Vintage fonts, warm hues and symmetry: TikTokers are romanticizing the mundane by filming their daily lives like Wes Anderson movies
- TikTokers are romanticizing daily life by filming everyday activities like Wes Anderson movies.
- The #wesanderson trend features symmetrical videos, vintage fonts, color blocking and chirpy music.
A curious and visually-pleasing trend is emerging on TikTok — people filming the mundane happenings of their everyday lives as though they are the main characters of Wes Anderson movies.
The videos feature people filming their surroundings in Anderson's signature style, using warm color grading, and symmetry.
TikToker Ava Williams was one of the people who spearheaded the trend — she posted a video on April 8 of herself riding on a train with a warm red interior.
"You better not be acting like you're in a Wes Anderson film when I get there," the text at the beginning of the video says.
It then cuts to a title card and aesthetically pleasing shots of her taking the "first train along the Shoreline East To Grand Central Terminal."
As of press time, Williams' TikTok had been viewed 11.8 million times and liked more than 2.2 million times. It received comments like: "What scene in grand Budapest hotel is this from??" a reference to Anderson's 2014 film.
Other TikTokers quickly jumped on the #wesanderson bandwagon.
A TikToker named Josh Rimmey filmed his day in his carpentry shop.
Other TikTokers filmed everything from lunch dates with their partners to weekend getaways, all in the same cinematic style.
Most of the videos following the trend use the same sound — "Obituary" by Alexandre Desplat — an upbeat soundtrack from Anderson's 2021 film, "The French Dispatch."
Representatives for Anderson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular business hours.