If you don’t know it even after seeing that, you’re an idiot.
As we approach episode 6 of < Saetbyul Arts High School Disappearance Case>, Seunghyeon’s once bright personality suddenly changes.
Seunghyeon, who always laughed and chatted with his friends, began to walk alone with a dark face.
What’s even more disturbing is that, except for Ho-jun, no one thinks it’s strange that Seung-hyeon has changed.
When Ho-jun approached the shaking Seung-hyeon, Seung-hyeon muttered without making eye contact with Ho-jun.
“I… found a note. Under the bed in the dormitory…”
“what?”
“I left the note where it was… bro, I’m scared.”
The day Seunghyun left those words to Hojun.
Seunghyeon disappeared without a trace.
In episode 7, Ho-jun finds the note that Seung-hyeon said he saw.
And Hojun, who was flipping through the notes, is shocked.
A note written over 20 years ago. The list written there was a kind of warning.
It would pass as a short insert in a drama, but it was long enough for people watching the drama to capture it.
The owner of the note was a missing person who disappeared 20 years ago.
And Hojun learns that similar disappearances occurred 20 and 10 years ago.
Hojun finds Yein with a notebook.
The face of Yein, who sits with a languid look on the school rooftop admiring the scenery, looks like a sunbathing cat.
In the past, it was a sight that would have seemed peaceful.
But now Hojun knows Yein’s true nature.
“You did it 20 years ago, 10 years ago…”
Yein shows a refreshing smile.
“uh? how did you know?”
Yein lightly takes the black notebook from Hojun’s hand.
Yein hums and flips through her notes, but soon throws the note away as if she has lost interest.
“Bored. “Let’s talk about something other than this.”
And now, the scene that would mark the end of the drama was approaching.
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‘Director… you thought about it and actually called me.’
The assistant director thought to himself as he guided the psychologist to the waiting room. To be honest, the assistant director thought Director Yoo’s decision to bring in a counselor this time was a bit excessive.
“Hey, what are you thinking?”
“ah. Director. Actually…”
The assistant director secretly opened his mouth to his close lighting director.
They said they knew this scene was important, but they didn’t know it would be to the point where they would have to call a counselor.
“···So, I was wondering if it was really necessary.”
At the words of the assistant director, the lighting director looked around and whispered.
“Facts… the content is the content.”
“Why is the content…”
“It’s also something actors can be sensitive to.”
ah.
Only then did the assistant director remember the family history of the two lead actors.
‘···I see. so···’
The assistant director, who realized the reason, began to work in silence.
“We’re going to shoot soon~”
“Please standby~!”
The voices of the production staff rang out from the set beyond the waiting room.
“Come on, everyone, let’s not miss the timing!”
“There is a risk of injury to the actors, so please be especially careful.”
Filming taking place on the school rooftop.
A chromakey screen was installed around the rooftop.
The only scene in < The Morning Star High School Disappearance Case> that requires large-scale CG.
These were the scenes we were filming today.
Yuil touched the device attached to his body. The device connected to the waist and groin tightly wrapped around the body.
‘that’s interesting.’
It was my first time using a wire. Even in < Strange Garden>, wires were not attached.
Yoo Il turned his head and looked at Kim Sun Ah. She was adjusting her appearance to her familiar face.
“Actors, we’ll start shooting as soon as we’re ready!”
And then, filming began.
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“Hojun, do you think I don’t know you?”
Choi Ye-in pulls Min Ho-jun by the collar.
‘···oh my god.’
The youngest staff member in the production department looked at Yoo Il and Sun Ah in surprise.
The moment Yein pulled, Hojun moved as if he was being pulled by an enormous force.
‘It feels real.’
Acting that actually makes the power given by Kim Sun-ah seem several times stronger.
The veins that protrude from the hands and the trembling fingertips bring out the details.
Above all, it was natural.
So much so that you even forget that Yuil practiced countless times just for that one scene.
Ye-in pushes Ho-jun all the way to the rooftop. Ho-jun looks into Ye-in’s eyes while resting his feet on the edge of the rooftop.
The camera captures them in a bird’s eye view shot.
Choi Ye-in brings her face closer to Ho-jun. She sees Yein’s face reflected in his eyes.
Yein looks at Hojun with an expression as if she is looking at a very interesting toy.
“I know everything about you.”
“What kind of bullshit is that-”
Suddenly, Yein’s voice changes.
“Hojun… I have something to tell you.”
A worried voice comes out of Yein’s mouth.
