I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 108

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Episode 108

I checked the synopsis of that I had received. It had changed significantly from the synopsis before my regression.

If the previous was about the loyal retainer Myeongdo and Seoryeong with her mysterious powers, the revised had its focus shifted elsewhere.

It had changed to a story about the shaman Yeomga challenging royal authority and Seoryeong opposing her.

“As expected of Jjang Director…”

I’ve felt this since , but his direction sense is extraordinary. He instinctively knows that what the public expects from is ghost stories, not common love stories.

“This way, the romance line becomes relatively weaker, so there won’t be much attention on the male lead’s acting ability.”

Dramas and movies are like meticulously designed operations.

Investors and directors, actors and broadcasting stations, even staff – everyone must mesh together like gears for things to run smoothly.

And the moment I received the scenario, I could tell that all conditions for had aligned properly.

“It’s incomparably more interesting than before.”

No, rather than interesting, I should use a more serious expression. The level of completion had changed.

“The entire structure has completely changed from a love story between a retainer and shaman, hasn’t it?”

Originally, Sal is a very vicious curse. It’s the intention to harm someone out of resentment.

And when you cast Sal on someone, that karma inevitably returns to you.

“It’s a matter of risking one’s life…”

In the original , Seoryeong tries to cast Sal on Yeomga despite accepting all of this.

For the sake of Myeongdo whom she loves, for the lord Myeongdo tries to protect, for the peaceful world that lord dreams of.

“Seoryeong has gained her own narrative.”

But now the story revolves completely around Seoryeong. As if Jjang Director prepared it as a gift for me.

I had memorized everything from the original work of to the scenario and completed character analysis, but it seemed I’d have to start from the beginning again.

“Still…”

My heart races. With this Seoryeong, I feel like I could act more properly.

I’m confident I can feel that emotion I experienced during filming once more.

‘That sense of unity, of briefly becoming Jeong Yeondu.’

I might be able to feel that thrill as Seoryeong too.

I checked the first episode’s scenario to the end and closed it. What I have in my hands now is only 4 episodes.

But there’s something bothering me.

“Surely with Seoryeong changed like this, that scene at the end doesn’t fit.”

The ending of that I remember. The climax that follows after Seoryeong uncovers all of Yeomga’s evil deeds.

A truly satisfying scene. The scene where Seoryeong uses all her power to curse Yeomga.

“That’s what’s bothering me. That…”

I closed my eyes briefly.

Some actors can act with just partial scripts, but maybe because I lack experience, I don’t think I can do that easily.

The protagonist who must lead a 16-episode series. I want to understand Seoryeong more deeply.

“How will this end?”

I tightened my grip on the scenario. What kind of Seoryeong should I portray? I want to create a Seoryeong that can emerge from between the lines of text.

“The final scene. That’s important.”

Will it live in viewers’ minds for a year as just an ‘interesting’ drama?

Or will it become a legend that lasts long as a ‘well-made’ drama?

It all depended on ‘s ending scene.

Clank- Clank-.

The misaligned gears came to a stop.

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Chapter 1

Heaven’s Pulse, Earth’s Vein

Gyeoul opened the scenario he had easily obtained.

From the moment he saw the article about casting Han Yeoreum as the lead, he had already memorized the entire original work.

The airplane’s first class seat softly enveloped Gyeoul.

“What has changed?”

But his analysis was insufficient.

Gyeoul turned the scenario pages with calm eyes. Behind the title page with Chapter 1’s title, ‘s intro unfolded magnificently.

A screen unfolded before Gyeoul’s eyes. Perhaps due to his habit of analyzing countless works, he could immerse himself as if he were an audience member in a movie theater just by reading the text.

Along with the dark screen, creaking fingernail sounds could be heard.

Gyeoul tightened his grip on the scenario. He felt an inexplicable tension. The dark screen slowly brightened.

As the screen slowly closed up, over the shaman’s hand writing the talisman, the refined hand of a noble lady who knew no hardship overlapped.

The screen was both quiet and chaotic. Compared to the lack of camera movement, the constant sounds were chilling.

‘Now from interior to exterior… rapidly expanding scenes.’

Gyeoul analyzed the scenario with cold eyes and swallowed. The screen changed once again.

“It matches well with the title.”

As the narrative expanded from the original, they focused on increasing the pace of episode 1. On the screen unfolding before Gyeoul, the scene transitioned once more.

The scenes rushed in so breathlessly I couldn’t breathe.

The rapidly changing scenes from day to night, then night to day again made my eyes dizzy, and I could feel eerie beings clinging persistently to the human world.

“Following Saetani, there’s Eoduksini and Changgwi… and what else?”

Rustle-.

Gyeoul analyzed the scenario relentlessly and turned to the next chapter.

His page-turning speed gradually increased.

A mind-shaking sound rang sharply in Gyeoul’s ears. Perhaps due to deep immersion, his head felt dizzy and goosebumps rose on his arms.

“Probably about 30 seconds up to here.”

Gyeoul could calculate mechanically thanks to growing up reading thousands of scenarios.

A drama’s first impression is decided within the first 10 minutes.

“That’s about all the time we have to introduce viewers to what kind of drama this is.”

An era overflowing with entertainment options.

You can no longer easily hold onto viewers. You have to capture their interest by any means necessary.

And had captured exactly what viewers needed.

‘Direction that drives both sight and sound, herding them this way and that…’

Making it impossible not to be instantly immersed the moment you watch.

“From the camera work to scene transitions, it’s relentlessly rushing forward…”

Drawing viewers all the way to the ending of episode 1 didn’t seem difficult. No, perhaps it had already been calculated to become next year’s most talked-about work.

Gyeoul solidified that conviction while reading the scenario for episode 2.

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