Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 55



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“Cut!”

The director shouted ‘cut’.

It means that the scene was completed well.

Then, move on to the next scene with ease.

This is normal.

This filming location was abnormal.

“Hey, director…”

The main and only actor in the movie ‘The Cause of Death’.

Kim Byeol spoke carefully to the director.

“Can we take another picture?”

“huh? why?”

“It’s an important scene. This is the scene where I realize that the reason I decided to commit suicide was not because I was weak, but because it was the people who had been tormenting me all along…

“It was so difficult to express this with just facial expressions and no dialogue, so I don’t think it came out well just now.”

I don’t think this scene came out well, so let’s film it again.

This is generally what a director says to an actor.

Or when big actors put their efforts into it.

However, this shooting was not a ‘normal’ case.

Kim Byul was not even a ‘big’ actor.

So the director responded like this.

“are you okay. “If you play music, add blur, and shake the screen, you get the right feel.”

“But, Director…”

“Hehe, I heard you don’t need to worry too much because it’s a scene covered by the directing. As a director, are my eyes accurate? “Do you think actress Kim Byeol’s eyes would be more accurate?”

If I were to describe the movie Death of Death through food, it would be the pasta served at a high-end restaurant. The materials do not determine the price, but the interior, image, and location.

The box office success of the movie Death of Death did not depend on the quality of the movie. We need to take pictures and send them out as soon as possible before the issue of literary writers subsides.

Pasta is just the basics.

This movie just needs the basics.

Why do you use such and such spices as decorations on the noodles? For the soup, you use broth or vegetables. How do you do the plating?

There is no need for this story.

Quickly, deliciously, and convincingly.

Just do the basics.

Anything more than that is a waste of labor.

That was the director’s decision.

But Kim Byul had different thoughts.

‘what’s this···?’

Let’s just say that filming is done quickly. Dramas also progress at the speed of light when they get to the point of being scripted.

However, the OK sign is coming out even in a situation where an NG should clearly come out.

‘Strange···’

Kim Byeol also studied directing in order to somehow raise her acting level, so she was able to quickly understand the thoughts of the staff, including the director.

‘no way···’

The novel ‘Sign’ is a novel in which a novelist commits suicide after being diagnosed with lymph node cancer and continuing his inner agony.

Therefore, the movie ‘Sign’ was also a one-person play of about 20 minutes in which one actor had to lead the play in one room by showing his inner worries through facial expressions and actions without any dialogue.

The level of difficulty in acting is very high.

However, the difficulty level of viewing is higher than that.

So whether Kim Byeol acted properly or not, most audiences probably wouldn’t even notice.

To the untrained eye, it would be a story about an actor crying and crying in a room, then going out the front door with a knife and committing suicide when he sees snow falling.

‘But what if I take a rough picture like this!’

Anyway, this wasn’t it.

They say there is a fandom of the original work that will unconditionally buy movie tickets, but movies shouldn’t be made and released like this.

After making a movie like this,

You shouldn’t sell movies by telling lies like this. As soon as critics see the movie, they will disparage it, calling it absolutely pathetic.

I wondered what director Kim Byeol-eun was thinking when he did this.

And that question was resolved just before filming the final scene of the movie.

“Mr. Kim Byeol. “It’s an important scene, so I’ll do some directing.”

The director’s thoughts were as follows.

The highlight of the novel Sign of Death is the scene where the main character, who takes out a sword to kill his enemies, gains enlightenment while looking at a world where white snow is falling.

According to a review by Professor Koo Hak-jun, a master of Korean literature, it can be said that this novel takes a leap forward. Not through individual-to-individual grudges, but through human agony facing the providence of the world.

So, this part should have been the highlight of the movie.

“Actor Kim. “Let’s show some madness here.”

“yes? Madness?”

The director is confident that he has mastered this field. This is what he saw:

The audience is entranced by the madness. I think it’s artistic if you laugh while crying, break things, hurt yourself, or scream. The mentality is that songs with a lot of high notes are considered masterpieces.

Critics are delighted with the highlight that comes out after a long period of silence. As long as there is something at the end, I do not call the dull part boring, but defend it as a build-up for future highlights, and I think the audience who says the movie is boring is ignorant. People who pride themselves on being gourmets defend the bland, high-priced food that is typical of awkward hotels by not saying that it is bland, but by saying that it brings out the natural taste of the ingredients.

So, how to bring out the flavor of the movie ‘Cause of Death’?

Simple.

After making the front part very boring,

All you have to do is add all kinds of directing, OST, and over-action to the final highlight.

A minimum level of quality that anyone can understand is secured.

After that it’s obvious.

