South Korean pop music girl group #Dreamcatcher @hf_dreamcatcher concept and MV reference.
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Best angle of Porte d'Aval.

Left: Fly High (Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Le's Falaises this ' Etretat (1884) by Claude Monet

Debut MV Chase Me concept is based on films adapted from works by Stephen King.

Left: Chase Me (Jan 12, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: 1408 (2007)

In 1408, the main character Mike kept voice recording his thoughts and what he experienced in that room. But in Chase Me, the character is analyzing the video he recorded, he has different purpose compares to Mike.

Left: Chase Me (Jan 12, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: 1408 (2007)

In 1408, Mike tried to find help from the residents living in the opposite building, but found that was a shadow of himself
The scenes DC took as reference are literally the most scary and cult scenes in the film

Left: Chase Me (Jan 12, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: 1408 (2007)

"Come play with us, Danny. Forever, and ever, and ever."

Left: Chase Me(Jan 12, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: The Shining(1980)

Very iconic scene from The Shining. After Jack went mad, he was trying to kill his family with an axe.
In Chase Me, the man was locked outside. After he broke into the room, the interior decoration changed.

Left: Chase Me(Jan 12, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: The Shining(1980)

Instead of processing the story with a bloody scene, the MV director took a reference from another masterpiece, conveyed the idea in a clean and aesthetic way, literally genius.

P1&P2: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
P3: The Death of Marat(1793) by Jacques-Louis David

Foggy scene in Fly High MV has the similar meaning to Foggy dimension in Silent Hill. Foggy dimension is not the reality, even though you are still wandering in that place.

Left: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Silent Hill(2006)

Siren in Silent Hill is a sign of entering Otherworld.(I will explain Otherworld later in the thread)
Siren in intro part of PIRI shares the similar meaning in Dreamcather's concept.

Left: PIRI(Feb 13, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Silent Hill(2006)

Caged bird. In Silent Hill, before the siren, the caged bird will chirp. Religious ppl in the town use them to escape from Otherworld transition in time.
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Left: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Silent Hill(2006)

In Fly High, girls living in that mansion are also religious. The proof is that they processed communion.

Eucharist is a Christian rite, but I prefer to take game reference. I will explain the reason (+)

Left: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Bloodborne(2015)

SuA rings the bell, she is the one who hosts the communion. In the first scene-cut, only left side has deer horn as decoration.
Laurence, the First Vicar in Bloodborne also only has left side horn.

Left: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Bloodborne(2015)

Killing "Rom, the Vacuous Spider" in Bloodborne will lead the timeline process to blood moon - the most sinister part in the game.
In Fly High, after Yoohyeon killed the spider, the girls became nightmares.

Left: Fly High(Jul 27, 2017) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Bloodborne(2015)

If the top keeps spinning, that means you are in a dream
...or a nightmare.

Left: You and I(May 10, 2018) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Inception(2010)

The scene-cut before the character(Mika Nakashima) transform to zombie in the movie Resident Evil: Afterlife.
It shares the similar meaning in What MV: before transforming status.

Left: What(Sep 20, 2018) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Resident Evil: Afterlife(2010)

Otherworld.
The Otherworld is not reality, yet it is still real on another plane of existence.
The sign of entering Otherworld: siren, then everything surrounding transform to rusty and corrupted.

Left: What(Sep 20, 2018) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Silent Hill(2006)

Very similar golden butterfly effect. But DC design team seldom refer to element based on aesthetic only, they also inherited another meaning of this element into Deja Vu.(+)

Right: Deja Vu(Sep 18, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
Left: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(2019)

Golden butterfly in Sekiro always surrounding the items you can pick up. In this horror game, golden butterfly means sth positive. In Deja Vu, it means JiU will come back as a cruel avenger, since all the positive aspects left her body

Left: Deja Vu(2019)
Right: Sekiro(2019)

In Sekiro, resurrection has sakura petals effect. Sakura also means vitality.
In Deja Vu, JiU opens her eyes with sakura petals surrounding her, indicates that she has resurrected.
Moreover,(+)

Left: Deja Vu(Sep 18, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(2019)

Resurrection in Sekiro isn't a free skill. The sacrifice of this supernatural power is to consume others vitality.
In Deja Vu, right before JiU resurrected with petal effect was Suayeon's fell. They sacrificed for JiU.

P1&P2:Deja Vu(Sep 18, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
P3:Sekiro(2019)

And we all know that Deja Vu is a story about betrayal.

Left: Deja Vu(Sep 18, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
Right: The Last Supper(1490s) by Leonardo da Vinci

Photographic composition reference.

Right: Deja Vu concept photo of Siyeon (Sep 18, 2019) by Dreamcatcher
Left: Portrait of Innocent X (1650) by Diego Velázquez

Thread about GCC lore:
https://twitter.com/donutsiyeon/status/1281071284026138625
Crystallize. Infected. For anime fans I'm sure you will relate it to Guilty Crown.
DC design team again, showed their superior sensitivity to ACG.

Left: R.o.S.E BLUE(Jul 15, 2020) by Dreamcatcher
Right: Guilty Crown(2011)

The concept of new storyline is based on Norse Mythology.
The tree of language is a variant of Yggdrasill, an immense mythical tree that plays a central role in Norse cosmology.
I will list some proofs(+)

Left: DystopiaTOL(Feb 18, 2020)
Right: Yggdrasill from Norse Mythology

One of the proof is their E ver concept photoset. But more convincing proof is Ymir, the origination of the world in Norse Mythology.
Worth to mention, Ymir also means "The Screamer".
Interestingly, DC design team also took reference from another adaption from Norse Mythology
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Among all the adaptions from Norse Mythology, only Ymir Fritz in AOT is a little girl.
DC design team related a little girl to The Tree of Language, which is a very concise way to convey an idea of the Goddess.

Left:DystopiaTOL(Feb 18, 2020)
Right:Attack On Titan(Ongoing)