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branchandroot) wrote2019-10-10 09:39 pm
branchandroot) wrote2019-10-10 09:39 pm
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Some visual meta
Crosspost from the blue hellsite:
Pursuant to this image set.
Heart palpitations aside, you know, this is a really good example of the difference in how their respective photographers tend to frame them. With Bai Yu, there’s almost always an aspect of direct communication with the viewer—eye contact, turning toward the viewer, shared amusement, downright flirting. What I might paraphrase as “you know you want this, and I know you know, and we’re both having fun with it”. With Zhu Yilong, even when he is making eye contact with the viewer, there’s almost always an element of paused communication—mystery, shadow, the implication of a non-verbal moment, being turned a little away or paying attention to something else. Even when an image/video is in alarmingly-adorable mode, you can still see that aspect of distance between viewer and subject. It’s a fascinating contrast, and if (as seems likely) it’s indicative of at least some part of their personalities, it’s no wonder they have good chemistry when acting together.
Pursuant to this image set.
Heart palpitations aside, you know, this is a really good example of the difference in how their respective photographers tend to frame them. With Bai Yu, there’s almost always an aspect of direct communication with the viewer—eye contact, turning toward the viewer, shared amusement, downright flirting. What I might paraphrase as “you know you want this, and I know you know, and we’re both having fun with it”. With Zhu Yilong, even when he is making eye contact with the viewer, there’s almost always an element of paused communication—mystery, shadow, the implication of a non-verbal moment, being turned a little away or paying attention to something else. Even when an image/video is in alarmingly-adorable mode, you can still see that aspect of distance between viewer and subject. It’s a fascinating contrast, and if (as seems likely) it’s indicative of at least some part of their personalities, it’s no wonder they have good chemistry when acting together.
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(I need more Zhu Yilong icons, dammit.)