First of all, audiences who enter the theater with a strong liking for the movie through the novel will leave the theater filled with pride for having seen a movie that seems to have something to it, and will post a comment on the Internet calling it a ‘masterpiece.’

Then, critics, whose job it is to explain to them ‘why’ this movie is a masterpiece, will give this movie a lot of reasons. By pointing out strengths that even the director himself doesn’t know about.

That’s why the marketing costs for this movie were enormous compared to the filming costs. In fact, this was not the director’s ‘plan’ alone, but the ‘plan’ of Baekhak Entertainment’s film division.

So the director gave Kim Byul this direction:

“When you find a kitchen knife at home and pick it up, are you breathing really hard and a little like an animal? Like a wild beast that looks like it’s going to run wild at any moment! like this! huh?”

“An animal…?”

“Just walking with great strides and smashing everything! Smiling strangely, huh? Like Heath Ledger’s Joker! “I guess I’ll have to show my crazy side, right?”

“Heath Ledger…?”

Kim Byeol thought like this.

‘It’s terrible.’

Still, what can you do? If I’m going to crack it, I’m going to crack it.

It might not have been known if it had been a different filming location, but this was a filming site conducted by Baekhak Entertainment’s own production, and it was a filming that not only President Baek Seung-won, but also the film division and publishing management departments paid attention to. Kim Byeol, an actor from Baekhak Entertainment’s (actor) Management Office 2, cannot be forced to do this.

Life at a large company is this difficult.

However, the fact that Kim Byeol, who was only 16 years old, was cast as the sole lead in a short film based on a hot novel without any audition (even though her age and gender did not match) was thanks to her being under the shadow of Baekhak Entertainment.

If there is a problem, it is that Kim Byeol’s intentions were not reflected here at all.

From the time she debuted as a child, Kim Byeol’s life as an actress was controlled by her mother.

Her mother was Kim Byeol’s manager, asset manager, stylist, and the most important position, ‘mother’.

‘ha···’

After moving like a marionette on a string, the reason why Kim Byeol hasn’t exploded yet despite being filmed like this is crappy.

This is because she was a veteran who knew that she would not be able to survive in the entertainment industry once she was labeled as an unpleasant person. That professionalism killed the teenage girl inside me.

‘Let’s do it professionally. Like a professional…’

Kim Byeol did her best despite the unreasonable demands.

I don’t know why this ridiculous emotion suddenly came out, whether it was madness or something, but since the director told me to, I did my best to act.

He controlled his muscles to hold a knife with trembling hands, controlled his breathing to create an anxious atmosphere, and used his eyes to reveal his crazy humanity.

The filming ended with a 3-minute long take until the last scene.

“Hmm… wait a minute.”

It’s not OK, it’s NG.

“Actor Kim. Would you like to take a look?”

Kim Byeol confirmed that it was the last scene she shot and the highlight of the movie.

It was a mess.

My breathing was wrong. It wasn’t madness, it was closer to excitement. The eyes were too exaggerated and the movement was too wrong.

“Because our actor Kim Byeol has little experience, it seems like there are some parts that haven’t been polished yet…”

The director repeated the explanation he had given to Kim Byeol earlier. Kim Byeol heard it with one ear and let it go with the other.

This isn’t the problem.

It was a very, very complex issue.

First, the genre of the drama Kim Byul is currently filming is a daily sitcom. Since I asked someone who had filmed a comedy a few days ago to act like this, my body couldn’t adapt.

Second, the feeling of ‘madness’ does not exist in the original novel. The main character of the cause of death maintained a calm and logical attitude throughout. The answer to that logical agony was something that bordered on madness, and the main character’s personality was not overflowing with madness. Therefore, the madness that appears out of nowhere distorts the entire context of the play.

Thirdly, the filming location was too crude to handle a 3-minute long take. From set props to artificial snow falling from the sky. Because I perform serious acting against this background, there is a sense of disconnect between the background and the character.

That was Kim Byeol’s answer.

However, the director’s answer was different.

“okay! Actor Kim. “Let’s do our best and go again!”

3 minutes have passed. NG occurred.

3 minutes have passed. NG occurred.

3 minutes have passed. NG occurred.

Kim Byul made a total of seven NGs.

Dozens of staff members, including lighting operators, sound staff, cameramen, cinematographers, assistant directors, etc., watched Byeol Kim fail seven times.

Now it was all because of Kim Byul.

“Why are you like this…”

The director, assistant director, and cinematographer hesitated for a moment and then came to a conclusion.

“Should I just… write it?”

“You will do that. “Somehow in post-production, well…”

“The kids are also very tired. “I have to go and film an idol music video tomorrow… I also need to work on my stamina.”

