A TikTok from Adrianne Taylor shows the emotional response that comes with seeing a deceased family member in a new light. Taylor’s father passed away in 2012, and she told BuzzFeed: “It was nice to see a photo of us with me grown up rather than being a little girl. When losing a loved one there’s no time limit on your grief. You just learn to live with it.” She said she also received responses from others dealing with grief and pain.
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TikTok’s head of product, Sean Kim, told BuzzFeed this trend “is another inspiring example of our community’s creativity and heart, and we’re proud to see them continue to use TikTok to tell their stories and share meaningful moments with the world.”
People on TikTok are reimagining how to use a popular new filter that places or flattens you in a photo, and it s making people very emotional.
Young TikTokers are uploading old photos of parents or other loved ones who ve died so they can have current photos of them together.
Those who have used the Green Screen Scan effect in this way told BuzzFeed News that the experience was overwhelming and heartbreaking but also cathartic.
The Green Screen Scan imposes the user onto any photo they choose to upload in the background so that the results, or new photo, looks like one flattened image. Like many videos on the app, the filter was first used jokingly as a way to convince a parent that you were somewhere that you were not.