#花间令

[thepencilgirlsv]

🥀IN BLOSSOM🥀

This "In Blossom" fanart was requested by @yletylyf as part of the "Cdrama Gotcha for Gaza" (@cdrama-action)! The prompt requested to show pan yue's suffering fashionista side, so I chose my favorite outfit of his!

prompt: anything Pan Yue! Maybe highlighting his fashion sense, or his dramatic flair, or how he suffers so beautifully. (I don't have a preference between graphic, vid, or art, creator's choice!). Alternatively, just anything In Blossom for fanart.

[zhoufeis]

李歌洋 LI GE YANG as ZHUO LAN JIANG China, 2024 花间令 IN BLOSSOM

[baek1nho]

in blossom 花间令 — ep 7 // ep 12

[tytangfei]

In Blossom (2024) - Episode 1 Liu Xueyi as Pan Yue

[romchat]

In Blossom visual analysis (ep. 1-7): How to film a gothic romance

Although I'm not completely convinced about some of the writing choices of In Blossom, I absolutely LOVE the show's production design and cinematography. @mademoiselle-red wrote a great post about how main character Pan Yue fits the gothic romantic lead archetype, and those gothic elements are not only present in the script but also in the show's visual storytelling.

Lighting

A key element of gothic romance is its atmosphere of mystery and suspense.

Something I really like about In Blossom is that despite its dark subject matter, many of its scenes take place during the day. One of the show's main themes is that appearances can be misleading and the cinematography often plays with that notion by linking light to deception and darkness to truth. Note how many of the emotionally honest beats of Yang Caiwei and Pan Yue's relationship happen at night (e.g., their couple escapades at the Li Residence, Ghost Market, and Life and Death gambling house) while fakery, corruption, and evildoing happen in the day. It's with this subversion of our expectations for light that the show creates an unsettling atmosphere.

And these lighting choices also help set up Pan Yue as a classic gothic romance anti-hero, someone the female lead, Yang Caiwei, fears but still finds herself drawn to.

Look at how Pan Yue is lit when shot through Yang Caiwei's subjective point of view. The strong use of light creates a lot of contrast--through her eyes, he is a mixture of light and dark, his morality as inscrutable as his shadowy figure.

Camera Angles and Shot Sizes

The show's use of low angles and close-ups further reinforces the idea that Pan Yue is unpredictable and even dangerous.

In cinematography, low-angle shots tend to make the subject look more powerful and menacing, and the show uses this technique to great effect.

Even in the intimacy of close-up shots, we can sense the threat emanating from Pan Yue. He’s always shot just a smidgeon too close for comfort.

For example, look at how much Liu Xueyi's face fills the frame in an early "romantic" scene. The shot feels almost claustrophobic as if he's so single-minded about his goals that he has no choice but to dominate the frame (and Yang Caiwei). It's an unnerving moment despite the soft words coming out of his mouth.

Side Note: I live for Pan Yue's (vampiric) long shots. The production design team was smart for dressing the character in dark clothes with such a sleek cut and drape--he looks like a sexy bat.

The Nosferatu references in Yang Caiwei's tomb are also perfect.

Composition and Framing

And finally, like any good gothic romance, In Blossom illustrates how love can drive one to despair and even madness.

Because of this, my FAVORITE scene of the show has to be the introduction of Shangguan Zhi. Her obsessive pursuit of beauty in hopes of seducing Pan Yue has left her a shell of a human being, and the scene's composition perfectly encapsulates this with how it focuses on the elegant lines of her body--not her face or personhood.

Shangguan Zhi is trapped by her delusional fantasy of a life with Pan Yue--see how she's boxed in by the vertical lines of the screen panel she admires--and the show regularly uses architectural lines to show how her desperation has trapped Yang Caiwei as well.

[peachblossomdream]

Hold me tightly. Don't let go.

[electricsoul-rpg]

JU JINGYI (鞠婧祎) as Yang Caiwei / Shangguan Zhi

in In Blossom (花间令), 2024

[hlcyxnfilms]

IN BLOSSOM ( 2024 ) ─ PAN YUE : ONCE YOU PLAY GOD

[heymeowmao]

花间令 | In Blossom E20 ° I know money isn't the only thing in your heart... there's also me.

[ella-felicityqueen]

— Do you think I should take the opportunity to get my kiss back?

watch it on youtube!

[mademoiselle-red]

Me, when Pan Yue showed up: Awww a kindly and cultured gentleman! 公子温润如玉！

Me, when Pan Yue turned his face away from the other characters: Of course you have a dark side! 😍😍😍 你果然是个白切黑腹黑男主！You’re a Liu Xueyi character after all 😈😈😈 But now that you are the protagonist and this drama promised me a happy ending, you’ll finally get to win ❤️

[xinyuehui]

ZHENG HE HUI ZI as YANG CAI WEI

In Blossom · 2024

[zhoufeis]

Does not the same refer to people? You lie to me and I lie to you.

China, 2024. 花间令 IN BLOSSOM

[palehorsemen]

Some more illustrations to In Blossom/花间令

[lostinadrama]

𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐦 (2024)

[chinesedramaoutfit]

Shangguan Zhi