diff --git a/src/components/player/Player.tsx b/src/components/player/Player.tsx
index 0931ffa1..71552757 100644
--- a/src/components/player/Player.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/Player.tsx
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./atoms";
 export * from "./base/Container";
+export * from "./base/BottomControls";
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/Fullscreen.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/Fullscreen.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ae6a884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/Fullscreen.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import { VideoPlayerButton } from "@/components/player/internals/Button";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
+
+export function Fullscreen() {
+  const { isFullscreen } = usePlayerStore((s) => s.interface);
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
+
+  return (
+    <VideoPlayerButton
+      onClick={() => display?.toggleFullscreen()}
+      icon={isFullscreen ? Icons.COMPRESS : Icons.EXPAND}
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/Pause.tsx
similarity index 58%
rename from src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx
rename to src/components/player/atoms/Pause.tsx
index 752fdcc4..beb68386 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/pause.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/Pause.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import { VideoPlayerButton } from "@/components/player/internals/Button";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 
 export function Pause() {
@@ -10,8 +12,9 @@ export function Pause() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <button type="button" onClick={toggle}>
-      play/pause
-    </button>
+    <VideoPlayerButton
+      onClick={toggle}
+      icon={isPaused ? Icons.PLAY : Icons.PAUSE}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/index.ts b/src/components/player/atoms/index.ts
index 69b43b9b..5fedb0ef 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export * from "./pause";
+export * from "./Pause";
+export * from "./Fullscreen";
diff --git a/src/components/player/base/BottomControls.tsx b/src/components/player/base/BottomControls.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21af9c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/player/base/BottomControls.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Transition } from "@/components/Transition";
+
+export function BottomControls(props: {
+  show: boolean;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full absolute bottom-0 flex flex-col  pt-32 bg-gradient-to-t from-black to-transparent [margin-bottom:env(safe-area-inset-bottom)]">
+      <Transition
+        animation="slide-up"
+        show={props.show}
+        className="pointer-events-auto px-4 pb-2 flex justify-end"
+      >
+        {props.children}
+      </Transition>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player/base/Container.tsx b/src/components/player/base/Container.tsx
index d8e3cb93..d00612f2 100644
--- a/src/components/player/base/Container.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/base/Container.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,90 @@
-import { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { ReactNode, RefObject, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 
 import { VideoContainer } from "@/components/player/internals/VideoContainer";
+import { PlayerHoverState } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 
 export interface PlayerProps {
   children?: ReactNode;
+  onLoad?: () => void;
 }
 
-export function Container(props: PlayerProps) {
+function useHovering(containerEl: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>) {
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+  const updateInterfaceHovering = usePlayerStore(
+    (s) => s.updateInterfaceHovering
+  );
+  const hovering = usePlayerStore((s) => s.interface.hovering);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!containerEl.current) return;
+    const el = containerEl.current;
+
+    function pointerMove(e: PointerEvent) {
+      if (e.pointerType !== "mouse") return;
+      updateInterfaceHovering(PlayerHoverState.MOUSE_HOVER);
+      if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+      timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        updateInterfaceHovering(PlayerHoverState.NOT_HOVERING);
+        timeoutRef.current = null;
+      }, 3000);
+    }
+
+    function pointerLeave(e: PointerEvent) {
+      if (e.pointerType !== "mouse") return;
+      updateInterfaceHovering(PlayerHoverState.NOT_HOVERING);
+      if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+    }
+
+    function pointerUp(e: PointerEvent) {
+      if (e.pointerType === "mouse") return;
+      if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+      if (hovering !== PlayerHoverState.MOBILE_TAPPED)
+        updateInterfaceHovering(PlayerHoverState.MOBILE_TAPPED);
+      else updateInterfaceHovering(PlayerHoverState.NOT_HOVERING);
+    }
+
+    el.addEventListener("pointermove", pointerMove);
+    el.addEventListener("pointerleave", pointerLeave);
+    el.addEventListener("pointerup", pointerUp);
+
+    return () => {
+      el.removeEventListener("pointermove", pointerMove);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointerleave", pointerLeave);
+      el.removeEventListener("pointerup", pointerUp);
+    };
+  }, [containerEl, hovering, updateInterfaceHovering]);
+}
+
+function BaseContainer(props: { children?: ReactNode }) {
+  const containerEl = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const display = usePlayerStore((s) => s.display);
+  useHovering(containerEl);
+
+  // report container element to display interface
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (display && containerEl.current) {
+      display.processContainerElement(containerEl.current);
+    }
+  }, [display, containerEl]);
+
   return (
-    <div>
-      <VideoContainer />
+    <div className="relative overflow-hidden h-screen" ref={containerEl}>
       {props.children}
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+export function Container(props: PlayerProps) {
+  const propRef = useRef(props.onLoad);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    propRef.current?.();
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <BaseContainer>
+      <VideoContainer />
+      {props.children}
+    </BaseContainer>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player/display/base.ts b/src/components/player/display/base.ts
index 63737b76..8acdf1d1 100644
--- a/src/components/player/display/base.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/display/base.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
+import fscreen from "fscreen";
+
 import {
   DisplayInterface,
   DisplayInterfaceEvents,
 } from "@/components/player/display/displayInterface";
 import { Source } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
+import {
+  canFullscreen,
+  canFullscreenAnyElement,
+  canWebkitFullscreen,
+} from "@/utils/detectFeatures";
 import { makeEmitter } from "@/utils/events";
 
