folklore: The Love Triangle | A Fan-Made Taylor Swift Music Video Short Film
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- čas přidán 1. 02. 2024
- Enter into the complex world of Taylor Swift's "folklore" teenage love triangle through the eyes of Betty, Augustine, and James in this three-part short film showcasing each character's perspective. Created by a group of teenage fans and film students.
Seventeen is a double-edged sword.
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Adapted from the Original Story by Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, and William Bowery
Lucas DiRoma as James
Madison Lester as Betty
Abby Landman as Augustine
Directed, Written, and Produced by Keira Moran and Madeline Rahter @filmsbymad
Director of Photography: Sean Denney @SMIGET
Production Designer: Annalise Blomberg
Art Director: Avery McNeil
Assistant Director: Julio Aceituno @julioaceituno1272
Costume Design: Mady Benschneider
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cardigan - Taylor Swift (Fan-Made Music Video) | from folklore: The Love Triangle
august - Taylor Swift (Fan-Made Music Video) | from folklore: The Love Triangle
betty - Taylor Swift (Fan-Made Music Video) | from folklore: The Love Triangle
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DISCLAIMER:
“The Love Triangle" is a non-profit fanmade music video featuring Taylor Swift's songs "cardigan," "august," "betty," and “the 1” from the album "folklore." This film is produced by students for private use only and is not intended for any commercial distribution. This video is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, William Bowery, Republic Records, or their respective affiliates. No claim is made to characters or any intellectual property associated with the original songs. This production is created solely for entertainment purposes and for fans and film enthusiasts to celebrate the creative mastermind and legacy of Taylor Swift. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Hey, I’m Madeline Rahter, Co-Creator of The Love Triangle Film. Thank you all for loving this film like we do! We’d love for you to keep sharing and letting us know your thoughts 🫶🏻 We can’t wait for you to see what we make in the future…
Plz tell me that's not the og cardigan merch u just burned?😭
I loved this! Well done!
@@Azarath_Metrion_Zinthosit was a dupe dw
This was incredible!!! ❤
WOW!! This was awesome!!
AUGUSTINE being an mirrorball girl and changing herself for james makes so much sense
Ikr❤
The way I GASPED when she threw the cardigan in the fire
SAME
PLS TELL ME IT WASNT REAL I ACC CRIED TBH
I JUST WISH ITS NOT THE REAL ONE 😭
@@Taylorseyelash13it BETTER not be
OMG SAME IT BETTER NOT BE REAL THOSE THINGS ARE RAREEEE
Augustine seeing Betty in reflections. I have chills.
SO GOOD!
OMG YES this was soooo amazing
Omg yesss😢❤
I think it’s inez
The way Augustine even changed her way to dress like Betty for him to like her. Y'all did such an amazing job!
It's giving cassie and maddie😂
@@AW_13_swiftiesikr that what I was thinking
I am betty except they're not dating
Wait guys, who's Inez?
@3M2008 I'm betty except, James is dating Augastine. Yesterday, James sat behind me in class and Augastine said to James they should go sit somewhere else, he didn't want to, so Augastine left alone. I like James and I think he likes me too. Given the chance, I don't think I'd date him. I wouldn't want to do that to Augastine because I think she already hates me. Plus, I think James is just a crush, I'll get over him like how I always do.
The illicit affairs reference in August😮im speechless
FR
“Make sure nobody you leave”
@@MorganJohnson-yk8xj sees you leave*
and the prom proproasal taht says "I love you to the moon and to Saturn" which is from seven
THE PERFUMEE
THE PERFUM SHE CHOOSE JUST FOR HIM OMG
PLUS IT ALSO SAID "make sure nobody sees you leave"
Leave the perfume on the shelf
@@taylorgilmore1001 OMG YESSSS
@@Randoms_editz 😭😭😭😭
A REFRENCE TO ILLICET AFFAIRS
Idk why Augustine’s room just fits the character so much I love it and I always gotta love it when Betty is a blonde and Augustine is a redhead it just fits so well
it fits all too welll…
Damn I always imagined Augustine as a tall lean girl with sweeping blonde hair and light summery dress like when Taylor performed it in the eras tour, but more modern and it's the shade of pink like in her lyric video.
