Chapter 353: Not Special Effects?
Zhuang Ting sat in front of the computer, eating pickled plum snacks while scrolling through videos.
She had been a fan of celebrities since she was young! As she grew up and started working, her enthusiasm for following celebrities waned, as she no longer had the energy to keep up with their gossip. However, she retained her hobby of listening to music and watching music videos.
In her leisure time, she liked to listen to songs and watch music videos.
At the moment, she was casually browsing through a website. She didn't have any particular celebrities she was following closely anymore, so she would give a like to anything that was good and a one-click triple combo for favorites, saving them to enjoy later.
"Huh, Sparkling Girls have a new song? 'Rainbow Raiment Dance,' is it an ancient-style song?"
Zhuang Ting guessed, feeling a bit intrigued, as it seemed to be the first time Sparkling Girls were releasing such a traditional song.
The music video began with a drone's aerial shot, looking down over a tropical aviary.
All sorts of plants and trees flourished lushly, with various birds flying among them.
The most eye-catching sight was a massive tree in the distance, which appeared to be several dozen meters tall, taller than a typical building, and its canopy estimated to be tens of meters in diameter, which was truly spectacular.
Zhuang Ting couldn't help but widen her eyes, awestruck, "Wow! Is this made with special effects, or is it live-action filming?"
The screen then darkened, and it switched to the Sparkling Girls!
Standing on an aerial walkway, each girl was dressed in an exceptionally elegant and beautiful ancient-style sheer gown, standing quietly.
"Wow, absolutely gorgeous!"
"Handsome, handsome, handsome! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!"
"Declaring my love for my dearest Shi Xi!"
"Super love Yang Xiaochao! Super love Yang Xiaochao!"
"Declaring my love for the whole group! They're all like little fairies!"
Next, the camera switched to individual shots of each Sparkling Girl. Ran Qingqing was walking through the woods when a peafowl came towards her, a smile playing on her lips. She then flicked open the folding fan in her hand with a graceful and stylish action.
At the same time, the peafowl also spread its tail feathers!
With its head held high and chest puffed out in a posture of pride, its tail displayed numerous beautiful blue 'eyes' shining brightly.
The girl was beautiful, and so was the peafowl!
Ran Qingqing looked back with a smile, her eyes filled with allure, dazzlingly beautiful.
"When the spring breeze blows, the fragrance of flowers fills the garden, intoxicating, and who is that with a smile in his or her brows..."
The peafowl was not to be outdone, shaking its tail fan. Its long tail feathers swayed like seaweed in motion.
Accompanied by Ran Qingqing's magnetic voice singing, the bullet comments exploded!
"Wow, Sister Qingqing's laugh has reached deep into my heart!"
"Qingqing's laugh is really too beautiful!"
Zhuang Ting too was captivated by that smile, wondering while looking at the beautiful scene of Ran Qingqing and the peafowl complementing each other, "How was this scene shot? How did they get the peafowl to cooperate like this?"
After that, there were scenes of a girl strolling through a bamboo forest! Equally very ethereal.
Soon the scene transitioned to a group dance!
It was exactly on the bridge where the girls were positioned at the beginning of the music video, all of them dancing a beautiful dance together.
"As the cloud raiment twirls and the feathered clothes sway, in an instant, we're amidst the ninth heaven..."
As an ethereal, melodious singing voice played, colorful parrots flew out all around!
They circled the Sparkling Girls, dancing gracefully alongside their elegant moves, fluttering up and down to the rhythm of the music.
Golden rays of Sunshine streamed down in threads, and a brilliant rainbow appeared on the horizon.
It was indeed as beautiful as the heavenly palace above the clouds, with the fairies performing the Rainbow Raiment Dance!
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Zhuang Ting had been snacking on preserved plums while listening to music, but at this moment, a plum made its way to her mouth and she just stared at the screen, transfixed, unable to eat it as if a spell had immobilized her body.
The barrage of comments exploded in an instant!
"Holy shit! That was dazzling!"
"What's the deal with these parrots? Got to be special effects, right?"
"They look so real, when did domestic special effects get so good?"
"I think they're real. To create special effects of this big-movie caliber would definitely require top special effects studios and at the very least a few million dollars. Isn't the cost of this music video too high?"
"I also think they're real. Watched it over and over, their flying movements, and the sheen on their feathers, it just all looks so real!"
"Seriously? How can you think they're real? Where can you find such beautiful scenery and such smart, cooperative parrots?"
Although the dance was beautiful, everyone's attention was suddenly all on the parrots!
After all, there were plenty of beautiful dances, but it was too rare to see a flock of parrots lining up and flying around people like this.
In the past, this was only seen in cartoons, where princesses were surrounded by a circle of little birds, deer, and bunnies, all singing and dancing together.
Zhuang Ting had to turn off the barrage function first! Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
She'd watch it through before anything else; she was completely captivated by the music video already.
As she watched on, Yang Xiaochao walked in front of a dream-like blue-green waterscape, the undulations reflecting a swaying halo on her face, with water plants swaying, a stunning sight.
A huge saltwater crocodile floated in the water, its eyes locked with Yang Xiaochao's.
She gently tapped towards the crocodile, what a divinely beautiful and cool sight!
But after watching the music video, Zhuang Ting felt the most stunning part was still the few dance segments in the middle, the scenes where parrots fluttered about.
Although it felt real, her rational mind told her it should be special effects!
Not satisfied, she watched it several more times!
Then she curiously checked the video description and found out that the music video was a promotional song for Penguin Dad's recently released dress-up game "Shining Sunny Sky." The exquisite ancient costumes worn by the Sparkling Girls in the video were from the game.
The comment section.
"The song is so-so, but man, the music video is really well made!"
"I love this music video so much! Watched it five times in a row."
"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, a wave of fairy vibe approaches, the girls exude the charm of youth, and the special effects are up there with some movie blockbusters. I'm totally blown away, okay! Worthy of Penguin Dad, splurging so much on a promotional music video for a dress-up game."
"Can't help but say, I'm tempted to play the game now. Wonder if the game has this scene! Dress the girls in a Rainbow Raiment Dance costume, recreate the music video in the game."
"Ha, knowing how Penguin plays, you won't get this outfit without spending up to a thousand bucks!"
"A thousand? Are you dreaming? I think it would take at least three to five thousand, or even ten thousand bucks to get it."
"Qingqing is just stunningly beautiful; her smile is enchanting."
"Speaking of which, how did the peafowl and people manage to open their tails together?"
In the comment section, most people assumed the parrots were created with special effects! As for the peafowl, they're probably real.
The crocodile looks real but could be fake.
Feels fake because the crocodile's environment is just too nice!
Where are there places that keep crocs like that? It's always some tiled pool with stuff thrown in it. Maybe even trash tossed by visitors, like plastic bottles and the like.
Zhuang Ting scrolled through the comments, and suddenly paused.
"The parrots are not special effects! A behind-the-scenes clip was just posted on Weibo, with footage from the set, I was stunned! Here's a link..."
Zhuang Ting wondered to herself, real or fake, hope it's not some little ad when I click on it?
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