 export function makeVideoElementDisplayInterface(): DisplayInterface {
   const { emit, on, off } = makeEmitter<DisplayInterfaceEvents>();
   let source: Source | null = null;
   let videoElement: HTMLVideoElement | null = null;
+  let containerElement: HTMLElement | null = null;
+  let isFullscreen = false;
 
   function setSource() {
     if (!videoElement || !source) return;
@@ -17,13 +26,19 @@ export function makeVideoElementDisplayInterface(): DisplayInterface {
     videoElement.addEventListener("pause", () => emit("pause", undefined));
   }
 
+  function fullscreenChange() {
+    isFullscreen =
+      !!document.fullscreenElement || // other browsers
+      !!(document as any).webkitFullscreenElement; // safari
+  }
+  fscreen.addEventListener("fullscreenchange", fullscreenChange);
+
   return {
     on,
     off,
-
-    // no need to destroy anything
-    destroy: () => {},
-
+    destroy: () => {
+      fscreen.removeEventListener("fullscreenchange", fullscreenChange);
+    },
     load(newSource) {
       source = newSource;
       setSource();
@@ -33,13 +48,36 @@ export function makeVideoElementDisplayInterface(): DisplayInterface {
       videoElement = video;
       setSource();
     },
+    processContainerElement(container) {
+      containerElement = container;
+    },
 
     pause() {
       videoElement?.pause();
     },
-
     play() {
       videoElement?.play();
     },
+    toggleFullscreen() {
+      if (isFullscreen) {
+        isFullscreen = false;
+        emit("fullscreen", isFullscreen);
+        if (!fscreen.fullscreenElement) return;
+        fscreen.exitFullscreen();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // enter fullscreen
+      isFullscreen = true;
+      emit("fullscreen", isFullscreen);
+      if (!canFullscreen() || fscreen.fullscreenElement) return;
+      if (canFullscreenAnyElement()) {
+        if (containerElement) fscreen.requestFullscreen(containerElement);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (canWebkitFullscreen()) {
+        if (videoElement) (videoElement as any).webkitEnterFullscreen();
+      }
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts b/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
index 4dff00d9..60e75a4d 100644
--- a/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/display/displayInterface.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Listener } from "@/utils/events";
 export type DisplayInterfaceEvents = {
   play: void;
   pause: void;
+  fullscreen: boolean;
 };
 
 export interface DisplayInterface extends Listener<DisplayInterfaceEvents> {
@@ -11,5 +12,7 @@ export interface DisplayInterface extends Listener<DisplayInterfaceEvents> {
   pause(): void;
   load(source: Source): void;
   processVideoElement(video: HTMLVideoElement): void;
+  processContainerElement(container: HTMLElement): void;
+  toggleFullscreen(): void;
   destroy(): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
index 9b5301fa..add6b988 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ export function usePlayer() {
       display?.load(source);
       setStatus(playerStatus.PLAYING);
     },
+    setScrapeStatus() {
+      setStatus(playerStatus.SCRAPING);
+    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/Button.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/Button.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..420ff70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/Button.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+
+export function VideoPlayerButton(props: {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
+  onClick: () => void;
+  icon?: Icons;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      onClick={props.onClick}
+      className="p-2 rounded-full hover:bg-video-buttonBackground hover:bg-opacity-75 transition-transform duration-100 active:scale-110 active:bg-opacity-100 active:text-white"
+    >
+      {props.icon && <Icon className="text-2xl" icon={props.icon} />}
+      {props.children}
+    </button>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx b/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
index 59679181..04c0331e 100644
--- a/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/internals/VideoContainer.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function VideoElement() {
     }
   }, [display, videoEl]);
 
