LOL! I was going to say cold and arrogant like the old-school look for snake characters. It's been a while since I've seen it onscreen. Directors tend to go for cute these days.
if you mean that we can see the raw faces, I think that is intentional, imo. I can tell the first minute, this…
My point is post-production fixes any errors in cinematography to make a drama look better. Whether the issue is a set being poorly made, or an awkward lighting issue at the time it was filmed, or even bad makeup on any given day. Others have commented below about this.