While Betty is more down to earth, she's medium sized but still lean, she's slightly tan and she always wears her hairs in two buns. She's a brunette, she wears shorts that show her athletic legs, and she's always standing tall and confident. She's popular with her friends and has a very leadership quality to her.
I always thought Augustine had that it girl fashion, while Betty had the it girl personality
“ I love u to the moon and to Saturn, and to prom? “ omfg
I just realised hat's a reference to seven bij taylor swift
I dont know why but Augustine being depicted as a red haired character is so satisfying
so true
Kinda giving off Jolene vibes
@@willnewton1497rightttt
I always imagine her blonde, and Betty as a brunette.
Red headed girls always getting betrayed in Taylor Swift universe
The references to other songs were at their peak. The 'Should've Said No' in the beginning, 'Windermere Peaks High' from 'the lakes', 'those Windermere peaks look like the perfect place to die'. The ATWTMVTVFTV scene on Betty's birthday. And 'Make sure nobody sees you leave' from 'illicit affairs'.
on the prom sign it said "love you to the moon and to saturn" which is said in seven and theres a mirrorball in augustines room
And the mirrorball was on her Room
also the "love you to the moon and to saturn"
and the perfume from illicit affairs!!
"make sure nobody sees you leave" text from illicit affairs
I think August was a literal ✨MASTERPIECE✨
It wasss
Siii
AUGUSTINE SEEING BETTY IN THE CAR. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE
The beach scenes were so beautiful!!
Ikr. Its cinematography is top tier!!!! 😩💟💟💟
YESSSS ITS SO F GOODDD
ikr! it’s giving the summer i turned pretty!
I really thought it was the cousins Beach
the reference of "ALL TOO WELL" "turning 21" in betty's song when she happy with her cake omgggg love it!!
I NOTICED THAT
And she gets the red cardigan!!
Wow. That was amazing. A couple of things I really loved:
1. The references to All Too Well/The Moment I Knew in the birthday scene. And them him giving her the RED cardigan.
2. August seeing visions of Betty. And the evolution of August turning into Betty in hopes that would make James stay.
3. The illicit affairs reference "make sure nobody sees you leave"
This was really well done, and I hope Taylor sees this! You did a fantastic job!
And the perfume on the shelf being focused!
@@adalaedie yesss “pick your perfume out just for him” reference
the dedication of burning....merch. OMG.
Congratulations!
It was a fake I think. Thats what someone else said at least
the girl that played betty said it was a dupe 🩷
i just made a realization even if it was just a coincidence, but when she was washing the dishes i made a connection to 'tolerate it' "i polish plates until they gleam and glisten"
THAT SONG CAME TO MY MIND TOO
James looks EXACTLY like how I imagined him
It's so cool!!! I Loved it, and still I think Augustine is the true victim, how you showed that James might be a narcissist that makes Augustine think that if she looks like Betty he might love her... Mind-blowing
Betty é a única vítima
@@fabliziaalves4477 no,she is not.
@@KeylaCar_06 how not? Augustine knew about Betty the whole time. How does a person accept being the third party in a relationship and still be considered a victim? She and James knew very well what they were doing and of their own free will they did it. No one in a betrayal is the only victim other than the person betrayed. If you are a conscious accomplice to betrayal, you are not a victim. you know it's wrong and you decide to do it anyway. Augustine knew everything all along about James and Betty and yet she was there, doing that to James. They are both wrong in what they did and this only proves how Betty was the only person who entered into all this without asking. There is no victim in a betrayal other than the person betrayed, and a betrayer and an accomplice deserve nothing good for what they knowingly put the betrayed person through.
@@fabliziaalves4477ok but like James was betrayed too. imagine asking someone to prom and them being so excited, only for u to show up and see them dancing will someone else.