-  return <video autoPlay ref={videoEl} />;
+  return <video className="w-full h-screen" autoPlay ref={videoEl} />;
 }
 
 export function VideoContainer() {
diff --git a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
index b31efc1d..6622dce3 100644
--- a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
 import { Player } from "@/components/player";
 import { usePlayer } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
+import { PlayerHoverState } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
 import { playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 
 export function PlayerView() {
-  const { status, playMedia } = usePlayer();
+  const { status, playMedia, setScrapeStatus } = usePlayer();
+  const hovering = usePlayerStore((s) => s.interface.hovering);
 
   function scrape() {
     playMedia({
       type: MWStreamType.MP4,
-      url: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
+      // url: "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4",
+      url: "http://95.111.247.180/darude.mp4",
     });
   }
 
-  return (
-    <Player.Container>
-      <Player.Pause />
+  const showControlElements = hovering !== PlayerHoverState.NOT_HOVERING;
 
-      {status === playerStatus.IDLE ? (
-        <div>
+  return (
+    <Player.Container onLoad={setScrapeStatus}>
+      <Player.BottomControls show={showControlElements}>
+        <Player.Pause />
+        <Player.Fullscreen />
+      </Player.BottomControls>
+
+      {status === playerStatus.SCRAPING ? (
+        <div className="w-full h-screen">
           <p>Its now scraping</p>
           <button type="button" onClick={scrape}>
             Finish scraping
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/display.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/display.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7be20b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/display.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { DisplayInterface } from "@/components/player/display/displayInterface";
+import { MakeSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
+
+export interface DisplaySlice {
+  display: DisplayInterface | null;
+  setDisplay(display: DisplayInterface): void;
+}
+
+export const createDisplaySlice: MakeSlice<DisplaySlice> = (set, get) => ({
+  display: null,
+  setDisplay(newDisplay: DisplayInterface) {
+    const display = get().display;
+    if (display) display.destroy();
+
+    // make display events update the state
+    newDisplay.on("pause", () =>
+      set((s) => {
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = true;
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = false;
+      })
+    );
+    newDisplay.on("play", () =>
+      set((s) => {
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = false;
+        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = true;
+      })
+    );
+    newDisplay.on("fullscreen", (isFullscreen) =>
+      set((s) => {
+        s.interface.isFullscreen = isFullscreen;
+      })
+    );
+
+    set((s) => {
+      s.display = newDisplay;
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/interface.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/interface.ts
index 53b1171e..38e41a2c 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/interface.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/interface.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ export enum VideoPlayerTimeFormat {
   REMAINING = 1,
 }
 
+export enum PlayerHoverState {
+  NOT_HOVERING = "not_hovering",
+  MOUSE_HOVER = "mouse_hover",
+  MOBILE_TAPPED = "mobile_tapped",
+}
+
 export interface InterfaceSlice {
   interface: {
     isFullscreen: boolean;
+    hovering: PlayerHoverState;
 
     volumeChangedWithKeybind: boolean; // has the volume recently been adjusted with the up/down arrows recently?
     volumeChangedWithKeybindDebounce: NodeJS.Timeout | null; // debounce for the duration of the "volume changed thingamajig"
@@ -15,14 +22,23 @@ export interface InterfaceSlice {
     leftControlHovering: boolean; // is the cursor hovered over the left side of player controls
     timeFormat: VideoPlayerTimeFormat; // Time format of the video player
   };
+  updateInterfaceHovering(newState: PlayerHoverState): void;
 }
 
-export const createInterfaceSlice: MakeSlice<InterfaceSlice> = () => ({
+export const createInterfaceSlice: MakeSlice<InterfaceSlice> = (set) => ({
   interface: {
     isFullscreen: false,
     leftControlHovering: false,
+    hovering: PlayerHoverState.NOT_HOVERING,
     volumeChangedWithKeybind: false,
     volumeChangedWithKeybindDebounce: null,
     timeFormat: VideoPlayerTimeFormat.REGULAR,
   },
+
+  updateInterfaceHovering(newState: PlayerHoverState) {
+    set((s) => {
+      console.log("setting", newState);
+      s.interface.hovering = newState;
+    });
+  },
 });
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
index e511b001..d62466ed 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { MWStreamType } from "@/backend/helpers/streams";
-import { DisplayInterface } from "@/components/player/display/displayInterface";
 import { MakeSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
 import { ValuesOf } from "@/utils/typeguard";
 
