A few days ago, a reader left a message to let me see the TV series "Heirloom", saying that it was filmed quite well.
After seeing the comments, I searched for the TV series.
"Heirloom" was broadcast for nearly a month, and the Douban score was 6.4 points, just passing.
From the perspective of the lineup, it is very typical of the main drama. Although there is no shadow of Yu Zheng in the propaganda, even the official Weibo mentions his name, in order to avoid suspicion.
However, the combination of Wu Jinyan, Qin Lan and Nie Yuan is obviously eating the dividends of the "Yanxi Raiders" of that year, the empress cp, Long Ying cp, Cha Luo cp and so on.
Due to the explosion of "Yanxi Raiders", Wu Jinyan and Nie Yuan partnered in Douban's 3.2-point "Happiness Will Knock on the Door".
As well as the just-broadcast Douban 5.5 points of "Shang Food", Wu Jianyan and Xu Kai partnered to make up for the regret of "Fu Ying" CP.
Unfortunately, the drama has not yet been broadcast, and Yu Zheng is cold. But that doesn't mean he's not there.
Moreover, the lyricist of the Baidu Encyclopedia opening and ending song also betrayed yu yu who was the actual trader. Not mentioning the correct name, but there is his shadow everywhere, and there is no silver three hundred and two here.
Then again, what the plot is, you have to go to see for yourself.
After watching a few episodes, I will briefly describe the content of the TV series "Heirloom".
This drama tells the story of the rise and fall of the Yi family, the rise and fall, the ups and downs of the Yi family, the ups and downs of the big family in the turbulent Republic of China.
Qin Lan is the eldest daughter of Yi Xinghua, the head of the Yi family, born of the dead original wife, who knows the book, is gentle and virtuous, and knows how to advance and retreat.
She was very kind to her father, stepmother and younger siblings, and everyone looked at her differently.
Her husband is Nie Yuan, the leader of the warlords, vulgar and overbearing, the big old man who kills people without blinking, and the reason why he will marry Nie Yuan is entirely her father's intention, commercial marriage.
Qin Lan could only accept that as a big sister, she had family responsibilities, could only obey, could not resist, and could not have her own freedom of marriage.
At present, this pair of Qin Lan and Nie Yuan has the most desire to watch.
The emotional drama of "first marry and then love" has poked at the pain points of many audiences, coupled with the fact that the acting skills of the two are really pure fire, and it is really unbearable to fast forward when seeing the rival drama of the two of them.
There was a detail in the first episode that impressed me, Qin Lan's skirt was wrinkled, Nie Yuan helped her shoot open, Qin Lan snorted, Nie Yuan awkwardly skimmed the corners of his mouth, Qin Lan smiled slightly, all in control. On this one clip, the character of the two people is portrayed, and the emotional status is clearly displayed.
Wu Jinyan plays the second daughter of Yi Xinghua, who is the only daughter of Mrs. Stepmother.
Her maternal grandfather was a rich man, who not only gave his daughter a rich dowry, but also gave the son-in-law the start-up capital of the business, and even so, he could not exchange his daughter's happiness and ruined her life.
The character she plays can be described as "unhappy" in one word, seeing everyone black-faced, especially the little three who destroyed her family, that is, the father's third wife.
Her object in the play is the returnee prince played by Han Geng, a diplomat, the two are right at home, and the fathers of the two sides are family friends. But at first, the two looked down on each other and took the route of joy and wrongdoing.
Yi Xinghua's younger son and daughter, born to the third and current wife, are protected from the world.
The younger son dreams of taking medicine and changing people's lives through medicine, while the younger daughter, although petulant and willful, has a not bad personality.
In the play, there are their own emotional lines, one and the maid, one and the rich man with flowers, in short, none of them are left behind.
The whole is a very typical Republic of China TV series, combined with the house fight, business fight plus national righteousness, the change of the times and other content, in the end it must be a family that originally fell apart, and finally decided to unite and jointly support the family.
Overall, it is a qualified domestic drama. Because the nursery + Liu Jun, Nie Yuan + Qin Lan and other powerful actors are there, at least let people look at the plot, if it is purely supported by small fresh meat and small flowers, this drama may have to drop another 2 points.
Republic of China drama, indispensable slot point.