@@speaknow_evermore betrayed? This already demonstrates James' level of idiocy. Why didn't he try to make things right with Betty right then and there or at another time? he simply gave up and left. Would a dance be a reason for cheating? he only showed his level of idiocy at that moment. cheered up? Where did you get this from? In the song he says he doesn't like crowds. So why didn't he talk to Betty about not wanting to go? he just took advantage of this to show how much of an idiot he was. he was betrayed in no time. although a traitor always needs any excuse to justify his act, so does his accomplice and whoever supports them also needs this supposed error to support the traitor and the accomplice, like the excuse of "it's as if he had also been betrayed"
You know fan made stuff is good, when you can picture Taylor herself speaking about this in an interview a few months from now. Great work with the references. This is so good!! ❤
The text james sends saying make sure nobody sees you leave from illicit affairs is so good and how August keeps seeing betty is giving me chills
This needs to reach Taylor. this is art.
Somehow the filter pulled it all together. The nostalgia filter really made it seem like a scene from their memories.
THE PART DURING AUGUST WHERE BETTY IS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FOR A SECOND😭😭😭😭
oh my god and the mirror scene after that..like her influencing augustine😭😭😭😭 STOP RN
I'm a filmmaker and holy - wow this was well-produced. The level of commitment with the sets, the syncing of the songs to the visuals, the top-notch cinematography. Beautiful work. Guys, this stuff is HARD, really hard (I know this all too well lol (not a reference i swear (sorry for the parenthetical overload))) but this film pulls it off so darn well.
murphy’s law is no joke, thank you fellow filmie 🫶🏻
The fact Augustine changes her style JUST for James is something I never would have imagined if I never watched this. This is my Roman Empire ❤
mirrorball 🪩
Betty to James: Your new girl is my clone
I feel bad for Augustine. Betty and Augustine deserve better
THE CARDIGAN OMG
I’m praying it wasn’t the real thing.
@@looksbyangelollie8864same
@@looksbyangelollie8864it wasn’t! it was a fake
No one could have ever explained the folklore love triangle like they did. Chills. Literal chills.
brooklyn nine-nine reference
Lmao yeah
THE EASTER EGGS THAT YOU PUT WITH THE AUGUST PART! "Leave the perfume on the shelf" and also the "make sure nobody sees you leave" from Illicit Affairs! OMG
As a film student I really love this ❤
as a fellow film student i'm so glad!
Pleaseeeeee say that was a dupe cardigan. My heart broke. Beautiful film!
it was!
@@madelinerahter8765THANK GOD
haha same here!
@@madelinerahter8765yayyy
5:10 itches my brain just right
Its so tsitp coded😭
11:36 okay but that reference to Ivy with the ivy on the ceiling?? Beautiful
and mirrorball!!
It was so emotional on the "those days turned into nights", I could feel the "Augustine meant nothing serious" and it's so heartbreaking for her. James is so cruel.
well, she knew about James and Betty. How can she take garlic seriously knowing that James was a traitor? How can you consider something serious when it starts wrong? especially through betrayal? If she was there reflecting on Betty, it's because she KNEW about her the whole time and yet, she decided to be with James doing something that they both knew very well was wrong. In the end, Betty was the only one who entered the story without asking, while two others were doing something wrong behind her back as if it were fun and right.
@@fabliziaalves4477But what if James had told Agustine that they didn't have anything anymore I mean James and Betty and he was simply leading Augustine to be like Betty 'cause he had a type
@@riddhiganguli3318 what had you said? that they had finished? Augustine says in the song, especially in the bridge, that he wasn't hers to lose, which pretty much means she knew everything. she was with him in the summer, because it was a "summer love", saying "we" and then she makes it very clear: "you weren't mine to lose". Here she makes it very clear that she knew all along that James was with Betty, but was taking advantage of it because she knew it would all end after the summer. Do you really think that if James had told her that he had nothing to do with Betty, she would give that justification? Would she come up with this justification she gives on the bridge, if Betty and James had nothing? of course not. and another: she stopped the car for James, which indicates that she knew him too well to do that. Would you put someone you don't know in your car? Anyone with sense wouldn't do that. So, this demonstrates very well that she knew him to know who he was at that moment. and what is this saying that James and Betty were taking her to something? So you're saying Betty knew what James was doing? spare us a weak argument like that, because that's exactly what you made clear in the comment. or did I understand wrong? How would Betty bring the other girl into this situation, if she discovered the betrayal through gossip? forgot about that? It's amazing how people ease her pain or pretend not to remember that she was the only one hurt without asking, when the other two were doing what they did consciously and weren't children to not know it.
