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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the article and found it insightful. Hopefully part 2 will be just as interesting. :)

Thank you, @Nabi, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)!

My pleasure, I'm glad you found the article insightful. Now you'll be able to pick on these cues in your next drama viewing :).

My pleasure, SyiedaZ. Yes, I was concerned that it was a lot of things to cover in a single article, which is why I broke all the cues into two parts. But I think it's still a lot to digest in one sitting. Hopefully Part 2 will be less complex (though I can't make any promises, lol).

Thank you very much!

Aw, thanks! But that's because I have a background that allows me to pick up on these things! :) I'm glad you found the article interesting!

Indeed. I touched the subject of warm light/filers vs cold light/filers in my article about Come and Hug Me, since it payed a huge role there. The currently airing drama "The Crown Clown" also makes use of the light to establish a tone with great success.

Glad to hear that! My undergrad is actually in communication, so I tend to take my time writing in hopes that it'll be as clear as possible. :)

Thank you for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Like I said to @dongan below, I should've added the warning that once you learn this, you won't be able to see dramas in the same light again! Next time you watch a drama, especially if it's one with a love triangle, keep an eye out for these cues. Sometimes, you'll get the answer from the director before it's spoon-fed to us by the writers. ;)

Thank you! You are right about that. I even thought about adding the warning one of my professors gave me when I took my first film class (oh, so long ago!). He said: "Be aware... once you take this class you'll never be able to see films in the same light again. You can't unlearn what you'll learn. Though it'll increase your appreciation... at times it might increase your frustration as well." So now, whenever I watch something, I can't stop looking at the background, the patterns, the way it's shot, what it means and why, lol. It makes watching films by new/poor directors very difficult.

Thank you <3!

Aww, thank you very much! I still have to finish part 2, but I do have some ideas for future articles as well. But I just need to find the time to put them to paper. :)

Thank you very much! Hopefully, I'll finish part 2 soon. I'm still gathering examples and then I just have to format everything and, hopefully, explain it in a way that's digestible. :)

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the article! There are a lot of design principles being implemented in these compositions, which help build the subtext. Now that you know what you'll look for, you'll be able to pick them up in the next shows you watch. :)

Indeed, but let's not forget that directors know the principles of design and how to communicate messages with pictures. As such, many shots one might consider just aesthetically pleasing will still communicate things for those who know what to look for. Thinking they make decisions based on aesthetics rather than in the service of storytelling or substance would be a disservice to many directors. Though, trust me, I've seen shows where it's all beauty and very little substance (Netflix's "The Shannara Chronicles, comes to mind).

It's also interesting to note that many of the examples I've shown aren't as aesthetically pleasing in composition compared to other angles used within the same scene. But what elevates these shots is the fact that they are communicating something. Now that you know what to look for, keep an eye out for these scenes and compare other angles to the ones establishing the character's relationship. ;)

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed it! If you haven't started watching The Crowned Clown, I highly recommend it. The story is great so far, the characters are compelling and, on top of that, it's has gorgeous cinematography - movie quality, i dare say!

If you have watched the series, the first time this metaphor is use, is when the secretary describes the FL. Later on, we get a scene where the ML is thinking about her and stares at the vase in his house. We get a number of shots with him staring at the vase whenever he is thinking of her to reinforce the metaphor. What's more, when they go out on a date, the FL even buys those vase magnets for him. Everything just reinforces that for him, who can't recognize faces, she is represented by the porcelain of his beautiful vase.

That's why i mentioned that this one was tricky. Because if you aren't paying attention, you will miss the metaphors :).

My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for reading! And yes! That's actually a good idea about the "bad visual cues". I have seen those in independent movies, where the director contradicts the script without realizing (just a mark of a bad director) and I ended up feeling very frustrated. I know there's been times when I felt frustrated with some dramas where the art direction and the script didn't mesh well, but can't remember any right now. I'll keep an eye out for those examples of a contradicting shots. If I get enough of them, I'll definitely write an article about it! Thanks for the idea!

Thank you very much!