A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 24

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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT

Episode 24

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The set heated up due to Eum Seong-hyeon’s acting.

No, did it heat up?

It was quiet without a single sound.

But the heat stirring within the silence was unmistakable.

From Director Jeong Hee-su to the camera director, sound director, and art directors.

The hearts of artists who each had their own world were set ablaze.

It wasn’t just the directors either.

The veteran staff had faces reminiscing about the past, thinking ‘This is what I came to this industry to see,’ while the young staff had faces looking toward the future, thinking ‘I want to film dramas like this too.’

But those showing even greater passion than them were the actors.

Eum Seong-hyeon’s acting had clearly stimulated the competitive spirit in their hearts.

And so…

“Cut! Okay! That was perfect!”

“Director, could I try that last line one more time?”

“Is there a need? I don’t think you could do better than this.”

“I want to blur the last line. Not finishing the words properly but mumbling them. Wouldn’t that suit the script better?”

“…Let’s try it once.”

The set began to go crazy.

Like people who had made a bet on who could show the most perfect acting.

Like people afflicted with a disease where they’d die if they didn’t increase their synchronization rate with their characters.

They were stimulated by each other’s acting, and that stimulation was raising the actors’ level by several stages.

The change was so obvious that Director Jeong Hee-su finally couldn’t endure it.

“Damn it! Prepare the Part 1 scenes again!”

She discarded most of the indoor scenes filmed in Gangwon-do and started filming them again.

What was filmed on the 2nd and 3rd days of the Gangwon location shoot survived quite well, but almost everything filmed on the first day was scrapped.

Because there was quite a difference between the acting from just 3 days ago and today’s acting.

There were many difficulties since it included filming that wasn’t on the call sheet, but everyone pushed through the obstacles like possessed people.

While also not missing the scenes that absolutely had to be filmed today.

When the filming that started in the early dawn passed afternoon and became night, Director Jeong Hee-su emerged from her possession.

She approached hesitantly with a face that had suddenly regained reason.

“CE Do. Can we do this? SSK won’t like it.”

I thought she was asking after already doing everything, but the answer was predetermined.

“Since I’m the on-site assistant, I’ll get permission from the head CE.”

“Would you do that?”

I closed my eyes briefly and opened them.

“It’s approved. Let’s proceed.”

“…?”

“The head in my heart readily gave permission.”

“Ah…!”

She had been so immersed in filming that Director Jeong Hee-su had forgotten I was both the head CE and assistant CE.

Director Jeong Hee-su, who burst into laughter belatedly, approached with a rather friendly attitude.

“It’s funny to ask now, but what exactly did you do?”

“You mean about Eum Seong-hyeon?”

“Of course. I’ve never believed the saying that the lens gets devoured by the subject… But that moment really came.”

“I didn’t particularly do anything.”

I just removed the clumsy consideration and pushed him to the edge of the cliff professionally.

What amazed everyone at the edge of the cliff was entirely Eum Seong-hyeon’s ability.

When I gave that answer, Director Jeong Hee-su looked at me with strange eyes.

“CE Do. You know what? The supporters in this industry always brag about how great they are.”

“Is that so?”

Managers say celebrities became stars thanks to their care, and music engineers emphasize that songs did well because their mixing and mastering was perfect.

Sound technicians go on about how difficult simultaneous recording is, and trainers passionately explain how much help their teaching provided.

The reason was simple.

Because it seems like the players on stage take all the spotlight.

“It’s kind of interesting. Only Dohyeon-u says the opposite, but he seems to shine brighter than any supporter.”

What?

The director’s character seems to have changed a bit.

“Anyway, today was amazing. Let’s continue working well together.”

“Of course.”

“The actors want to do additional filming while they’re feeling it, but CE Do should go home now. It doesn’t seem like we’ll need SOS today.”

The assistant CE doesn’t necessarily have to stay attached to the set.

I’m watching because I like it, but originally it’s more common to go home after writing all the reports.

While I was thinking that, Director Jeong Hee-su looked around the set and approached the assistant director.

She spoke to me so gently, but she’s yelling at the assistant director about something that doesn’t please her.

