CCTV "Wishful thinking": Zhang Li's wrinkles, Mao Xiaotong's face, the filter of this drama is too real

In 2023, the recognized blockbuster in domestic dramas is currently only one anti-black drama "Crazy". The launch of this drama has once again rewritten the ceiling standards of similar themes, and the texture of "Crazy" also makes the various domestic dramas that will be launched next under pressure.

"Daming under the Microscope" did not perform as expected, but it had less popularity. The period drama "Our Day" and "Nine Bends of Love" overturned together, and the spit continued. Just when the audience was gradually disappointed with the domestic drama, the TV series "Wishful Work" was launched, and successfully won the ratings and word-of-mouth reviews.

It is reported that the ratings of the TV series "Wishful Thinking" after its launch steadily broke 1, and it ranked second in the prime-time ratings list, and clicked on the Douban comment area of "Wishful Thinking", and praise emerged.

Some netizens bluntly said that "I haven't chased dramas for a long time, and I have to sigh that the current domestic dramas are really getting better and better", and some netizens praised "the shooting is too realistic, and the sense of life in old Beijing is filmed."

And "Wishful Thinking" is, as netizens said, a good drama full of fireworks, warm and healing.

Family affection heals, sisterhood is deep, "Wishful Thinking" interprets the fireworks life of ordinary people

In fact, most urban dramas with family and family affection as the main line love to create family conflicts. What seven aunts and eight aunts, at every turn fight, quarrel, some even the family is discordant, every day makes chickens and dogs jump, people are anxious and irritable.

But in fact, most ordinary families do not have a small noise for three days and a big noise for five days. The advantage of "Wishful Thinking" is that the main plot line does not create contradictions for gimmicks, but presents the ordinary life of a happy small family.

Although the mother often nagged, her mouth was hard and soft-hearted, she would be moved to tears at the family gathering, and she would feel gratified by the understanding of her two daughters.

Sister Sun Xin (played by Zhang Li) is a female white-collar worker in the workplace, although she has to help her sister's life at every turn, she never feels a loss, and supports her sister in pursuing the fun of her career.

Younger sister Sun Xiang (played by Mao Xiaotong) has a simple and lively personality, has no goals and ambitions, and only likes to deal with food. Her salary is not high, but she is easy to satisfy, she will not rely on her sister and family like a moth, she knows gratitude and is very close to herself. From time to time, I put a few candies in my sister's pocket to carry forward the properties of pistachios.

In the plot of "Wishful Thinking", they will encounter various problems in work and society, but as a family, they are happy and work together, and more of them are healing in painting style, so that the audience can feel the beautiful side of family affection.

Compared with the bloody plot of fighting between himself and his own people every day, the family relationship in "Wishful Thinking" is the fireworks life of real ordinary people.

In addition to completely abandoning the clichéd internal contradictions, the focus of "Wishful Thinking" is placed on external setbacks. For example, her sister Sun Xin found the old lady who stole something in the mall, the old lady accidentally fell, Sun Xin sent the old lady to the hospital, but was robbed of money by the old lady's son.

For example, sister Sun Xiang originally had a chance to win the promotion, but the top boss engaged in the set of unspoken rules, and after politely refusing, her sister Sun Xiang was also forced to leave, daring to be angry and dare not speak.

These accidents and tribulations in life have nothing to do with the character of the protagonist himself, but make the plot more dramatic. Among them, female topics, population quality, etc., the plot that can resonate with the audience is the key to keeping "Wishful Things Done" true and maintaining its highlights.

Of course, in addition to the pyrotechnics in the plot content and style setting, "Wishful Thinking" also achieves the absolute truth of the filter.

Zhang Li's wrinkles, Mao Xiaotong's face, and the filter of "Wishful Thinking" are too real

Actor Zhang Li's actual age is 37 years old, although the sister she plays in the play is not at the age of Ben Si, Zhang Li's state can still reach the feeling of 28-32 years old. It's just that even if the maintenance is good, the years will still leave marks on Zhang Li's face.

For example, in the close-up, the skin on Zhang Li's face does not have the clarity of a girl, there is a granular fat particle on the face, and there are small acne on the tip of the nose and chin, revealing the state of the skin undoubtedly.

Zhang Li, who does not make expressions, already has a sense of age, and when she opens her mouth to speak and make a big expression, the wrinkles on her face become extremely obvious.

For example, in this shot, Zhang Li's mouth is obviously crooked as soon as she speaks, there are some dented marks on her face, and the nasolabial folds have become more obvious. Such Zhang Li is indeed not as perfect as she in the studio retouching pictures, but the same temperament is online, allowing the audience to see a mature woman full of life.

In contrast, Mao Xiaotong's big smart eyes really add a lot of powder to her performance, her grape eyes, full of childishness, creating a character like Sun Xiang with a lively personality, jumping and jumping is not inconsistent. But Mao Xiaotong is also a 35-year-old person after all, and her big eyes can't cover her face.

For example, in natural light, Mao Xiaotong can clearly see the heavier dark shadow areas under her eyes even if she does not make an expression.

Under the blessing of the top light of the restaurant, Mao Xiaotong laughed, the nasolabial folds and the corner lines of the eyes were aggravated together, and the eye bags became more obvious. But these skin imperfections will be post-disposed of in most film and television dramas, and "Wishful Work" retains the actor's most authentic state, but achieves the effect of adding points.

In fact, the state of Zhang Li and Mao Xiaotong in "Wishful Thinking" is very compatible with the character settings in the play, but if you look closely, you will find that the high-definition shots of this drama are shot at the face of the actress.

The two heroines in the play are like this, and the actors of the middle generation have not escaped. The mother played by Zhang Kaili can basically feel her mother's generation as soon as she appears. In the lens, her eye sockets are sunken, her deep double eyelids are the same as if they have just been cut, and in addition to the eye bags, there are creases one after another, which take a clear view of her sense of age.

And when these skin imperfections are completely exposed to the audience's sight, the overall image of the actors will become less delicate, and when the lighting is not powerful, they will get rid of the perfect label of female star refinement, but this effect also achieves the texture of the picture and achieves the sense of substitution and realism of this drama.

In my opinion, it is more comfortable and worthy of the post-term principle to acknowledge and accept the traces of age brought about by age than to blindly cover up the shortcomings of the actor's appearance.

The reason why "Wishful Thinking" can show pyrotechnics in all aspects is because its lens retains the pores of the actors and follows the laws of nature, which is more advanced and aesthetic than the middle-aged idol drama with skin grinding.

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