I am so disappointed kms
ugh idkkk 😠i had such high expectations from the trailer, but this looks bad TT who gave this director the job bro... what a waste of such high-calibre actors and gorgeous costuming.
i'm constantly sitting there questioning why he chose to shoot a scene a certain way, or why he thought something was a good idea. i even looked through his previous work, and yeah... i did NOT like those dramas either 💀
- there are WAY too many camera cuts in every scene. it feels so amateur, and it's honestly distracting. the cuts aren't even smooth, and they make the blocking confusing. you'll get a close-up from one side, then a front-facing shot where you can clearly see where everyone's standing, and then the next cut suddenly makes it look like everyone's magically swapped positions 😠it's genuinely awful visual storytelling omg.
- the lighting is so overpowering that it completely flattens everything. there's no contrast, no atmosphere, nothing visually interesting. everyone just looks washed out, and the colour grading is so dull. i genuinely feel like i've been catfished because that poster is communicating vibrancy and interesting lighting, but this is just straight buns.
- he decided to use AI for the intro and a bunch of other shots instead of using that budget to pay actual animators and artists who know what they're doing. idgaf what anyone says, using AI here just screams lazy and cheap.
- don't even get me started on the sound effects 😠the jingles are literally the same stock sounds every mini drama/vertical drama uses. it makes the whole thing feel incredibly amateurish omgggg.
can we just get zeng qing jie to direct every drama from now on because holy hell 😠the difference in quality between this and Provoke is actually insane.
I'm going to keep watching because I've been waiting for this since forever, but my hopes and dreams are officially in the gutter... I'm just going to treat this like any other mini drama... ðŸ˜
i'm constantly sitting there questioning why he chose to shoot a scene a certain way, or why he thought something was a good idea. i even looked through his previous work, and yeah... i did NOT like those dramas either 💀
- there are WAY too many camera cuts in every scene. it feels so amateur, and it's honestly distracting. the cuts aren't even smooth, and they make the blocking confusing. you'll get a close-up from one side, then a front-facing shot where you can clearly see where everyone's standing, and then the next cut suddenly makes it look like everyone's magically swapped positions 😠it's genuinely awful visual storytelling omg.
- the lighting is so overpowering that it completely flattens everything. there's no contrast, no atmosphere, nothing visually interesting. everyone just looks washed out, and the colour grading is so dull. i genuinely feel like i've been catfished because that poster is communicating vibrancy and interesting lighting, but this is just straight buns.
- he decided to use AI for the intro and a bunch of other shots instead of using that budget to pay actual animators and artists who know what they're doing. idgaf what anyone says, using AI here just screams lazy and cheap.
- don't even get me started on the sound effects 😠the jingles are literally the same stock sounds every mini drama/vertical drama uses. it makes the whole thing feel incredibly amateurish omgggg.
can we just get zeng qing jie to direct every drama from now on because holy hell 😠the difference in quality between this and Provoke is actually insane.
I'm going to keep watching because I've been waiting for this since forever, but my hopes and dreams are officially in the gutter... I'm just going to treat this like any other mini drama... ðŸ˜
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