For example, the same gray filter as "Yanxi Raiders" is still used in "Heirloom".
The stills look very advanced scene, in the play a filter, pull down several grades, some pictures I put up, but also have to turn up the brightness, to see the face of the character.
This is the original screenshot without brightness, and some screenshots that are not bright enough I am all grading
There are also common problems in domestic dramas in casting, and the age difference of a few years can play father and son, father and daughter.
Qin Lan in 79 years, playing her husband is Nie Yuan, born in 78, there is no problem at all. Her father can be played by Liu Jun in 1972.
In fact, this kind of Republic of China case is not absent before, "Love Deep Rain" Xue Aunt and Ru Ping, ErHao, in reality, Wang Lin is only seven years older than Lin Xinru and Gao Xin, and there is no sense of violation at all.
But makeup plus Wang Lin's superb acting skills, coupled with Lin Xinru and Gao Xin in their early 20s playing 18-year-old teenagers, it is not very laborious, you will believe that this is a family.
In "Heirloom", the actors are in their 40s, and then play a person in his early 20s, who is nearly 30 years old, thankless.
In order to take care of this discomfort, the actor was specially ground more than a dozen layers of skin in the later stage.
This is Nie Yuan, retaining a certain muscle pattern direction, less close-up skin grinding, nasolabial folds, mouth lines are clearly visible, but the texture of the skin is all worn off.
The same is true for Qin Lan, retaining a certain line, but the skin must be white and transparent.
In some places, the perfunctory retoucher can be clearly seen, and everyone grinds the skin with one key, and does not care about the elderly, young and old.
In some plots, all the female characters are the same big filter, big grinding, the same white, the same full q bomb, no half lines, all rejuvenation.
Now I am wondering, every drama has this situation, in the end can it be a slot point in the future? Can I continue to complain like this?
I will not talk about some particularly silly plots, forcibly for the hero to save the United States, and create a drama of rejoicing in the back.
For example, Wu Jianyan was kidnapped at night, and it was difficult to negotiate with one of the kidnappers, let her go, and she fell into the water at night, and she climbed to the shore in the early morning, still wearing a heavy coat.
Of course, her coat is a "waterproof high-tech fabric", as soon as she landed, her short hair was still wet, her coat dried, her body also had its own drying effect, and there was no water stain when running.
Look closely at her feet after escaping, no water has been thrown out, and the coat is worn with a sense of elegance
Obviously, when you see someone coming to catch you, you have to run in front of the other party in a fair and bright way, which is really a very degrading behavior.
Such an act is naturally to open a romantic drama with her official partner Han Geng.
TV series, I can't be too real, too real has no entertainment nature.
The whole TV series can immerse me in watching, that is, in addition to the acting skills of several old drama bones, there is a variety of cheongsam, but it is too gorgeous, too dazzling, and each set is particularly beautiful!
These cheongsams are reflected behind them
The time of this play is seventeen years after the Republic of China, so many prototypes of the qipao style also have references to the shape of the National Flag Robe of that period.
I specially watched the interview with Zhou Liyan, the qipao producer behind the scenes of "Heirloom", and she also said: "The design of the qipao in the play respects the historical development to the greatest extent, which is an important guarantee for the quality of the TV series. The costumes, materials, and designs in the play are all well documented. ”
For example, Qin Lan's often upper body jacket skirt form of the qipao is a little different from the traditional impression of the qipao, not a slim high slit style, but a bit like the Ming Hanfu jacket skirt.
Because the story takes place in Shanghai in 1920, this looser qipao was more popular at that time.
And Miss Yi Jia, played by Qin Lan, is a more traditional woman, so she is more inclined to be dignified and virtuous than to be self-effacing and sexy.
In terms of materials, we also use a lot of velvet and satin fabrics that are rarely seen in the market and are relatively expensive.
In addition, at that time, there were many foreigners in Shanghai, and Western-style styles and ideas were gradually integrated, so there were also many qipao with Western-style shadows, such as lace, George's yarn, etc., combining Chinese and Western.
Let's talk in detail about the characteristics and beauty of the cheongsam of each character in the play.
1. Qin Lan - Miss Yi Family
As a big miss of the Yi family, Qin Lan is relatively older, according to the time of the beginning of the plot, she is in the Republic of China for about 17 years, and the qipao has just taken shape.
