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Thank you very much for reading! Hopefully part two will make for a good read as well!

My pleasure, I'm happy to hear you found it useful!

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!

Just a heads up to those who have already read the article. I added an additional example to the third section of the "crossing over" visual cue. That's because that's the most common execution of that cue.

Thank you, @Penel. I'm glad you enjoyed this one! I have heard little about Sky Castle (in an article here!), but it wasn't on my radar. I felt that the article relied on me having watched the drama, so I didn't finish reading it.

However, I'll take your word for it and add it to my watchlist! :)

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! Hopefully the next part will be just as insightful! :)

Thank you very much, that's good to hear! I was trying to be as clear as possible with each example, so I'm glad I succeeded :).

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear/read you enjoyed it! :)

While the lines are commonly used by any visual medium to create composition and/or to draw the eye to a certain thing, these examples show more than composition. Just keep an eye out for when these cues come into play while watching a show. You'll see that there's a clear subtext being represented which elevates the scene. If two characters are talking amicably, but there's a line dividing them, the director is letting us know that not everything is as it seems. I had tons of more examples, but unfortunately I had to reign myself back and only used one or two for each variation.

I like the crossing one a lot too. And the boxing one I'll touch again during the next part. Out of all the series I used as examples, "Because this is my First Life" is probably the best one. There's a lot of fluidity to that one.

"A Korean Odyssey" on the other hand, uses a lot more composition as a designer would. Where all the lines usually guide your eye to one character. But that's a series worth an entire article just for their visually pleasing composition. Sadly, the story is a bit of a mess.

Another visually stimulating drama that's worth mentioning is "The Crowned Clown". You'll find a lot of beautiful composition where the lines draw your eye to a figure or object, rather than these cues. Although, to be fair, they also use the grouping through boxing and the division lines as well.

Thank you very much!

Thank you for reading, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Not only is this drama visually stunning, but the plot just keeps on getting better and better!

She certainly deserves a series where she's the main lead!

Thanks for clearing that up :).

I am currently watching episode 32 and now I'm confused about the timeline. I'd been under the impression that the emperor "killed" his wife (I believe Ah Ri's mom is actually the one who killed her, while the emperor just pushed her into the water) and then rode the motorcycle and got into the accident.

However, when Sunny confronts him. She expresses that, had he died during that accident, many deaths would've been avoided. Including the pregnant empress.

So does did I get the timeline wrong or did Sunny did? Where we ever told he rode his motorcycle & got into the accident BEFORE he married the first empress?

Although Na Wang Shik also does questionable things to her. Even if it's just to scare her. So I would actually prefer if she ends up alone and in power.

I'm at episode 19 and loving this one, especially the female lead. But I keep seeing some pairing her with the emperor and it doesn't compute for me. I prefer Na Wang Shik for sure.

I will say this, however, this is one of the few shows where we have so many powerful women making things happen! I would definitely recommend the show for that fact alone.

It's worth noting that you can't really compare a TV drama vs a movie. The CGI and/or any special effects for a movie will always be better than a TV show unless we're talking about Game of Thrones. That's because you can't compare the budgets. In order to have CG/effects for several episodes of a drama, you'd need much more money than for a movie.

Now that I've read your reply, I'll honestly say that it didn't come across that you wanted to focus on the CGI as a point of comparison in your article. So perhaps a better way to have approached this, would be to compare the CGI/effects of a vampire show vs the ones from the Asian dramas using visual examples (gifs, vides and/or screenshots). The easiest and fastest way would be to get a screenshot from an Asian vampire drama using CG and one from a western show using CG or lack thereof. That way the comparison is clear and immediate.

Just some food for thought :).

And let's not forget how big "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was from 1996-2003). It left a huge mark way before twilight came.