one of the things I like about this besides the really accurate depiction of the bullying and subtle peer pressure is how it doesn't end in Viola and her "friends" all making up and her parents understanding, because most of the time (in real life) they don't
this hits hard. REALLY HARD, i am in 8 grade too and a few months ago i think i was getting bullied just like this, it doesn't hit you that there not your friends until you finally see it, at first its light comments, playing along, when they insult you, insult them back! then its not bullying right? was my mindset until my friends pulled me aside and told THAT THEY ARE BUULLYING ME. NO THAT ISN'T FRIENDSHIP. i am forever grateful to them
This simply depicts the reality that environment could really change someone's behavior. It could really shape the way they think and act like one of them. It's important to consider the people whom we are hanging out with and what their intention could be. And for a person that doesn't have to change oneself just to get in or to fit in with the people who surrounds them and as well as you don't have to dump older and kinder friends just because you have new one and at the end of the day, they'll leave you and you got you. Find the right circle, find the right friends.
Bad company creates the worst mindset. But in the midst of wise counsel, there is safety, peace, and good success.
Proverbs
is this Proverbs?!?! :DD
5:12 She looks like holding back her tears :( the acting is so good
She forgot the swimsuit on purpose because she couldn't swim and then they made fun of her for that😢
@@alechianese01no she just couldn't afford it
Video is so unique!!! And viola looks like the girl in " the summer i turned pretty"
omg belly!! i see itt
LOLA TUNG WHO9??🗣🗣
i love how viola - as in the actual instrument - is always viewed as the outcast, or the weird one :(
i thought it was a viola joke (i mean, the instrument), i wasn’t expecting this 😭😭
OMG SAME
HELP YEAH SAME
SAME
XD SAME
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO SAMEEEEE
Alot of people are making fun of this but honestly i personally relate
Same, even though my old classmates hid themselves with nice faces and behaviours, then they talked behind my back (I discovered that since 9th grade, by one of my old classmates, who I still stay friends with). And since I discovered their double personality, I've hated them for years until the graduation
I feel like they just never experienced it tbh
@@aimeebintangor are the mean kids themselves.
Hey my name is Viola, and i think this is such a great video with such a good message . Yup i got bullied when i was a kid but i'm doing very good now, and for all of those who are getting bullied , remember they are not worth your time ,mental space or your tears . Keep your chin up and never back down , you know your worth better than anyone:)
that is my brother's name in the username btw (just so yall don't get confused) have a great day
@@Vilson-w5pthank you have a great day!
I get you sis, but it's hard when you have to be in the same room as them every day 😔
my name is also viola,twinningg! :)
"was this designed by a man" BYEE 😭
LMAO 😭
I liked the moments of her mind world. I think they were also representing maladaptive daydreaming or escapism, especially that last scene.
I usually hate films like this but this one was SOO REAL. It was actually realistic and not just classmates bullying (beating up, stealing stuff from them and humiliating) the new one.
Singapore school. One singaporean girl. Literally almost all the girls are ang mo
I’m guessing this is supposed to be an international school they all got that accent
@@m1zusaki quite a lot of girls in RGS/NYGH/SCGS have that accent lol (parents who studied in the UK or US)
not ang mo, wasian
I like how at 21:54 she cant escape from reality so she used some silly words to cope instead, my "friends" were similar to her "friends" and i relate to this ALOT.
The confusion, sadness, guilt, and anxiety
The "what did i do?" And "i just following them" vibes.
The "it's ___ fault!".
And the friends talking bad about other to her ears, i relate to it so bad..