At that time, the qipao was actually a woman's pursuit of equality between men and women in order to fight for her rights and interests, so many designs were a bit like the long shirts of Qing Dynasty men.
Later, in order to make women more liberated, the sleeves were exposed, which was characterized by the loose design of this inverted large sleeve, which was simply understood as the current flared sleeves.
Many of the cheongsam she wears can see this style, the style of the upper jacket and the lower skirt;
In the monthly card pictorial of the early republic of China, you can see the same design.
In particular, this black and white vest and pink skirt cheongsam are embroidered with flowers along the placket, and lace is added to the cuffs and skirt.
Similar designs can be seen in many monthly brand advertisements, because lace was transmitted from foreign countries to China, so many qipao gradually absorbed foreign styles to improve.
As we know it, the traditional cheongsam is a style that goes to the ankle and then high split.
In fact, when the qipao first appeared, there were also lengths that were on the knees or calves, and Qin Lan had several qipaos that restored the design at that time.
Although many of the above qipao and the collar of the cheongsam are the more common high-standing collars and square collars today, in fact, the more common design of the tube collar in China in the 20s was more common.
Many cheongsam materials have said that the tube collar is very suitable for the temperament of Miss Shuxiang, and there is Western fashion, and there is a Chinese tradition, coupled with the design of lace edges, the woman's gentleness is like water at a glance.
Look closely at Qin Lan's first few episodes of the qipao, the design is very simple, almost all of them are very stable colors, black, white, light pink or dark green, the pattern is also biased towards simplicity.
This is also a historical study, in that era, both the high-ranking officials and nobles and the common people liked to wear the qipao, and even some Qinglou Geji also liked to wear it.
To distinguish themselves from these people, most of the women in high society deliberately avoid bright colors to set off their elegant status.
The patterns are mostly flowers and plants, showing her indifferent fame and fortune, not to compete. It is also very in line with her personality in the play, who likes to play with flowers and plants.
At that time, peonies, lotuses, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms were mostly used as patterns, which were also the most common flower types in traditional verses.
In addition, in order to show her identity as a big sister, she will wear some pearls or necklaces in addition to the simple and atmospheric qipao to add some aura and be more convincing.
Pearls with cheongsam, really have a special charm ah!
This is not because modern people like to wear pearls, fabricated out of thin air, in the Republic of China period, there are also many women wearing cheongsam, wearing several layers of pearl necklace paintings.
By the 30s of the Republic of China, there was already a shadow of the modern cheongsam, the skirt was long and mopped, the side slit, the style was close, influenced by European and American clothing, the style was more and more slim, and it could reflect the curvy beauty of women.
What remains unchanged is that the style that Qin Lan likes is still a cheongsam inspired by natural elements, which she often wears.
These cheongsam styles are also quite realistic, and you can find the source.
In the later period, many of Qin Lan's qipao were mainly fresh and elegant colors, and there was a feeling of coming out of the mud without staining.
Second, Wu Jianyan - Miss Yi Jia'er
Wu Jianyan's person is a second miss with overseas study experience, because of the death of her mother, she was taken to Singapore by her grandfather, and she drank foreign ink for at least 10 years. Coupled with her brutal and willful nature, her dress can see a lot of shadows of the combination of East and West.
As soon as I saw Wu Jinyan's hairstyle, I thought that the stylist should have referred to the American Chinese film star who worked hard in Hollywood, Huang Liushuang, the two were too similar!
For example, like to wear a lace headband on the head;
Or this asymmetrical hat.
Even wearing bath towels is similar.
Wu Jinyan's qipao is very Western, mostly based on this striped check and geometric continuous pattern, and there is a lot less Chinese image beauty.
Historical records can also be found, and it seems that the designers have also studied it in great detail.
Even this faint dark pattern is actually a bit of a design sense of Western geometric architecture.
Scholars who study the qipao say that this is because Western style graphics were introduced to China at that time, but the textile technology was limited, and only some relatively simple patterns could be produced.
She also likes to put on a Western-style coat on the outside of the cheongsam, and at first glance, she is a big family lady who has returned from studying abroad.
For jewelry, the petite and wayward Wu Jinyan also likes to wear jewelry with a cheongsam, and unlike the gentle big miss Qin Lan, her pearl jewelry is younger and more fashionable.
