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sid_guardian2019-05-11 01:54 pm
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Filming locations + Concept images + Drama stills + BTS photos
A few days ago, mecurtin posted a question about where the forest scenes in Guardian were shot and while doing a quick search on filming locations, I veered off-course :D
First-off, filming locations. A lot of town scenes were filmed in Shanghai Film Park. Some of the buildings in the European Courtyard part of the park are replicas of French Concession buildings (e.g. the university building is a replica of the official residence of the president of the municipal council), which I guess explains the overlap with Detective L.
The outdoors scene in the Hanga arc (and probably also the YOHE scenes) were filmed in "a mountain in Suzhou". Source: around 2:10 in this interview with Gao Yu'er, the actress who plays Zhu Hong. Apparently it was around 40C while they were filming!
So while digging around, I saw what must be concept images for the key sets, which made me realise that I've not looked at the photo archive in the Guardian drama official weibo. Obviously I had to remedy that! Most of the images they have are stills and gifs from the drama that have been shared widely but I did found some pictures that I like and have not seen before so I thought I'll share them here.
All images below are from the Guardian drama official weibo. I have included the source post under the images. Most of the posts have more than one image so do check them out for more pretty hi-res pictures! (I know weibo can be a bit finicky without an account but links to the mobile site seems to work for me.)
First up, concept images!
The concept images for the university and the SID headquarters look pretty similar to the actual thing but conceptual Dixing is another beast altogether! I like it a lot, it reminds me of artist's renditions of unknown places. This post has more images of the actual Dixing set (at that time, they were still calling it "Dijie").
Source for the two images above (has concept images for the other Hallows too).
My immediate thought on seeing this was ohhh so that's why it's a sundial. Also, I think it's pretty neat? It's like a portable mini sundial, from the era before watches! (Is that an actual thing? I have no idea.)
Source
They did a mini giveaway when the drama hit onebillion hundred million views. The Da Qing USB flash drive is so cute! (Though it's a bit disturbing that you need to "behead" him to use it lol.) And the SID badge! Only five sets were given away.
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They had awedding cake! This was from the press conference I think.
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I've seen the other still from this scene that's from a different angle many times but I don't think I've seen this one.
Source
Shen Wei's t-shirt with sleeves that looked like that were tacked on? Turns out they were indeed tacked on. It was so hot when they were filming that Zhu Yilong had hives, so to let him wear something that was breathable and yet would cover up his skin, the costume crew came up with this on the spot.
Source
I don't remember if I've seen this before but it's a nice picture. Something something the symmetry in the composition, the contrast in the way they sit...
Source
For Lao Chu fans! The source post has some more neat shots of him.
Source
This is... not one of my favourite scenes to watch but I love how hilariously dramatic the stills are, especially with the lighting.
Source
I know this is from blind arc but it took me a while to place exactly where in the arc did it happen because why would Shen Wei let someone else support Zhao Yunlan when he's right there. But yes, it did happen.
Source
Who are you and what have you done with Professor Shen??
mecurtin posted a question about where the forest scenes in Guardian were shot and while doing a quick search on filming locations, I veered off-course :DFirst-off, filming locations. A lot of town scenes were filmed in Shanghai Film Park. Some of the buildings in the European Courtyard part of the park are replicas of French Concession buildings (e.g. the university building is a replica of the official residence of the president of the municipal council), which I guess explains the overlap with Detective L.
The outdoors scene in the Hanga arc (and probably also the YOHE scenes) were filmed in "a mountain in Suzhou". Source: around 2:10 in this interview with Gao Yu'er, the actress who plays Zhu Hong. Apparently it was around 40C while they were filming!
So while digging around, I saw what must be concept images for the key sets, which made me realise that I've not looked at the photo archive in the Guardian drama official weibo. Obviously I had to remedy that! Most of the images they have are stills and gifs from the drama that have been shared widely but I did found some pictures that I like and have not seen before so I thought I'll share them here.
All images below are from the Guardian drama official weibo. I have included the source post under the images. Most of the posts have more than one image so do check them out for more pretty hi-res pictures! (I know weibo can be a bit finicky without an account but links to the mobile site seems to work for me.)
First up, concept images!
The concept images for the university and the SID headquarters look pretty similar to the actual thing but conceptual Dixing is another beast altogether! I like it a lot, it reminds me of artist's renditions of unknown places. This post has more images of the actual Dixing set (at that time, they were still calling it "Dijie").
Source for the two images above (has concept images for the other Hallows too).
My immediate thought on seeing this was ohhh so that's why it's a sundial. Also, I think it's pretty neat? It's like a portable mini sundial, from the era before watches! (Is that an actual thing? I have no idea.)
Source
They did a mini giveaway when the drama hit one
Source
They had a
Source
I've seen the other still from this scene that's from a different angle many times but I don't think I've seen this one.
Source
Shen Wei's t-shirt with sleeves that looked like that were tacked on? Turns out they were indeed tacked on. It was so hot when they were filming that Zhu Yilong had hives, so to let him wear something that was breathable and yet would cover up his skin, the costume crew came up with this on the spot.
Source
I don't remember if I've seen this before but it's a nice picture. Something something the symmetry in the composition, the contrast in the way they sit...
Source
For Lao Chu fans! The source post has some more neat shots of him.
Source
This is... not one of my favourite scenes to watch but I love how hilariously dramatic the stills are, especially with the lighting.
Source
I know this is from blind arc but it took me a while to place exactly where in the arc did it happen because why would Shen Wei let someone else support Zhao Yunlan when he's right there. But yes, it did happen.
Source
Who are you and what have you done with Professor Shen??