“Okay, then.”

In any case, sales volume will be determined by the original fandom and the marketing of the public relations office, not the quality of the work.

The director, who thought so and compromised, shouted.

“okay! Cut! Thank you for your effort!”

But Kim Byeol was still young.

Child actor Kim Byeol. 16 years old.

I’m at an age where I’m not good at compromise.

“excuse me···!”

“uh? why? Actor Kim?”

Kim Byeol’s fingertips trembled slightly.

Her professionalism speaks for itself.

The moment you tell the director to reshoot the last scene, you’re done.

However, that professional spirit was also reflected in these words.

The moment you don’t tell the director to reshoot the last scene, you’re done as an actor.

I don’t know what to do.

It’s driving me crazy.

So Kim Byeol pretended to be crazy.

“last scene···! “Can I take the picture again?”

“……”

“……”

“……”

The director, assistant director, and cinematographer who were looking at the screen looked at Kim Byeol with the same expression. In general, it was an expression that implied, ‘Kimbyeol, what on earth do you mean?’

Immediately after that, when the director smiled awkwardly, the assistant director asked Byeol Kim for forgiveness with an embarrassed smile.

“Actor Kim. “I understand that you are not satisfied with the quality, but the director decided that it was a rough enough stone to be polished in post-production.”

“is that so?”

“It’s great to see so much passion! It’s good… but this is enough for filming. huh? “Okay?”

The cinematographer intervened and started a conversation to unravel the director’s twisted review.

“Director, you really worked hard today-”

“I don’t think it’s a bit crazy!”

Kim Byeol gathered up her courage and shouted.

The courage returned to the gaze.

A lighting operator checking to see if the equipment was broken, a sound staff member retrieving a boom microphone, a cameraman putting down the camera to help with chores, a shocked cinematographer, an assistant director looking resigned in anticipation of what was to come,

And the director’s gaze is full of anger.

“hey. you. “What happens?”

“Director…! Calm down…!”

“Let’s see, this is really…!”

the director shouted.

“hey – !!!”

As someone who shouts “Cut!” every day, his voice was very loud.

Kim Byul automatically flinched and closed her eyes tightly.

“Who are you to say this and that to the film?”

“…”

“You know movies better than me? Who doesn’t know there’s a quality problem? That’s covered by editing! This young guy can’t even understand! “The proof is that it’s nothing special…”

Kim Byeol’s eyes also rolled back.

“How can we make this into a movie!”

“what?”

“I know my acting best! This thing is completely ruined! “They say it’s the most important scene, but how is this okay?”

“Are you really saying that?”

“Please give me a little more time to study the work! I received the script 3 days ago, so I haven’t gotten around to it yet! Just one day! No, just a few hours to think slowly…!”

“Isn’t that professional?”

“yes?”

“No matter what the environment, you are a professional because you do it professionally. You get paid a lot. The youngest member of the lighting department doesn’t even get paid minimum wage. But both he and you cranked this up in a hurry.”

The director boldly omitted any distinction between the difficulties of the actors who received the script three days before filming and the difficulties of the filming team who were dispatched to a hastily scheduled filming schedule.

“If I take a picture while taking care of your circumstances, I won’t be able to take a picture even if it takes a hundred days. Even though it’s less than 20 minutes, does it seem easy to film a movie in one day? You know it’s difficult. I know it’s difficult, so I didn’t just laugh and move on even if you got NG seven times. And he said he would post-process it to make it look plausible while editing. “Is this really that difficult?”

“Yeah, but…”

“You too are sick. Art disease. Everyone else is struggling with their schedules, but aren’t you the only one who wants to break the ceramics because you don’t like it? Listen up. Tsk!”

Under pressure from a middle-aged man who was glaring at her as if she were going to kill her, Kim Byeol was unable to say, ‘I’m sorry, but it wasn’t my fault, it was my fault for talking nonsense about whether you were crazy or something.’ She lowered her head.

“Sin, sin, sorry…”

At that time, Lim Yang-wook smiled kindly and grabbed the director’s shoulder.

“Hey… Director. Haha, calm down a little. “Our writer Moon has something to say.”

“what?”

The writer approached me with an expressionless face.

While everyone was looking at the boy with dumbfounded expressions.

The boy in the center of attention said this.

“I don’t think it’s a bit crazy?”

The director slapped his forehead and closed his eyes tightly. This is why hierarchy is important. Since a 16-year-old can climb it, doesn’t a 13-year-old dare to climb it too?

However, since literary writers were not from this industry, they were outside the scope of the director’s authority. So the director responded in a slightly softened voice.

“Writer Moon. Because this is important business for adults…”

“Business? “Did you say it was a business?”