True that exactly this happened to me also.... Sometimes being lonely feels like a burden and then we get into bad conpany
@Girlboss2024rich I hope you, and all get better :(
The dancing caught me so off guard 😭😭😭
Same 😭😭😭
SAME ESPECIALLY AT THE END 😭
Ye I was like omg wtf 😂
They added dancing because viola is an wannabe TikToker dancer and that stuff so when the video says “Viola mind!” That means in her viola she find everyone love her and dance with her but in reality no one dancing + no loving her only her old friends from the school ONLY talk to her only
6:26 21:50
Love the symbolism at 11:30 on the whiteboard “Perfection is not attainable”
This honestly is reminding me a bit of like how revolutionary mean girls was when it came to filming bullies and that kind of stuff. this short film actually captures a more realistic side to bullying rather than the you. Give me your lunch money and the jock picking on the nerds
this video is so relatable. I wish I could tell my "friends" I was uncomfortable to hear them swearing. I was taught to be a person with ethics and self-esteem so you know it is annoying to listen to those bad words. They regarded swearing unreasonably as something superior and cool and I was supposed to say that to fit in. That is not innocent fun.
I am sorry my English is not good. I just want to vent my emotions here.
same dude. I am a muslim and swearing isn't for me. But hearing them curse, I began doing that as well just to fit in
totally agree with you!
they think it's so cool and it's just disgusting
We're in the same boat! I'm fine with swearing (as long as they don't use it excessively) but my friends think it's cool to go and hate literally everyone but themselves, even their friends. One of my friends would think it's funny to tell someone to die just cause they said goodmorning? And the other one has TOO MUCH of a big ego, just cause you're really pretty and talented doesn't mean that you can be a jerk.
Maturity is when you realize... in the future no ones gonna care how many friends u had at school or how well u fit in at school... in the future, only thing that matters is how well you did at studies and stuff. Even i have a similar situation but i keep reminding myself that I've gotta study well cuz getting validation ain't gonna feed me.
That's a very good mindset me too
ty for this comment, I rlly needed this
I love the small little instances where Violas “friends” will take things out of her hands or make her hold things with little to no thought. I know another comment stated this, but i also like the detail on how they will throw around the idea of being a pedo or something related to that. I know that people will throw around those topics without realizing how deep or serious they can be. The ideas of the texting being read aloud by the people themselves instead of on a screen is also really creative. And the “random” dancing that happens a few times though the film is kinda relatable. It’s that weird feeling to stay positive with the situation being held, even in a very unrealistic and out of place way.
How is this film actually so ACCURATE like it’s not just “ew ur fit” it’s actually true!!!😭😭
I love the detail of her using the money her mom was able to give her for the skirt instead of the swimsuit because even though she loves swimming, she wanted to blend in more.
Really made me think about friendship and school in general
FR
9:37 this scene hits hard growing up as a introvert girl😭😭😭
why does this feel so relatable + realistic at the same time (as a person who has undiagnosed adhd)
what does adhd have to do with this
If you ‘have’ undiagnosed adhd, how do YOU know you have adhd?
How does one diagnose themselves with something'undiagnosed'
5:33 this part hits hard when you have close friends in a school but you moved out
But what about Viola's old friends? They seem they didn't even care about her after she moved out
@@alechianese01 huh
This was insanely accurate, I was w mixed emotions during the whole video lol, nice job
HELPPPP THE WAY SHE THREE HER SOCK AS A PADD 😭😭
"IT'S 100% COTTON!"
no frrr
Helppp the mom speaking thai and her daughter speaking english
that’s literally me and my mum except instead of thai she speaks mandarin
It’s normal
That’s normal in a lot of bilingual households. I grew up in England and my mum is British and my dad is Pakistani. They both speak in Urdu to each other and sometimes English at home and when she says anything to me in that language, I respond in English. We understand it but we can’t speak it. A lot of people actually relate to that, it’s not a big deal and neither is it funny lol.
what's the point of this comment... this is perfectly normal, same for me my parents speak Malayalam a lot to me and I understand but can't speak it myself. They can understand english so they understand me and I understand them. whats so surprising about that lol
@@i.love_sTuFf True, as a Filipino myself lmao
I'm on summer break before the last year of high school, and RUclips has granted me this video EXACTLY at the right time, with how much I can link with it.