For example, this kind of metal jewelry mixed with metal;
Or a more exaggerated necklace pendant;
Or a pearl pendant that grows to the waist, which is also the embodiment of her personality.
To tell the truth, I think the qipao of the 20s is more suitable for Wu Jinyan than the qipao that has been formed in the 30s or even later.
Because of the design of the large sleeves, she has lengthened her shoulder width, so that she originally looked better proportioned because of her thin body and large head.
Changing into a cheongsam that shows the curvy beauty of a woman is too disastrous!
From a distance, it looks like a matchhead, and the head-to-body ratio is completely out of balance.
Not to mention this close-up, the head occupies most of the shot, not because her face is big, but because she is real! Target! Too! Thin! Finish! Can't support the traditional cheongsam.
How to look at it, how to compare it with the people around it, is a disaster.
It can only be said that if Wu Jianyan wants to perform a Republic of China drama in the future, try to consider the design of the qipao before the 20s and don't jump into the fire pit.
Third, Zhang Nan - Miss Yi Jia San
The three young ladies played by Zhang Nan are not the same as the two sisters above in the qipao, and in the early days, she liked to wear this velvet qipao very much.
This turmeric velvet, embroidered with huge flowers, is not an improvement made today, but also a design that has existed in the Republic of China period.
In addition to the turmeric velvet, she also has a pale pink, green velvet cheongsam...
In short, the special nobility, after all, as the youngest daughter of the family, the child of the current wife, there is a certain family foundation.
Her velvet cheongsam is embroidered with lace, and velvet and lace are both materials introduced to China from the West at that time.
Even today, intricate lace embroidery is an extremely difficult trick to do, and it is very valuable.
Even if she does not wear a velvet-style cheongsam, the color of Zhang Nan's ordinary qipao style is more girly than that of her two sisters, which is very in line with her silly white and sweet lady personality.
The print on the cheongsam is smaller, with only a little embellishment. Rarely like my sister, there are large-area, highly existential prints.
This design is also influenced by Western clothing patterns, preferring single flowers and small flowers.
And the nursery that plays her mother, the cheongsam is even more exquisite.
In the first episode, I was attracted by this set of rounded cornered necklines with birds and birds and flowers, as if I had worn a landscape painting on my body.
Looking at the stills can feel the magnificence of this cheongsam, look closely at the hem, even the pattern is three-dimensional, but it is a pity to be worn away by a piece of polishing of the TV series, which is a pity.
This set of cheongsam printed with pine and cypress patterns also has a landscape painting style, which looks very ethnic, with a huge pearl necklace, and the aura of the head of the house is unobstructed.
Sometimes she was originally wearing a very simple cheongsam,
With a coat embroidered with flowers and a noble straight body, who dares to underestimate that she was once just a governess who entered the rich and earned money?
Or this kind of wear with emerald necklaces and earrings, not angry and threatening.
In addition to the TV series "Heirloom", you can also feel the neckline and placket of different qipao designed by stylists for characters with different personalities and slowly evolving according to the age.
For example, the classic cheongsam neckline round neckline, the edge is curved;
The high round neck is suitable for women with slender necks, highlighting elegant lines;
The low round neck is relatively less constrained, more suitable for daily activities, going out to play.
There is also this rare wave collar, like a wave in, popular in the 20s. The design is more cumbersome and complements the fabrics and textures used.
On the placket, there is a one-line cheongsam with a one-line placket, and the structure design of the one-line shape below the neckline.
Whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, there are those who wear this kind of qipao on the camera.
There are edges and circles, and the square placket that is a little sharp in the mild is also displayed in the play.
In the cut looks the same, but the details of each piece are very different, whether it is directly inlaid with lace edges, or embroidery, or what kind of buckle to choose, are adjusted according to the overall details, it is worth slowly tasting.
If in terms of plot and human settings, this drama is only passing, but in terms of costumes, it can be called a very good work.
Lu Lu said,
The analysis of the qipao written today, I also checked a lot of historical materials to write, and read some papers related to the qipao. I am not a cheongsam professional, if there is a mistake in writing, you can also correct it in the comment area.
After taking stock of so many cheongsams, I don't know which lady wears which one is your favorite?