Hey you guys, it’s Anton.
I made a video a few days back as an update on Kris Wu and Yang Zi’s historical costumed
drama “The Golden Hairpin” and I promised I would do a reaction video on its trailer
that was released by their production team a few weeks back.
This is probably one of my most anticipated upcoming dramas because of the main leads,
storyline, and also because of the fact that the director and screenwriters in charge of
this show have produced powerhouse C-dramas in the past, like Eternal Love Ten Miles of
Peach Blossoms, Scarlet Heart, Love O2O, and Love and Destiny.
I loved every single one of those, by the way, and Love and Destiny of course is one of
those pinnacles of Chinese drama in recent years, so I have pretty high hopes for “The
Golden Hairpin”.
So today, we’re going to do a quick reaction to the official teaser trailer that was posted
by the production team a few weeks back. Oh boy, I really hope it doesn’t let me down.
Okay, let’s start it up and analyze the opening scene.
Immediately, I’m digging this color palette.
I love every time this director chooses her colors, it’s always very bright but balanced
at the same time.
It doesn’t have the supersaturated look that a show like “Ashes of Love” has, so although
the colors shine through the tone has this fantastic somber feel.
I can tell stylistically this was made by the same director as “Ten Miles of Peach
Blossoms” but it looks like her tones have shifted to a slightly higher level of vibrancy,
compared to her work last year in “Love and Destiny”.
I really dig it, “The Golden Hairpin” is sort of a murder mystery drama and so this
level of color serves a nice purpose to highlight its undertones.
This first scene of the wheat ripe and ready to harvest panning into the couple and then
finally to the murders, this might symbolize the end of a season and character change or
maturity.
These next scenes I’m really digging the costumes, Kris Wu’s war outfit sort of reminds
me of Mark Chao’s God of War armor from Eternal Love.
And then seeing Yang Zi in ancient costume again, boy this is nostalgic.
I don’t think I’ve seen her in ancient dress since…
I don’t know, the “Ashes of Love” days?
It seems so long ago now and I think she looks great here.
I almost wish this was a fantasy drama, but hey, I’ll take a historical crime series
any day.
This next scene here, whoa, they are showing off a little of their budget I see.
I love all the camera angles and the lighting.
This last scene with Kris holding a sword dressed in white – whoa he looks pretty
good.
I mean, expected this style, but they really dress him up to make him look like a mini
God of War.
A young Mark Chao in training?
Maybe, although Mark Chao is legendary as an actor, so I wouldn’t dare to jump the
gun making that comparison… but this may be the time Kris Wu can prove his acting skills,
and what better production team to help him brush up on it than this one from “The Golden
Hairpin”.
Alright, and then watching it through the end, there isn’t really much else to comment
on.
I really like the color sat levels on the picture and some of these cinematic shots
are textbook.
I think I can definitely say that this trailer really met my expectation of how I envisioned
in my head of this drama would look with the main leads and production style.
Actually, Kris Wu sort of surprised me most because he looked even better than I imagined
in ancient costume.
I would say that they really did him right and that he looks better here than even his
Eternal Love music video from last year.
I’m very impressed.
I think besides maybe “The Legend of Fei”, “The Golden Hairpin” is on my top watch
list for upcoming dramas to look out for when they finally premiere.
I can’t wait.
I mentioned that I made a video a few days back as an update on Kris Wu and Yang Zi’s
historical costumed drama “The Golden Hairpin”.
I’ll leave a link it the top right hand corner of this video and down in the comments
section below if you’d like to see a brief synopsis of the storyline.
“The Golden Hairpin” is based on a novel of the same name, but at this point we don’t
really know yet just how faithful the drama adaptation will be to the book.
If you are interested in reading the novel, it does have an official English translation
that you can buy.
I’ll also leave the link to the book, as well as a link to this official teaser trailer
down in the video description below if you are interested.
So what are your thoughts on this trailer?
Do you think that based on watching this trailer, “The Golden Hairpin” will be worthy of
being a spiritual successor to this director’s other works, like Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms
or Love and Destiny?
And will you be following this production as it develops?
Let me know down in the comments section below.
Anyhow, that’s all I have for you guys today.
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Anyways, this is Anton, thanks for joining me today, I will see you guys in the next
video.
Later!