‘Every window told a story’: Candid TikTok video of passengers on a train bound for Scotland is dubbed ‘masterpiece’ by viewers
- Student Aisha Khan filmed an LNER passenger train that her train was overtaking
- The resulting TikTok clip has garnered around three million views so far
- TikTok user Justin Parkan said he gets “big Wes Anderson vibes” from it.
Forget special effects, a top cast and a multi-million pound budget – it seems all you need to make a film that will captivate millions is a smartphone and a passenger train.
Student Aisha Khan, 20, proved the point after holding her iPhone to the window of a train she was on and filming a service being overtaken on a parallel track with a slow-motion filter.
The resulting TikTok clip – set to Jagger’s song Vas – has garnered around three million views, over 160,000 likes and over 2,000 comments, with viewers captivated by the contrasting scenes in each carriage and one person for 44 seconds -Video for ‘a’ declared masterpiece’.
Student Aisha Khan filmed an LNER passenger train as her train overtook – the resulting TikTok clip garnered around three million views. In this carriage, Goldilocks enjoys a drink or three…
Khan shot the footage simply by holding her iPhone to the window next to her seat and filming with a slow-motion filter. In this image, a man is caught staring out the door window with his hand under his shirt
Passengers featured in the candid clip include commuters, a member of a bachelorette party dressed as Goldilocks, exhausted passengers hunched over their tables — and a man with one hand tucked under his shirt in one anteroom of a carriage and faces the door.
The TikToker account ‘@chloeelainelewis’ said: ‘Somebody there is having their worst day while another is having their best day, and all on the same train without them knowing.’
Commenter ‘@sarcasticinnit’ said watching the video made them realize that ‘every casual passerby lives a life as vivid and complex as your own’.
The TikToker account ‘@chloeelainelewis’ said: ‘Somebody there is having their worst day while another is having their best day, and all on the same train without them knowing.’
Tiktok user ‘@user38485903019447’ said: ‘This is amazing. It’s the feeling you get when you see people in apartment blocks, all living separate lives.
TikTok user Justin Parkan said he gets “big Wes Anderson vibes” from the clip
Another Tiktok user, “@user38485903019447,” said, “This is amazing. It’s the feeling you get when you see people in apartment buildings, all living separate lives.’
Justin Parkan, meanwhile, said he gets “big Wes Anderson vibes” from the clip, and Joey Finch perhaps spoke for every viewer when he commented, “Every window told a story…especially the door.”
Khan captured the video in February while she was traveling to Darlington on an LNER train. By Train, she filmed an LNER train from London to Stirling.
A feeling for many is that the clip should be turned into an LNER commercial.
Khan captured the video in February while she was traveling to Darlington on an LNER train. By Train, she filmed an LNER train from London to Stirling
A feeling for many is that the clip should be turned into an LNER commercial
Commenter ‘@sarcasticinnit’ said watching the video made them realize that “every casual passer-by lives a life as vivid and complex as your own”.
Khan told the Northern Echo that the reaction to the video was “absolutely insane”.
She said: “I’ve had interest from LNER, ITV and many others. It’s nice to know it’s had an impact.
“Hopefully I can follow it up with a lot of other similar content.
“I don’t think I’m good at film or anything, but I decided to hold my phone up to the window and put a slow-motion filter on it.
“I posted it the day I got it [home from] The trip thought it would get a few thousand views like my others, but I woke up the next morning to millions of views, shares and comments.