THE CAR SCENE IN AUGUST!!! i was gaggedddd
Listen fan films don’t always go beneath the surface… but this one did!!! Augustine haunted by Betty?? Genius!!
“Make sure nobody sees you leave” that illicit affairs reference broke me 😭
Betty wearing the evermore jacket is just everything
The cinematography all throughout the video is so "cozy" to look at
FANTASTIC!!! I hope Taylor sees it! This legit needs to be an official movie or something! Awesome job to everyone!
7:12 now this is what you call a toxic relationship
The fact that the video is 15 minutes and 13 seconds long ✨
The transitions during part three when James realizes what he should had done are amazing!!!!
gosh, the way james just walks away and leaves augustine there….this is so good
omg my jaw dropped when augustine saw betty in the mirror of her car
this was such a good short film. like it actually captured their relationships and the scenes w augustine seeing betty omg
The ending is a CRIME 😭 I know the end of the story isnt mentioned in the songs so thats probably why you had it end like that but I NEED TO KNOW HOW IT ENDS
It doesn‘t end well. You hear that in the other folklore songs. Actually, they break up and later James dies…
Could you explain this further please?@@keinPlanernsthaft
Taylor said that you can kind of imagine whatever you want for them, in her head they end up together, for me Betty never took him back.
they break up, james leaves town and goes to the military and dies in war
Folklore is such a masterpiece. I wish I could listen to this album again for the first time.
“Make sure nobody sees you leave” ILLICIT AFFAIRS
Plot twist Betty and August become friends.
THE SUBTLE ILLICIT AFFAIRS REF IN THE TEXT JAMES SENT AUGUSTINE, AUGUSTINE SEEING BETTY IN REFLECTIONS, THE ALL TOO WELL BIRTHDAY TYPE SHOT, OH MY GOD.
The fact that I can see both the actresses playing Augustine and Betty with the actor playing James OML and they all look kind of like their character
The girl who plays augustine is soo pretty!! And so is betty and james ! beautiful work
THE REFERENCES ABOUT ILLICIT AFFAIRS IM CRYING
Enjoyed the film. It hasn't changed my feelings. Don't take him back! Betty and Augustine both deserve better.
I LOVE the tiny details!! "Make sure nobody sees you leave" and the perfume on the shelf😍LOVE THIS
august is a song i’m very very attached to, like, i have so many fantasies, visions, daydreams about this song in my head, so many pinterest boards on how augustine look like, what the weather is like, the memories, everything! so when i watch a lot of these fan-made movies, i often get really really disappointed because the memories or augustine doesn’t look exactly like how i’ve imagined her in my head. but when i came across this one accidentally and watched it - august was absolutely spot on!! down to her honey coloured hair, the memories drenched in golden sunlight and sparkly ocean waters twinkling, that glowy dreamy blur in her memories, her hair wilding in the wind when she’s driving, running on the beach, hugging and laughing, trying to dress like betty, the picnic and strawberry (insane btw) everything!! i can’t believe you guys got her all down so correctly and this made me so happy thank u guys so much i am truly in awe!!
the birthday scene mirrorring the one from atwtmv film, the perfume, the reflections, the EVERYTHING ITS AMAZING
5:58 SUCH A GREAT IDEA OMG
This is so wholesome and well done and takes me right back to being 17. The references to other songs throughout, the 1989 imagery in part 2, the fonts used, the end credits. So much attention to detail and creativity. I hope Taylor sees this video.
