EARNEST - The "Dream Weaver" trope

Sometimes certain events or sounds reoccur in a multitude of different movies or TV shows, eg, playing the "Jaws" theme tune when someone is sneaking up on someone else, or a character is sunglasses walking in slow motion away from a huge explosion. This is known as a trope. Tropes can be comedic or dramatic, and most of the audience will recognise a trope they see from something else they've seen before.
Tropes can be criticised as cliches, or used ironically in satire. We're going to be using a variation of the "Dream Weaver" trope, which originated from the cult classic movie Wayne's World. 




The trope consists of a character, usually a main character, seeing someone very attractive. The camera goes soft focus, there are some sparkly visual effects, and music is heard playing softly in the background, normally, "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, hence the name.

We'll be using this trope twice, for the brief appearances of Gemma and Chelsea, to really convey how smitten the boys are. This is a part I'm quite looking forward to, I think it'll set the light hearted, comedic mood of the film.

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