In the face of a young girl, the face of a middle-aged woman seems to appear for a moment.
‘···!’
Director Yoo Jae-ho looked at Kim Sun-ah with surprised eyes. The voice was going to be done separately anyway. She was the one who said in advance that there was no pressure.
‘···good.’
Yoo Jae-ho touched his lips and stared intently at the screen. The acting of the two lead actors was flawless.
“···Mom, actually, there’s a guy I’m seeing these days.”
A worried and warm voice.
But it wasn’t the changed voice that was creepy.
“How did you do that…”
Min Hojun’s face is colored with shock.
“Mom, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner. “Mom didn’t know how to bring up her story to Ho-jun, so she kept putting it off and it ended up like this.”
···no.
That can’t be possible.
“Mom, I’ll explain it well… okay?”
This is false.
“I’m sorry mom…”
Because his mother… already died a year ago.
“Yes, Hojun.”
At that time, Yein smiles and continues speaking.
“If you had obediently listened to me back then, your mother would have easily avoided the truck in front.”
gulp.
Jaeho Yoo sat close to the monitor.
All the emotions on Hojun’s face were disappearing as if they were being sucked out with a dropper.
Hojun’s hand, which was holding Yein’s hand to somehow hold on, gradually loses its strength.
Soon, Min Ho-jun’s face becomes blank.
‘If only I finish the last lines perfectly…!’
Jaeho Yoo concentrated on the monitor, forgetting to breathe.
Yein’s pink lips move.
“okay? You are someone who has had enough, your mother. “Mom… you are the porridge…”
It was then.
The white hand that was clutching Min Ho-jun’s collar lost its strength.
“···!”
It happened so quickly that those who were watching had no time to do anything.
‘No, if it falls like that…!’
The assistant director looked shocked and screamed a single word.
Everyone looked at Han Yu-il in shock at the dizzying situation that unfolded before their eyes.
However, Yuil, who thought he would lose his balance and fall, quickly grabbed the ledge of the rooftop and climbed on top of it.
“!”
Even with the wire, his reflexes were amazing.
‘Thank goodness…!’
The assistant director ran to the actors in cold sweat.
“Yoo-il, Seon-a, are you okay?!”
“I almost got into big trouble!”
“I was chilled, really…”
Yuil, standing in a safe place, quickly responded.
“I’m fine.”
His eyes were on Kim Sun-ah.
Kim Sun-ah was breathing hard with a pale face.
“I’m going to take a short break!”
“Seon-ah, are you okay?”
The eyes of director Yoo Jae-ho and other staff were focused on Sun-ah.
Kim Sun-a looked at dozens of pairs of eyes filled with worry, and finally lowered her head.
“···sorry.”
His face looked like he was about to collapse at any moment.
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【Currently, actress Kim Sun-ah’s stress appears to have reached its peak.】
···It’s a big deal.
Yoo Il looked at the back of Kim Sun-ah entering the waiting room while being supported by the staff.
【The roles that actress Kim Sun-a played until just before this work, such as < My Little Boy> and < Beautiful Young Master>, were mostly ‘bright and spirited girls’.]
‘···Is there a reason?’
【There may have been pressure from the agency, but it seems like he prefers bright characters.】
Bwin added.
【It appears that he tried to play a role that was as different from his own situation as possible.】
‘···Then how did this work come about?’
【That’s because of K-Do Media’s suggestion.】
Yuil raised his eyebrows at the name of an unfamiliar company that suddenly appeared.
*
“How are you feeling now?”
“···are you okay.”
Kim Seon-ah, who was biting her lip without realizing it, looked down at the warm tea the counselor gave her. Her chamomile scent was faint.
The counselor sitting in front of her opened his mouth with a warm smile.
“Eat it slowly. “After listening to the story, they said there was still enough time.”
“···Is that possible?”
Kim Sun-a couldn’t help but burst into laughter. She says this to appease the actor. Until now, she had never seen a filming site where every minute and every second wasn’t rushed.
In particular, < Saetbyeol Pre-school Disappearance Case> was a drama that was being aired in real time.
‘Like a fool. ‘Why did you think about your mom there?’
Kim Sun-a clenched her fists. Her sharp nails dug into her palms.
“The reason my hands lost strength was because I lost concentration for a moment. “There is no other reason.”
“is that so.”
Kim Sun-ah felt a little relieved by the gentle answer.
