145 – Movie (3)
“Are you by any chance planning to use students from our school in this work?”
Chairman Ha-yul Song’s words are not a request that feels impossible or rude.
I was just curious about the exact reason why he said that.
“You don’t have to listen too carefully. Seeing as it was a work set in a school, I thought there might be a need to use students. 927 Appearing in author’s work must be an incredible experience in itself.”
Hmm… ….
I pretty much understand what you mean.
It seemed like she wanted to kill two rabbits.
In addition to promoting the school,
Like Seol So-young and Park Ha-jun, my goal seems to be to have Hanbit Arts High School students appear in my work to create new rising stars or gain experience.
“Oh, by the way…… “
At that time, Chairman Song Ha-yul continued.
“If possible, we plan to provide the filming location to Studio N Mix without any compensation.”
“Yes? Are you serious?”
“Producer Na Young-jin, I am not a person who likes to lie.”
“Heh heh. “We are the ones who came to make an offer, but we are receiving an unconventional offer.”
Chairman Song Ha-yul leisurely folds his arms as if what he said was not a lie.
Producer Na saw that reaction and glanced at me with a friendly smile.
I, PD, work in an ace position at Studio N Mix, so I tend to be quite quick-witted.
In that sense, it seems that PD Na also knew what she wanted from the beginning.
Hanbit Arts High School is now famous in another sense as well.
It’s a little embarrassing to say it myself, but this is a place where many celebrities, including myself, the current 927 writer, gather.
From the perspective of a freshman contemplating a career in high school, there is probably no subject matter as mouth-watering as this.
In addition, is it known that the author of 927 selected actors from among the students at Hanbit Arts High School?
‘The competition rate will be huge next year…….’
And the students who passed through that competitive rate and entered the university could rightly be called elite.
This is what Song Ha-yul, who loves talented students, is aiming for.
I guess that’s why they cooperate so favorably with the filming.
He is a truly scary person in many ways.
“What… “It might not be a bad idea.”
Certainly, real students may be better at capturing the student’s unique atmosphere than actors.
In addition, the fact that should not be forgotten is that Hanbit Arts High School is one of the best arts high schools in Korea.
In other words, if you look around even now, there are many talented people like Kang Ye-rin.
For your information, even before this conversation, Park Ha-jun was immediately excluded from the list.
Except for me and Seol So-young and one additional supporting actor, the other roles don’t have much screen time.
In that sense, casting Park Ha-joon is literally a waste of manpower.
Of course, to be precise, it would be a waste of money.
At this point, I can’t help but wonder how much money it costs to cast a popular actor like Park Ha-joon.
─Then why not do it as a service? In some ways, isn’t that a good thing because he created dreaming children for free?
But Ha-jun Park listened to my realistic words and smiled brightly and answered like this.
What kind of work does an actor do for free? Are you crazy?
Of course I couldn’t say it this way, so I turned it around a bit, but the conclusion was cut right away.
Actually, money was a problem, but there was another problem as well.
That’s a question of acting ability.
As for Park Ha-joon, it’s not that he’s bad at acting, but he’s actually good at it.
Yes. Much more than a guy like me.
So, from the perspective of a leading actor, would you really want to film a work with a supporting actor who stands out much more than you?
If that happens, attention may be dispersed or even focused in that direction.
Probably not a very good painting.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if they make a brief appearance of about 3 seconds as they feel like the ubiquitous Extra 4.
Anyway.
“It seems like a good story for both parties about the filming location… I will think about casting. Or how about this method?”
I made a suggestion to Chairman Song Ha-yul.
“That would be a pretty interesting picture. “You can do whatever you want.”
And when she heard my suggestion, she smiled quite satisfied.
However.
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“Wow… “If Director Ko, who will be in charge of filming on location, finds out about that, he will be so happy that he dies.”
Producer Na, who was sitting next to me, had a slightly different reaction.
I smiled and answered those words.
“Of course, isn’t this a good idea from Studio N Mix’s perspective?”
“Yes. If you follow the author’s instructions, you can save a lot of money on your budget. “It’s a work that didn’t cost much to produce to begin with, but it’s even more so.”
“But it’s not necessarily free, right? Please compensate students appropriately. Oh, is the deadline possible?”
