Two articles are out today that take a look around the filming location and behind the scenes of the ever-popular Boys Before Flowers.
I admit that I'm not that interested...
Note: The following is taken from a Korean article, so the opinions therein aren't necessarily my own. Still, it's a look into the trends we can expect in the coming...
MBC's East of Eden has already cut its budget once by lowering the actors' salaries, but it's further cutting its production budget. Originally planned as a 25 billion won project (approx. $19...
The actors of MBC's Monday-Tuesday drama East of Eden, including star Song Seung-heon, are taking a pay cut -- as much as 50% from their current pay rates.
The drama boasts...
Bad Love, Rivals
Perhaps as a corollary to this discussion of why ratings are important, for better or for worse (usually for worse), here's an article that discusses one such...
The Korean Foundation of International Cultural Exchange is working with the Japan Broadcast Writers Association in a joint "TV drama project," which was announced at the TV Drama Writers' Conference...
The following is interesting to me because I don't know much of the Chosun background during which Hong Gil Dong takes place, and because I had this exact conversation with...
Lee Hye Young
Actors' editing woes
After an enjoyable movie comes to a close, sometimes we're left with a letdown feeling at its end. Some actors whose roles are cut...
Actors Lee Seung Gi, Lee Junki
Iljimae is one of those folk-legend heroes, a real-life Robin Hood kinda guy dating back to the Chosun era who's an ever-popular source...
(The lovebirds of Bad Couple and Bad Family)
I find the following article (indented stuff in dark blue font is the translated article; the rest are my comments) particularly...
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A day behind the scenes of Boys Before Flowers
by javabeans
Two articles are out today that take a look around the filming location and behind the scenes of the ever-popular Boys Before Flowers. I admit that I'm not that interested...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, drama production, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Drama trends for 2009
by javabeans
Note: The following is taken from a Korean article, so the opinions therein aren't necessarily my own. Still, it's a look into the trends we can expect in the coming...
Tags: Cain and Abel, Chae Shi-ra, Cinderella Man, drama production, Go Hyun-jung, Han Ji-min, IRIS, Iron Empress, Ja Myung Go, Ji Sung, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Yo-won, Min Hyo-rin, Park Min-young, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Shin Hyun-joon, So Ji-sub, Sung Yuri, Swallow the Sun, Triple, Yoon Kye-sang
East of Eden cuts budget even further
by javabeans
MBC's East of Eden has already cut its budget once by lowering the actors' salaries, but it's further cutting its production budget. Originally planned as a 25 billion won project (approx. $19...
Tags: drama production, East of Eden
East of Eden: Viewers up, paychecks down
by javabeans
The actors of MBC's Monday-Tuesday drama East of Eden, including star Song Seung-heon, are taking a pay cut -- as much as 50% from their current pay rates. The drama boasts...
Tags: drama production, East of Eden, Song Seung-heon
Failed dramas still result in high star price tags
by javabeans
Bad Love, Rivals Perhaps as a corollary to this discussion of why ratings are important, for better or for worse (usually for worse), here's an article that discusses one such...
Tags: Bad Love, Bulhandang/Robbers, drama production, drama ratings, Park Shin-yang, War of Money
Will star Japanese writers and Korean production bring drama gold?
by javabeans
The Korean Foundation of International Cultural Exchange is working with the Japan Broadcast Writers Association in a joint "TV drama project," which was announced at the TV Drama Writers' Conference...
Tags: drama production, j-doramas, Tokyo Showers, Winter Sonata
Historical inaccuracy, or dramatization?
by javabeans
The following is interesting to me because I don't know much of the Chosun background during which Hong Gil Dong takes place, and because I had this exact conversation with...
Tags: drama production, Hong Gil Dong, netizens
Left on the editing room floor
by javabeans
Lee Hye Young Actors' editing woes After an enjoyable movie comes to a close, sometimes we're left with a letdown feeling at its end. Some actors whose roles are cut...
Tags: directors, drama production, Jeon Ji-hyun, Joo Jin-mo
The battle to claim Iljimae
by javabeans
Actors Lee Seung Gi, Lee Junki Iljimae is one of those folk-legend heroes, a real-life Robin Hood kinda guy dating back to the Chosun era who's an ever-popular source...
Tags: drama production, Iljimae, Lee Jun-ki, Lee Seung-gi
Sequel Mania
by javabeans
(The lovebirds of Bad Couple and Bad Family) I find the following article (indented stuff in dark blue font is the translated article; the rest are my comments) particularly...
Tags: Auction House, Bad Couple, Bad Family, drama production, drama ratings, Hello Franceska, Lovers, sequels