When I first started high school in Year 7, I had completely unrealistic expectations of how being around other kids worked from what I would often read in primary school, so I carried the idea to be cool and kind to everyone thinking it would boost popularity, not realising I set myself tf up for the worst. So ever since Year 7, I've been viewed as "that kid" being often used as the punchline of many jokes, and never being taken seriously due to how confident and cheery I'd often act.
There's other things that have blown the flames worse over the years. The main ideology at school is to wear mullets (this is Australia btw), solve any problems with other kids with your fists, take the pathway of dropping out in Year 10 for a working-class apprenticeship, and saving up for a V8 sedan with modded engines. I fail to meet these obligations as a boy, and it's something I do notice with acting less masculine than the others, liking music, reading and geography instead.
I even lack a sense of humour, to their standards at least, leaving certain times where I set up jokes of events that would flop miserably.
And I feel really comforted watching this film. The fact the bullying is all in private in the film (and in my scenario, often piss-taking), and especially the urge to fit in leading to bad consequences. As much friends as I lack, if I tried mixing with the groups of the other guys, I'd often find myself in places I do not fit (drugs, violence, and some other law-breaking stuff).
Viola is so pretty tho❤ like actually her eyes are beautiful!
the guilt feeling in the end...
Wow this is a great film!! Really enjoyed it, the acting from the girls was excellent, and also the interdek mindset was too real… I feel like I’m reliving school lol (and not in a good way lol)
Same hr 🥲
This reminds me of the time when i was send to a specifically elite russian class (because i had a 1st world country background and the principal thought it fitted me)
Everyone was chronically online because that had more life than their everyday lives. The pictures they took had to look in goofy angles w a 0.6/0.5 camera zoom, everyone wore watered down baggy y2k clothes (if they had enough money for the social status) and the boys always had these blue, tight uniforms and played brawl stars (it was weird if you didn't). The gap between genders was huge. They also glazed the 2000's american style, and anything western which was weird considering the nationalism and xenophobia.
Appearance was what mattered the most, your nails, your hair, your clothes - it's like they assumed they knew you by it because that's all you were to them.
The bullying was like something straight out of a movie. I got greeted by girls walking up to me on my first day at lunch and being impressed by my phone's language being english. They "warned" me about who to avoid, because they had pre-established categories for everyone. When i asked someone if we were friends, she dead ass said that they need to find out were i belonged first,,,,
The thing that was the most unsettling however, is how the whole school bullied this one girl because of her telegram channel. She didn't post anything even slightly shocking, the main spotlight was on her seriously using emojis and posting things like "im listening to ariana grande *peace sign*" which they found peak cringe
And when i tell the whole school, i mean the whole school bullied her. Her channel gained 127 subscribers from 10 in one hour and the hallways were full of people surrounding her, asking for signatures and pictures, sarcastically bullying her by treating her as if shes famous and then posting that picture in their channel.
The rich girls added me to all the channels but there was one that stood out. It was a channel about "school events" which was ran by two almost graduating bsf's (in the "popular" circle).
They posted random pictures of the disabled kids, stupid drawings and inside jokes. It was the main school information source
My (what i thought friend) literally laughed at another girl in front of me because she "looked funny" (she meant dark skin and explicitly clarified it)
The whole school was just stuck in their own bubble, they were so terribly emotionally immature to the point that they couldn't even see anything wrong with anything they did let alone think about it. "Yeah, we joke about everyone, but it's light-hearted"
lol either you exhagerate a bit or they sent you to some bourgeoise hellschool. in my experience, high-schoolers are ridiculous everywhere. i personally prefered the russian bullies more; american ones are so subtle its hell. mind telling in which region did you go to school? because your text sounds so ridiculous in contrast to my own experience
wtf with your school
Finally someone talks about this
2:49 I never really understood gossip. I hate people when they do that. And it’s not really because I have a really long history about people gossiping about me (I simply never cared) but it just says so much about a person. Like how boring they are to not have something to talk about themselves and have their noses all stuck up on other people’s business and for what? For those 4 mins of laughters
Frrr, it just doesn’t make sense
Literally
To distract themselves from their own insecurities.
