So I was thinking about the ending of Witch Amusement, and of how much more I enjoyed the director’s prior two series, 2005’s
. And since both of those were written by the Hong sisters screenwriting team, Hong Jung Eun and Hong Mi Ran, I naturally thought to
It also reminded me of an interview with Fantasy Couple’s PD, Kim Sang Ho, which I’d read months ago and found endlessly fascinating, regarding the process of actually producing these dramas. It also shed some light on the behind-the-scenes issues that explained some of the choices they made in the drama’s storyline. It was so interesting (to me) I’d posted up the translation on soompi, so I’m reposting it here behind the cut.
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The opposite — mostly solid, funny writing hampered by goofy directing choices. It’s no wonder PD Jeon Ki Sang and the Hong sisters work best together.
I was surprised, reading the article, at exactly how pressed for time these productions are. Generally, I knew they start shooting about a month before the first air date, but as the drama progresses, they inevitably fall behind — so they write, film, and edit the episodes while they’re still airing. Fantasy Couple seems a bit extreme in how far it ran behind schedule, and the PD does in fact sound very slightly delusional, but I wondered if the same circumstances could apply to Witch Amusement.
That’s not an excuse for sucky storytelling, because many other dramas operate under the same circumstances and produce adequate, sometimes wonderful, results. But it does help explain the nonsense that occurs — if the production is hurtling along in real time, there’s very little room for error, and little time to stop and reorganize. You’ve just got to go with what you’re doing, and pray for the best.
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, a rich, horribly snooty heiress Anna (Han Ye Seul) loses her memory in an accident. Her beleaguered husband Billy (Kim Sung Min), on the verge of divorcing her, takes her disappearance as a boon and rejoices. Anna washes up with no clue as to her identity — and in order to get revenge for indignities inflicted upon him by Anna, the hard-working everyman Chul Soo (Oh Ji Ho) decides to pretend Anna is his girlfriend and takes her home to be his housekeeper and nanny for his three orphaned nephews. Hilarity ensues.
Inside the offices of MBC’s drama department, PD Kim Sang Ho sits across the table from me after the airing of Fantasy Couple. We chat for about an hour, when the head of MBC’s drama department, Jung Woon Hyun, tosses out a joke as he retreats: “Why don’t you do the interview inside the director’s office? Isn’t it embarrassing to do it out here in the common area?” To which Kim Sang Ho replies, “Hey, what do you take Na Sang Shil for?” In the interview, he revealed that Na Sang Shil is his own persona, and the expression on his face overlapped with upraised eyes like Sang Shil’s to show: the male Na Sang Shil!
INTERVIEWER: Although the program’s ratings weren’t exceptionally high, the internet reaction was considerable. There was a tremendous amount written in the Fantasy Couple gallery of DC Inside, did you see?
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DIR. KIM SANG HO: I even chatted there. I went in with a nickname, and people didn’t believe me and were asking for verification (from site staff or actors whose identities had been officially confirmed), so I made a note on cyworld. Those people asked for spoilers not to be released, but there were slight hints like “It will probably snow in Namhae, right?” (Laughs)
For the last four weeks, on Sundays I came back up [to Seoul]. I took the morning plane up, and then the redeye/morning flight back down to Namhae. Originally, I wanted to set up an editing office in Namhae, but that didn’t work out as I’d wanted. Instead, I would do some preliminary editing on what we shot, and send the tapes along with extras or staff members going up to Seoul. If those got the okay, I’d look at the capture board which would be uploaded to an online site, and I’d make the final editing decisions via phone call. Because Sunday (the 16th episode) was practically done in real time, I arrived at 10am and went to the editing room myself. For Saturday’s broadcast I wasn’t there so a lot got cut. Personally, I feel the most disappointed with the 15th and 5th episodes.
Yes. I plan to, for scenes that were cut, and also scenes where the wrong music was used. In the 15th episode, in the scene intercutting Anna (Han Ye Seul) looking for the cell phone Chul Soo (Oh Ji Ho) bought her, and Chul Soo remembering Anna while touching the dial on the electric heating pad, the music used was a complete mistake. Of all the 16 episodes, that wrongly used music is the top example. Eventually, if you see that scene properly, it should have double the emotional impact… (Laughs)
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In that scene, the sound of the phone flipping open and the heating pad dial turning was so similar, it was really funny.
In that scene, sad music should have been quietly laid in the background, but the song was light-hearted and strange. Watching it on a small monitor on set, I was incredibly upset.
Still, it seems on the whole, there was a lot of consideration put into the music. The music selection was also good in “Secret Lovers” [비밀남녀]. When Choi Do Kyung (Kwon Oh Joong) has failed to embezzle 3 billion and is sitting, stooped over, “Creep” played softly, and in the scene where Kim Joon Woo (Kim Seok Hoon) dances at the art center, “I’d Rather Dance With You” by the Kings of Convenience plays. The melody and lyrics fit the atmosphere just right.
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Yes. Only the music supervisor is new to my staff. They are all people I’ve worked with before, so they know what I want. Back then, “Creep” was chosen by the writer, and I picked the song for Kim Joon Woo’s theme. But there are still a lot of things I feel disappointed about with “Secret Lovers.”
I couldn’t quite command my staff then. This time, I got all my staff and actors completely on the same page with my instructions. Compared to the actors of “Secret Lovers, ” I talked a lot more with my actors this time. Sang Shil is my persona. Ye Seul sshi knew this… I miss Sang Shil. (Laughs)
I wasn’t too disappointed with Anna’s last scene… but Chul Soo’s reminiscing scene (when he finds the money Sang Shil had hidden all around the house) was the last scene with Sang Shil. All through filming, Ye Seul gained confidence and her acting improved a lot. It was like she consumed and absorbed this character. There were many scenes where she didn’t sleep, or was dropped into water, but she never once grew irritated.
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There was a separate director for the underwater filming scenes. That person had done quite a lot of dramas before, but he said there were just two actresses who had successfully shot scenes fully submerged, up to 5 meters deep, without any support equipment. Lee Na Young (“Island”) and Han Ye Seul (“Fantasy Couple”)… So, in the beginning we all called her “action star Han Ye Seul” and told her for her next project, she must do an action role… (Laughs)
Remember the scene where Anna breaks Solomon’s fishbowl? We needed that to be a full shot [all in one take], so I said, “If we can’t do it in one go, we can’t do it.” So we laid out a blanket and rehearsed it several times. Although we did have four Solomons… (Everyone laughs). I said we’d try filming it once, but Anna broke it right the first time. There were occasionally times like that where I felt we had a ghost helping us along. When something went unbelievably well, for instance, like when filming was made difficult by the sun’s movement. There was a situation when the weather was cloudy and we were using white balance while filming, but suddenly the weather turned sunny and we needed to redo the settings even though we didn’t have time. At that time, these long, thin clouds formed and covered the sun, moving very slowly. Until that scene was finished.
Ah, this? It’s Anna’s manicure… I painted it on my fingernail to see the color. I was feeling sad about parting with Sang Shil, so I told myself, “I’ll just remember you as long as this color stays on my fingernail, ” but it hasn’t erased yet. (Laughs) I take a lot of consideration into the colors that show onscreen, so I control them. I absolutely wouldn’t allow them to wear white or black. They could use those colors while deliberating, but they don’t look great onscreen. This winter, apparently black is in style, so in the beginning of filming, all the stylists came carrying black clothes. I changed them all to colorful
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