“I’m sorry, teacher, but honestly, there’s no need for me to get counseling like this. It would be better to finish filming quickly. “If I don’t go back now, the filming might be extended…”
…Then the agency has no choice but to intervene again.
Kim Sun-ah carefully swallowed her words. The counselor looked at Seon-ah and asked.
“Seon-ah, do you usually think of other people first?”
“no.”
The counselor’s expression did not change despite Suna’s firm answer.
“When I listen to what you say, it seems like you pay more attention to those around you than to yourself.”
“···.”
“You said there are different medications you are taking right now, right?”
When Kim Sun-ah nodded slightly, the counselor carefully held out a business card.
“If you ever need any help, please feel free to contact me.”
“···thank you.”
Help.
I once had a dream like that. There was a time when I waited for a guardian angel-like being to come find me, saying, “I came to save you.”
It was a dream I gave up a long time ago.
Kim Sun-a covered up her bitterness with a smile and stuffed the business card deep into her bag.
However, when she opened the door, Kim Sun-ah was startled.
Han Yu-il was standing in front of the door. Holding a drink and a water bottle in each hand.
*
Meanwhile, at the same time.
Director Won Hee-soo was facing unexpected difficulties.
“No, I guarantee it? Oh director. “You don’t trust me?”
“Anyway… that guy doesn’t have much experience. I’m not sure. “There are many other good actors who are interested…”
“Any other good actor! “You’re not talking about Baek Jeong-hyeon, are you?”
Won Hee-su looked at Director Oh-gu angrily.
Director Oh-gu was much older than Won Hee-soo, but the two had already agreed to treat each other comfortably as fellow directors 20 years ago.
Won Hee-su threw the lighter roughly with an annoyed look on his face.
“Oh, I don’t know. “If it’s going to come out that way, I won’t do it.”
“Just think about it first. It was the same at Seo Hyun-joo’s agency. “It’s a bit concerning if the other actor is too young…”
“No, the company is acting? “An actor acts!”
Won Hee-su waved his hand and then picked up the remote control. Soon the 50-inch television placed in the office turned on with a bright light.
“Look at that.”
“What happened all of a sudden…”
Director Oh opened his mouth to say something, but closed his mouth.
It was a dark drama with students wearing some kind of school uniform.
‘I think I heard it’s a popular drama these days…’
Ogu wiped the sweat from the bridge of his nose and adjusted his round glasses.
“Oh director, didn’t you see that?”
“You know I don’t really watch dramas.”
“what the. “I’m proud of it.”
Movies and OTT.
It was a natural trend for directors who worked in theater films to leave one by one for OTT.
Nevertheless, these changes were difficult for those who had been working in movies for a long time.
– No, does the drama need directing?
Even now, in film department classes, I can often see professors shaking their heads and muttering.
In fact, it has been said that movies are the director’s art, and dramas are the writer’s art.
That was the reason why Oh Film still insisted on producing movies rather than OTT series.
Tsk.
Won Hee-su clicked his tongue at his old colleague and pointed at the television. Director Oh had no choice but to turn his gaze to that bullying. In the corner of the room, I saw a boy who looked like he had been alone for several months.
‘···Ah, this is him…’
It was that ‘Han Yu-il’.
‘The image is completely different from the profile.’
Director Oh leaned against the backrest with his legs crossed.
– ···you. Come on?
The boy was shaking another student with a mesmerized face – Won Hee-soo was whispering next to him, “That’s Park Young-hyun.”
– You weren’t like this before.
The boy carefully examines the face of another student (Park Young-hyun). Eyes filled with fear rather than worry.
Teachers and students approach him, feeling strange. When the boy tries to reassure him that ‘nothing’s wrong’, the boy explodes.
– I know. I know!
The boy screams.
[Please, I hope someone knows]
A cry that fully feels the heart.
And the camera pans.
Showing the faces of students and teachers who know nothing…
The boy’s face fills the screen.
‘···!’
Director Oh’s eyes, which had been dull, began to shine at some point.
‘That expression…’
Tears begin to well up in the boy’s black eyes.
Frustration and fear.
But emotions strong enough to cover it all.
That is… loneliness.
A feeling of extreme loneliness, like being alone in the world.
The close-up of the boy’s face was scarier than the suspense music or bizarre sound effects.
Director Oh swept his arm without realizing it. By now, goosebumps had started to appear.
‘What is he…?’
Looking at Director Oh’s dumbfounded face, Won Hee-soo spoke triumphantly.
“If you don’t recognize that even after seeing that, you’re a real idiot, Director Oh.”