The way the depiction of bullying’s actually realistic is incredible. The subtle body language the actors did is amazing.
It’s sad how much I relate to viola, I was bullied a lot in the past and I did everything to fit in. Change my looks my personality everything you can think of.. looking at girls and her friend groups being jealous of their validation and wishing I also had friends that would care for me. Especially because I had such bad experiences with my girl friends in the past and having a strong hatred and jealously between us, seeing cute girls being friends as a girl makes myself ask why I can’t get what they have. Seriously it’s a lot I’ve been through but even at the thought of knowing how much better I am now is what counts.
Why did I watch the whole thing? I was genuinely interested
i just love how accurate this was
This reminds me of my school years... When I was tired of being seen as the weird girl and I tried to be friends with my bullies, I got to do things I didn't even want to do just so that they wouldn't make me cry in the middle of the school breaks, how others would be disgusted of me, stepping aside whenever they could and how they said horrible things about me.
Bullying always attacks you from the inside and you don't know when you can trust someone else after that, I lived my entire adolescence isolated from everyone, Now I am a person who hardly knows how to socialize, for them I was a mistake in their school years, for me, that was the thing that changed my behaviour forever.
@@anttonism Been there,done that,plss don't think of yourself as a mistake...We aren't a mistake.Stand with pride and never ever let anyone make you submit to them if they mistreat you,cuz you're f*ckin' perfect to me💝
10:51 this whole entire scene makes me so happy im scared this won’t turn out well
The heading literally is so accurate, girl is pretending to have friends or company and copying the vibe just to please herself for not being alone is so - stupid thing ever rr to doo !! Literally lol-
Literally man be a girl with her you would also want to fit in those so called girl groups so as fomo.
Actually, that's how the brain copes. Considering the brain tries not to make you feel too pressured.
“Stupid thing ever to do” …
it's actually really real though, once my sister became like this and dropped her friends of 7 years just to hang out with the "cool kids".
.. are you being serious?
i love the texting scenes lol
it's so unique
Poor viola... Maybe I am just like her in school. I tried to be a good, friendly student but... They don't like me and yea... 💔💔💔😭😭some like me but... Most of them don't really like me ig...
thats why im trying to find good friends that would help me at first :')
@@AverageFloof0612well, good luck😊
Why is the mom speaking so formally 😭?
Fr 😂
english is not everyone 1st language 💀 no need to say this
@@m-wp8lx I think they mean Viola's mother, she addresses herself very formally rather than as her mother to Viola
So we can use the captions probably
Every single thai mom speaks like this when their kids do something wrong. Trust me, I would know
Didnt watch the full video yet but i have been seeing this on my fyp forever and decided to watch it. Will say if i like or not after watching.
OML THIS ATE 10/10 IT ISNT LIKE THAT SHIR DHAR MAN WHO ALWAYS SAYS " hey you dork im going to shove you into this locker "
Viola is so innocent please do not do her dirty 😭
edit: wait what does nsk actually mean
i think its neighborhood school kid
BANDU PFP SPOTTED IN THE WILD
It's neighborhood school kid, I also did not know and searched for like hours to find out lol
Bullying by peers is not the only problem. The way teachers scream even when students make trivial mistakes that is also a big problem especially if an undiagnosed autistic student studies in the school. I am not talking about their prank on the teacher but irl many teachers just treat students like emotional punchbags and toys to abuse. Shaming, blaming, hypocrisy, heirarchy, humiliation, and lacking empathy, humanity, morality, emotional maturity is a crime; not making mistakes or being imperfect. You cannot treat students like criminals and expect them to not become one. Lead by example. They will never trust you, never pay attention, never learn anything good from you if you make them feel constantly on edge and unsafe, intimidated or in danger and if you don't prove that you're humane.