@@ -19,16 +18,13 @@ export interface SourceSliceSource {
 export interface SourceSlice {
   status: PlayerStatus;
   source: SourceSliceSource | null;
-  display: DisplayInterface | null;
   setStatus(status: PlayerStatus): void;
   setSource(url: string, type: MWStreamType): void;
-  setDisplay(display: DisplayInterface): void;
 }
 
-export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
+export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set) => ({
   source: null,
   status: playerStatus.IDLE,
-  display: null,
   setStatus(status: PlayerStatus) {
     set((s) => {
       s.status = status;
@@ -42,26 +38,4 @@ export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
       };
     });
   },
-  setDisplay(newDisplay: DisplayInterface) {
-    const display = get().display;
-    if (display) display.destroy();
-
-    // make display events update the state
-    newDisplay.on("pause", () =>
-      set((s) => {
-        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = true;
-        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = false;
-      })
-    );
-    newDisplay.on("play", () =>
-      set((s) => {
-        s.mediaPlaying.isPaused = false;
-        s.mediaPlaying.isPlaying = true;
-      })
-    );
-
-    set((s) => {
-      s.display = newDisplay;
-    });
-  },
 });
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
index f2c5269a..5e8f0db8 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { StateCreator } from "zustand";
 
+import { DisplaySlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/display";
 import { InterfaceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
 import { PlayingSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/playing";
 import { ProgressSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/progress";
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ import { SourceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 export type AllSlices = InterfaceSlice &
   PlayingSlice &
   ProgressSlice &
-  SourceSlice;
+  SourceSlice &
+  DisplaySlice;
 export type MakeSlice<Slice> = StateCreator<
   AllSlices,
   [["zustand/immer", never]],
diff --git a/src/stores/player/store.ts b/src/stores/player/store.ts
index 41216eec..e30fceaa 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { immer } from "zustand/middleware/immer";
 
+import { createDisplaySlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/display";
 import { createInterfaceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
 import { createPlayingSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/playing";
 import { createProgressSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/progress";
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ export const usePlayerStore = create(
     ...createProgressSlice(...a),
     ...createPlayingSlice(...a),
     ...createSourceSlice(...a),
+    ...createDisplaySlice(...a),
   }))
 );
diff --git a/tailwind.config.js b/tailwind.config.js
index abca14fa..d12c6083 100644
--- a/tailwind.config.js
+++ b/tailwind.config.js
@@ -26,23 +26,23 @@ module.exports = {
         "ash-400": "#3D394D",
         "ash-300": "#2C293A",
         "ash-200": "#2B2836",
-        "ash-100": "#1E1C26",
+        "ash-100": "#1E1C26"
       },
 
       /* fonts */
       fontFamily: {
-        "open-sans": "'Open Sans'",
+        "open-sans": "'Open Sans'"
       },
 
       /* animations */
       keyframes: {
         "loading-pin": {
           "0%, 40%, 100%": { height: "0.5em", "background-color": "#282336" },
-          "20%": { height: "1em", "background-color": "white" },
-        },
+          "20%": { height: "1em", "background-color": "white" }
+        }
       },
-      animation: { "loading-pin": "loading-pin 1.8s ease-in-out infinite" },
-    },
+      animation: { "loading-pin": "loading-pin 1.8s ease-in-out infinite" }
+    }
   },
   plugins: [
     require("tailwind-scrollbar"),
@@ -52,25 +52,25 @@ module.exports = {
           colors: {
             // Branding
             pill: {
-              background: "#1C1C36",
+              background: "#1C1C36"
             },
 
             // meta data for the theme itself
             global: {
               accentA: "#505DBD",
-              accentB: "#3440A1",
+              accentB: "#3440A1"
             },
 
             // light bar
             lightBar: {
-              light: "#2A2A71",
+              light: "#2A2A71"
             },
 
             // only used for body colors/textures
             background: {
               main: "#0A0A10",
               accentA: "#6E3B80",
-              accentB: "#1F1F50",
+              accentB: "#1F1F50"
             },
 
             // typography
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = {
               emphasis: "#FFFFFF",
               text: "#73739D",
               dimmed: "#926CAD",
-              divider: "#262632",
+              divider: "#262632"
             },
 
             // search bar
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
               focused: "#24243C",
               placeholder: "#4A4A71",
               icon: "#545476",
-              text: "#FFFFFF",
+              text: "#FFFFFF"
             },
 
             // media cards
@@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ module.exports = {
               barColor: "#4B4B63",
               barFillColor: "#BA7FD6",
               badge: "#151522",
-              badgeText: "#5F5F7A",
+              badgeText: "#5F5F7A"
             },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    }),
-  ],
+
+            // video player
+            video: {
+              buttonBackground: "#444B5C"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  ]
 };