“I guess it depends on the writer’s capabilities. After… For some reason, time seems to be running out every time I work on your work. “It’s not like we intentionally put sandbags on it.”
I couldn’t help but smile at PD Na’s complaint.
It seemed like the school was going to get a lot noisy sooner or later.
***
Club activity time that afternoon.
Maybe because it comes every week, it always feels like it’s been a while.
And the latest topic of conversation in the theater and film department was about the Hanbit Arts High School Festival in December.
It’s obvious that you’ll be on the festival stage through a popularity vote anyway, so what on earth are you going to do? There was a lot of talk.
In that sense, it may be a little early to say that it is early September, but the theater and film department was put on alert in many ways because I was producing a movie.
“Now, the purpose of this club has become meaningless, and even Seo Eun-woo, the core member, is missing.”
Hearing Deputy Director Song Garam’s words, the members sighed one by one.
You’re already busy with movie work, but it also overlaps with a school festival?
Of course you can do it, but personally I find it a bit annoying.
This is especially because I am the type of person who has to complete one task before doing something else.
The club members seemed to have recognized my feelings and had no intention of lending their strength to this festival.
“Then this time, there are as many as three empty seats…? ….”
Furthermore, Lee Da-hye was very busy until the end of the year due to her main job, so she left school first at lunch today, and Seol So-young, who was sitting next to me over Cha Moo-sik, naturally became an exception for the same reason as me.
The number of members was already insufficient, and I understood why the members were sighing as a large number of key personnel left.
So the idea that emerged was that the theater and film department and the theater department should collaborate on the festival stage.
The theater department has a significant number of members as it is a famous club that has been around since the beginning.
There is Kang Ye-rin who can write an excellent script, and the performances that the two clubs can perform at the festival are almost similar, so it was not a bad opinion.
Fortunately, according to Kang Ye-rin, she is showing quite positive intentions toward the theater department as well.
“Then when does practice start? “The genius writer Kang Ye-rin, who took on the role of assistant writer to writer 927.”
“hehehe. “Now you’re finally recognizing my true worth, Park Ha-jun.”
“Then~ I really appreciate it since you called the 927 writer a coward…… “
Kang Ye-rin tightly covered Park Ha-jun’s mouth.
With a very cruel expression, as if to never reveal the karma of the past.
Of course, I heard everything.
“I am a coward. “I couldn’t overcome the pressure and announced my retirement.”
“Oh, no! “That’s not what I meant!”
“No? “Then what does it mean?”
“…… Sorry. “I’m sorry!”
Kang Ye-rin cried and shouted at me.
Hmm. For some reason, Park Ha-jun did something helpful.
Thanks to you, I have one more thing to make fun of.
“Are you sure you want to increase it further?”
“…… ?”
Suddenly, Seol So-young from next to me asked me with a kind smile.
She couldn’t understand what she said at first, but looking at that mysterious smile, she gradually began to understand what she said.
So, I shook my head with a straight face.
As Seol So-young said, I have no intention of adding anything more.
If you do that, Seol So-young’s father will have to hit you with his golf club right before you get kicked…….
“I have something to say to you for a moment.”
Because of this, I quickly decided to change the topic.
Anyway, I had something to ask the people here from the beginning.
In an instant, the attention of the people in the clubroom focused on me, and I continued to speak slowly.
“I’ll get straight to the point. Just show my film at the festival.”
“Hmm? But does that really have any meaning?”
Park Ha-jun asked me a question with a very puzzled expression. About half of the people had expressions of anticipation.
Of course, as he said, a movie starring only Seol So-young and I is of course meaningless.
Because it feels a bit ambiguous to use that as the name of the theater and film department at a festival.
But since my work is mainly set in a school, wouldn’t there naturally be a lot of students in the work?
In that case, we need an extra who can fill in the background, or more precisely, someone who can play the role of a student as naturally as possible.
That’s a bit much.
Of course, it was a thought that came to mind while talking with Chairman Song Ha-yul, but there was no need to go through the hassle of a casting process.
Because… ….
“So everyone can appear in my movie. If possible, I would like to use more manpower in the theater department.”
There are many people around me who can play the role of a student as naturally as possible.
Of course, it is free under the pretext of club activities.