For every self-deceptive, self-righteous doomed pereon who was once an abusive teacher, parent or an abusive peer/sibling:
Don't make the universe regret by making you a human or even letting you exist. Don't be a Satan like burden on this earth: with this behaviour you are a blot on the word 'human' 'teacher' 'student'. You're nothing but an insecure envious landfill. Without cleaning your mind, intentions, perspective, behaviour, mentality and without correcting yourself, you can't grow. Faking it will not make it. Truth is truth and the only thing you can do is acknowledge it, focus on your own actions and change yourself instead of intending harm or always resenting others. Focus on your actions if you don't wanna destroy yourself because focusing on others makes one fall down. If you choose to be good today, you cannot be defined by your past but yes you will always be held accountable for it but it will lose the power to define you. We cannot grow if we refuse to acknowledge and correct our mistakes.
_Each person can only grow by taking accountability because no one is sinless._
the way this is potrayed is so realistic IM CRYINGG AAA
This was incredible made. The acting, writing, story, metaphors - all of it was fantastic!
i need a part 2 of this so good
i go to a priavate school in australia, i can guarantee you that its the same here, except ive just learnt to not talk and keep to my books,
private*
Hmm, not all private schools are like this. You just have to meet genuine people, and make genuine connections. Although, if it's an unlucky mix, with individuals that have vastly difference values and personalities then yeah, tending to yourself and making friends outside of school is the best way to go.
Same! I also go to a private school in Australia!
public schools can have snobby kids too - just less of them
I had good friends too but they started to be like this so I changed my friend group and now I am very comfortable
The best short movie which I've watched so far. Kudos to the team. 😌👏🏻
I went through the exact thing this girl went through. In year 5 i got into a class with a bunch of girls just despised me (they were what people called that werent in there friend group mean girls) and they were but not mean girls they were BULLYS. they destroyed my mental health and confidence in sports and everything i was good at, i still havent recorved from what they did 3 years ago. They gaslighted me and gossiped about me bht everytime i stood up to it they would say "hey stop being mean" and that was away to play victim in thiw terrible situation.. Hopefully people see this and dont ignore this because I WANT ALL THE KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN BLACK MAILED, GASLIGHTED, TRICKED, TAUGHT WRONG THINGS, GOSSIPED ABOUT, HAD THER LIFE DESTROYED... TO HAVE JUSTICE
this film honestly resonates with me so much. I went to a new school 3 years ago and ive had to change myself to fit in aswell.
why change to be liked by others that don't like your real self???
Ngl i thought this was a cover of not like us. But anyway im glad i clicked on it
Singapore version of "After School Special." Brilliantly done!
This is so real. I feel myself when I moved to a new school this started happening to me. It’s almost exactly what happened minus more stuff that they didn't show
This is what real bullying looks like
HELLLLLLLP THE WAY SHE THREW THE SOCK 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Its scary the amount of relatableness i feel 😢
I don't usually like short films but this was really good.
Unfortunately, this is how many people on the autism spectrum (like me feel). We are basically expected to fake it until we make it, so as not to upset too many neurotypicals/allistics.
this isnt about autism, its about economic/social class and privilege
@@gaaragirlgo98 That's correct, but that is how we often feel. Just as people of a certain social/economic class are expected to fake it until they make it, so as not to attract the wrong kind of attention.
@@gaaragirlgo98 She was trying to say how she related to Viola in a way.
literally me ‼️‼️
same but with adhd
she be asking for so much money 😭😭
*"Bad company corrupts good character"*
this film hits the spot
Singaporean flim ❤ nice movie thank you so much . Having enjoyed
i can relate to this film. You can't just fit in no matter what you do.
I'm another kind of Southeast Asian but this hit so hard certain moments gave me flashbacks from school and these flashbacks aren't good ones... Toxic wealthy friends that expect me to catch up to them and withstand their bs, watching everyone at school casually enjoy something I can't afford normally but having to stay quiet since I don't want to bother my parents
went through the same thing before i realised that this friendship didnt mean shit. i left everyone of them behind and am way more happy now.