But the actors paid no attention to external noise and only stared at their scripts.

The only exception was Eum Seong-hyeon.

Eum Seong-hyeon wasn’t looking at his script or smartphone and was just sitting there blankly.

But even that appearance was like Hyeon-tae.

Seeing that reminded me of the opening scene.

Eum Seong-hyeon’s acting wasn’t something I had seen through script possession.

It wasn’t because it was ad-lib.

The sequence itself wasn’t in the script.

“Then why did the loop ability come to exist?”

“This is something I saw directly, no, I mean this is an impromptu story.”

“Yes.”

“…So how about Hyeon-tae gaining this ability like this?”

That scene came about because of my impromptu answer.

So I had some anxiety until we started filming.

The supernatural ability had shown perfect results, but I wondered if I had changed that.

But the moment I saw Eum Seong-hyeon’s acting, the anxiety disappeared instantly.

That sequence was meant to be added.

Eum Seong-hyeon’s acting was clear evidence.

If it was a scene where the setting didn’t fit or emotions were off, the actor wouldn’t have been able to immerse himself to that extent.

It was quite a pleasure to know that the setting I added regardless of supernatural ability was correct, but…

“Cut! Okay! Let’s move on to the next scene!”

I was even happier that Eum Seong-hyeon had broken out of his shell.

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The name of Accomplice appeared on Tivic’s official website.

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Premiering in June.

Accomplice (Criminal Community)

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Finally, our drama was officially announced in the June lineup.

Internally, the date of Thursday, June 8th had come out, but the date hadn’t been revealed to the public yet.

At the same time, Tivic’s second contest targeting Korean creators began.

Since the winning works from the first contest had been or were being made into videos, there was no need to delay any longer.

But regardless of external changes, we devoted ourselves only to filming the work.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Gangwon location shooting.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday Seoul set.

Sunday additional filming.

There were variations according to the call sheet, but this was generally how it went.

Originally, Accomplice filming had quite a tight schedule.

No matter how much it was an 8-episode series with similar backgrounds, starting filming in February and opening in June was a burdensome timeline.

However, things started to become more relaxed.

The reason was simple.

The actors rarely made NGs.

Even if they did make an NG, at most two retakes would be okay.

Additionally, it was important that the actors had absolutely no schedules outside of filming.

There was no unnecessary waiting time on set at all.

This was also a connected story.

Since everyone focused only on the drama without external activities, there was no confusion about the character emotional lines needed for acting.

So when looking at the set, actors like Eum Seong-hyeon, So Jeong-hun, and Park Seong-won weren’t visible.

Hyeon-tae, Jeong-hun, Su-cheol, Yeong-su…

Everyone appeared as their roles.

Among them, Eum Seong-hyeon was the best.

Even when not acting, he always existed as Hyeon-tae.

So much so that Director Jeong Hee-su once told me to have a meal with Eum Seong-hyeon because she was worried.

When I asked what his favorite food was, he talked about the lamb skewers that Hyeon-tae likes.

Whether Eum Seong-hyeon actually likes lamb skewers was still questionable.

Anyway, in this situation, the staff’s faces bloomed brightly.

“Wow, I’d have no regrets if I could only work with actors like these.”

“Exactly. Can such a comfortable set actually exist in this world?”

No power trips, no NGs, no sudden schedule changes.

Like perfectly fitting gears, everything revolved only for the drama.

So much so that there was even a time when a 16-hour call sheet melted away in just 7 hours, allowing actors and staff to leave work early.

Rumors about Accomplice spread within SSK as well.

That the filming set ran smoothly and the staff’s on-set satisfaction was extremely high.

Of course, these rumors didn’t suddenly make Accomplice this year’s anticipated work.

“Well, at least it’s fortunate that filming is going smoothly.”

“When they’re unknowns, they have to be careful, right?”

“With that casting, at least the set should be clean…”

When we had completed half of the filming schedule that was planned for a total of 10 weeks.

“…You’re already almost done filming?”

“…Really?”

We had knocked out over 80% of the call sheet.

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