Dream in A Dream combines the main melody of dulcimer (modified) and strong drum beat pop, which is catchy and has a unique flavor. In my personal opinion, putting too many vocals in a good arrangement and melody is a drag, and Ten's short hook just proves that this is not an inst., but adds a little more to the song. The colors are separated without causing unnecessary noise.
The changes in light, shadow, color and space in the MV as a whole reveal an atmosphere of "hard art", and this atmosphere is exactly in line with Ten's cold temperament when he is expressionless.
The work "Dream Within a Dream" itself has a very oriental style, from the song to the MV to the dance and even the song title. To some extent, it has the same meaning as The Seventh Sense, which is confusing and passionate. It can be said that it is very suitable for Ten, and Ten really grasps the work well.
His voice is controlled in a calm and slightly charming state, perfectly interpreting the sleeping body and confused soul; the English lyrics are fast and slow with the drum beats, and are natural, and there is no unnecessary curl in the pronunciation. There are no hard edges and corners; he has a typical southern appearance, with long facial features, a white robe, black shoes and a choker, which makes him full of charm. The most fundamental thing is his understanding of his works, and all expressive power comes from understanding. I don’t know how to draw, but the trailer he drew will make people more interested in the whole work no matter what.
The typical musical scale at the beginning makes people confirm that this is Chinese style, not some Southeast Asian thunder. Ghost Music, I also looked up about folk music. First of all, from the perspective of music composition, Chinese music is music based on pentatonic modes. The so-called pentatonic mode is a mode composed of the five tones of Zhi Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu, plus the images that appear in the MV, such as umbrellas, petals, and screens. The proper Chinese style has not escaped. In short, I The first thing that came to mind was the meaning of the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, not to mention that Huang Xuxi later held the moon in his hands. I really knelt down for you...
Really, so pure and orthodox , an atmospheric oriental work, if you ask me to tell you why and how I feel, I can only recite a poem to you. The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance floats in the moonlit dusk.
Art, ethereal, and psychedelic, these are my biggest feelings about this MV. I don’t want to worry about Shamao’s filter anymore. Shamao said that not spraying water would be the greatest kindness to you... The images in the middle began to increase, overlap, and then alternate continuously. Then there are the light and dark changes in the tone of the light fog. Presumably the director wanted to use different portraits to express the interweaving and fusion of different stages of the dream, and through the changes in light and dark tones, he pushed the rendering of mood to the extreme, narrating what, including dreams and the future. The second half adds R&B drum beats and lyrical performance dance, directly combining the mysterious traditional oriental Asian ancient rhymes with kpop. It is really new wine in old bottles. My wife praises it. Lee Soo Man holds meetings in the United States all year round and talks about promoting oriental culture and absorbing mergers and learning. The West is indeed not nonsense.
The final MV maintains the high level since The Seventh Sense, which is psychedelic, deadly, cold, psychedelic, and eye-sore. Everyone, it’s art, it’s soul music, why don’t you just pass by and enjoy it? It’s also the background music that seems to be a universal template for cutting videos... It seems true but not true, seems false but not false. Tracing back to the source reminds me of a story about the first chapter. Comments on the preview of Seven Senses are also related to Zhuang Sheng's dream of butterflies. Although the pain is so vivid and artistic, this is how a rough person like me understands it. It is like the proposition that life is like a dream, and dreams are like life. We are butterflies after all. , or living in other people's dreams, so the title "Dream in Dream" also expresses the thoughts of existence and nothingness. So don’t think too much. The world is fake, and I, Oppa, am the real one.
The picture mv uses techniques such as blurred ink to render brilliance, etc., but the background music is very down-to-earth... Guys, this may also be a Thai music style. Back then, I watched the Thai version of Masked. For several seasons of King of Singers, I feel that Thailand’s traditional folk music is so upbeat and different from China’s subtle and restrained music, which makes me really want to dance.
Many people have written the mv part, and the overall concept comes from Zhuangzi. Youmao built a framework based on the ideas of Lao and Zhuang, and then used the sets of old Hong Kong films, plus Japanese-style folding fan vases, borrowing the shooting technique of seeing the big from the small, and integrating some unique elements of our country, such as our Kung Fu, Fangyuan, blue and white porcelain, Taishi chairs, etc. The Eastern style you understand is Hong Kong, Mainland China and Japan. In addition, I don’t think this MV has any story. It’s more like a way for you to show your color aesthetics and your ability to control the structure, plus your self-confidence that you can excel in any music you make and that your own artists have top-notch digestion capabilities. At most, it can strengthen the concept of your article and give it a sense of existence. The entire MV is to express beauty, whether it is the painful dance or the production of the MV, this beauty that SM can only create is the biggest compliment to this MV.
The above is from Zhihu Dianping. Because not all of them are written by the same author, I will not mark them one by one.