SAMEEE
5:22 I always feel like this in gym :( I have to sit there while I wait for the activity to start while everyone else is talking with there friends or playing with the balls
same happened to me in almost every single time i was any place in my school (i feel so left out because i suck at communicating and i feel jealous when some people talked to each other)
7:43 the bathroom conversation was hilarious and unhinged
This seems so realistic !!! I loved it ❤
viola mind says 🗣🗣
Viola is so cute !!
Can someone explain the sudden happy song segment bit?
its what's going on inside her mind in those times
eg; when her mother first gives her $15, she is happy and is no longer upset. like the way children would suddenly see their parents in a better light after an argument because they would offer to buy them mcdonalds or something.
the second segment is when both viola and eve were exempted from pe class. In her head, viola saw eve as an ally, because both of them had to be exempted & she naively thought they could both bond over it
That’s a good explanation, but what about the last bit?
Yea im also confused about that@@lemoncable
@@ILoveSeals1 yeah
@lemoncable She probably wants her old friend and the new friend to become friends, so that she wouldn't have to avoid her old friend anymore 😅 I'm not rlly sure though..
I FEEL SO BAD FOR VIOLA AT THE END😭😭 BUT THE ACTING IS AMAZING THIS IS AMAZING AND SO REALISTIC TOO
this was so painful to watch but i can't stop
That was the most realistic gossiping I'd ever heard GOD DAMN.
11:28 and we cant control our blood sir
I loved the way that this was shot omg
i think this a pretty superficial portrayal of what elite schools look like in singapore?? like what's with the american accents/ over the top feminist portrayals/ pilates references?? the tampon scene doesn't make sense? the stealing clothes? and the whole NSK thing-- like since when has that been a term anywhere.?
if you wanted to tackle issues of elitism there were a lot of nuances that were missed and this was a pretty damn unrealistic take. it was a bit too inspired by american high school dramas? and i also get that the "viola's world" "viola texting" with the gamey synthy sounds was an artistic choice but i don't feel like it served any substantial purpose for the film as a whole
great cinematography though that was probably the one thing i enjoyed
NSK means Neighbourhood School Kid, according to someone who is a student in Singapore.
@@aurabeaver I'm a student in Singapore and we don't really use that abbreviated form
@@Megan-mp9qw NSK is a pretty common term in RGS and NYGH lol - at least it was during my time
fwiw the accents were pretty common in RGS/NYGH when I attended as well - not universal amongst the students ofc but those who did speak differently def formed part of the elite segment (but not the 'cool' segment if that makes sense - that would comprise the rich sporty kids lol)
@@user-ou8hr2qn7h maybe it's a generational thing? that's interesting though i stand corrected
If I was Viola, I would never befriend Eve and the others
I understand how it plays out in real life and might still befriend her anyway
But the fact that Viola had to act different and ignore her real friends is what’s so sad
Her mom is only a cafeteria auntie, they are not poor but kinda middle class
They are not rich like the other girls
Now we know where Eve got her arrogant behavior, it’s her mom, the fact that a grown ass woman like that can say “Viola isn’t like us”
U know what woman, we are equal in the eyes of God
You’ll realize it someday when u lose everything
This is actually like year 5 and 6 for me. SO REAL
Idk why but i feel like this video also shows how different the world of two people can be just because of their financial status and still have problem with it. As viola belongs from a poor family she is deprived from so many things like she loves swimming but can not afford to go to swimming class. She doesn't have the advanced gadgets like other students in the school, sge doesn't have money to afford high end brand clothing. In her eyes her life is total misery. On the other hand, Eve's family owns a big business, she have so many helpers, she goes to expensive vacation and jer family will soon tell her to overtake their business. But to her actual fun is having the absolute freedom of not having any kind of responsibility or multiple classes she does everyday. Intresting, isn't it?