"make sure nobody sees you leave" and the perfume godd!!😭
AUGUSTS BEDDING BEING THE SAME ONE AS THE ATW SHORT FILM OMG
"Love you to the moon and to Saturn..." seven 😢
The birthday scene that’s just like all too well!!!
Key Words For Triangle ❤!
(for the songs)
Betty: You said, “James get in, lets drive”
August: I said, “Get in the car”
And in the song August it says “Cause you were never mine” which is Augusta/Augustine saying that James was never his girl/boyfriend
The references to all too well illicit affairs and other songs gave me literal CHILLS
The storytelling, the beauty, the references, the talent, the dedication… its perfection 🫶
"I should've said no" lol
I was crying by the end of August. And the Easter egg game was on another level. I loved it so much 🥹🥹🥹
I LOVED THIS!!! Such a beautiful fanmade film!!! I loved how you told the story so beautifully and the little Taylor Swift Easter eggs!!! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!
You should enter this into some sort of film contest! It was truly incredible ❤
I’m team August!
the illicit affairs reference is everything!! Great job!
BRO THE DETAILS ‘I love you to the moon and to Saturn’ the perfume, the mirror ball, how Augustine saw Betty’s reflection and started dressing like her (cuz she’s a mirror ball) CHILLSSSSS also I love how we all just agreed that Augustine is a redhead lol
Ok hear me out :
*Other than cardigan,Betty and august
Betty and James relationship is resembling exile
Augustine and James relationship resembles illicit affairs
My tears ricochet is also perspective of Betty
This is me trying is James perspective
And augustine perspective is mirrorball
(My opinion btw)
100%
Wildermere Peaks High School! The amount of thought that has been put into making this video🙌
So good. Also loved the all too well reference
Omg this is so good you guys should make the tis the damn season and Dorothea storyline
hmm...
Omg this is amazing, we have to get Taylor to react to this!
Okay, the fact that James' prom sign had lyrics from seven gave me chills, this was really well written guys!!!!🤍🫶🤍
You guys did a great job! I hope Taylor sees this.
stop that strawberry looked so good
the rosary on the rear view mirror is a slay fs
oh my gosh that was incredible. every single aspect of this film, the outfits, the actors, the acting, the sets, the cardigan (when it got thrown into the fire omg my jaw dropped), augustine seeing betty in the reflection, the references to other songs, the cinematography, the flashbacks of memories all of them had with each other, everything about the prom, the beach scenes, even the credits, everything about this film - pure perfection.
The camera work is amazing❤️❤️So beautiful
THE MIRRORBALLS HANGING FROM THE CEILING IN AUGUSTINE'S ROOM 😭😭😭😭
shooting me in the heart would hurt less than watching this. genuinely so perfect down to the last detail. like the boygenius poster??? i'm actually shaking
keira and maddie, you should both be incredibly proud of yourself- and madison, lucas, and abby, you did this justice♥️ I absolutely love this and i am so happy to have been a small part of it!! amazing work
awww thank you sandy!! ❤️❤️❤️
THIS WAS PERFECTION
augustine with the mirrorball in her room hAD ME SCREAMING
This was unbelievably good!!! I LOVE TALENTED SWIFTIES
the amount of references to other songs this has is sooo fun! i loved watching and seeing little things catch my eye
The way i got literal CHILLS during every flashback. Taylor needs to see this, its an absolute masterpiece
those beach scenes really reminded me of tsitp ❤❤
i love taylor swift’s music and i’ve been looking for something that tells the story of betty and james, (and augustine obvs) and this ABSOLUTELY shows everything taylor wrote about those characters I LOVE IT THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!❤️❤️❤️
Put the perfume on the shelf 😭😭❤️
This is an actual masterpiece I’m honestly speechless!!! This should be a series oh my gosh! Obsessed!
The attention to detail in this is crazy from the Easter eggs of seven to illicit affairs. Folklore is my fav album so I loved all this so much!