I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor - Chapter 320
I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor Chapter 320
“Are you talking about the main poster to be sent to Cannes?”
In response to Kang Woo-jin’s low question, Director Anga Bok’s old voice was heard again through the cell phone.
“Yes, the poster of ‘Leech’ to be handed over to Cannes. As you can see, this poster is different from the usual ones. It’s more of an introduction, not a promotion. “That is also the poster that will be introduced to filmmakers from all over the world who will come to Cannes.”
The poster is made in several cuts at different times during the production of the film. For initial publicity, for full-scale marketing of the film, for buzz during screenings, and so on. Of course, they are all produced with different concepts, but the core of most of them is ultimately publicity or marketing.
Therefore, stimulation is inserted unconditionally.
However, the case of ‘Leech’, whose first destination was the Cannes Film Festival, was different from typical commercial films. It had to be the symbol or face of the ‘leech’, not just for publicity or publicity purposes. Therefore, the texture of poster production must also be completely different.
Because the audience you want to show is not the public.
Of course, only those invited during the Cannes Film Festival will see ‘Leech’, but the actual key figures were influential filmmakers from around the world. Cannes Film Festival judges and officials, leading actors from each country, world-famous producers, distributors, investors, including Hollywood, etc.
In short, we need a ‘leech’ poster for global filmmakers to see.
That poster may have become the face and symbol of ‘Leech’, but it was also a poster that would spread around the world if it won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The success comes later.
There was no problem in producing the release poster at a later date. No, in fact, if ‘Leech’ was a hit at Cannes this year, there would be no need for a separate poster. If you turn the box upside down, it is a huge promotion and marketing in itself.
This is because the production of the main poster is of incredibly high importance.
“In addition to finishing the editing, we are also paying a lot of attention to the poster. When Woojin returns from Japan, we will shoot according to the selected poster list, so I called to tell him to keep that in mind.”
Director Gabok Ang’s voice was extremely serious. On the other hand, Kang Woo-jin, who had a very poker face on the outside, was nothing special on the inside.
‘Well, if I film as I’m told, it’ll be fine.’
There is nothing to be particularly nervous about. Rather, I was concerned about the other side.
‘By the way, before mid-September?? Are you almost finished editing the leech? Wow, doesn’t it feel like things are being sorted out in one go?’
When fall arrived, it felt like all the works I had been holding my breath for were pouring out all at once. At this point, pigtail-haired Choi Seong-geon was next to Woo-jin, and Kang Woo-jin put pressure on his neck and answered Director Ahn Ga-bok on the other side of the phone.
“Yes, Director. “I will remember.”
“is it so. Once the main poster production begins, there will be less than a month left until it goes to Cannes. Unplay will also be released in accordance with the timing. I don’t think you’ll be nervous, but I’m just saying this for now. ”
“All right.”
“But- why are you going to Japan? “Ah, is it related to that animation?”
“It’s similar. There is also a production presentation for ‘Unfamiliar Parasite’.”
“hmm. “That work already has a production presentation.”
Director Angabok, who was quiet for a moment, spoke.
“I don’t know if it will open around the same time.”
He ended the call.
“I will convey the detailed schedule to CEO Choi. “I’m having a hard time.”
“Good luck, Director.”
-Suddenly.
Choi Seong-gun immediately asked Kang Woo-jin, who slowly lowered his cell phone.
“director? Who’s the director?”
Woojin relayed the essence of the phone call to Choi Seong-geon, who rushed in at once. Choi Seong-geon, whose eyes immediately became interested, smiled slightly.
“Oh, you mean the main poster to be sent to Cannes? It’s starting to feel like I’m going to Cannes. “Leech’s editing will likely be finished before mid-September?”
“yes. According to Director Gabok Ang.”
“Are they grinding bones? Even though we did the rough editing while filming overnight, the speed was incredibly fast.”
Kang Woo-jin’s team moves forward once again. Among them, Choi Seong-geon’s smile deepened as he looked at the calendar on his cell phone.
“There’s really only a month left to go to Cannes. I’m nervous because it’s actually happening. Ugh – honestly, I was planning on going someday, but I didn’t think it would be this soon.”
Choi Seong-geon is full of tension and urgency. On the contrary, Kang Woo-jin was not particularly nervous.
‘Cannes? Mr. I don’t know. ‘It’s imprinted in French, so what’s the problem?’
It was because I didn’t have a sense of reality yet.
Meanwhile, a conference room at a large film company.
An old man sitting at a U-shaped desk in a spacious conference room placed his cell phone on the desk. It was Director Ga-bok Ahn who had spoken to Woo-jin Kang just before.
-Sigh.
The short white hair was the same, but the wrinkles had increased. The fact that your face looks tired is a bonus. Nevertheless, Director Ga-bok Ahn’s unique veteran attitude still feels astute.
“…I’m done with ‘Strange Gisaeng’ – I need to work harder.”
Director Anga Bok muttered softly to himself and raised his head. Several executives, including the head of the film company, were standing in front of him. Looks like they were in a meeting about something. Director Ahn Ga-bok then appropriately conveyed the phone call with Kang Woo-jin.
-Sure.
I lowered my gaze again. Right in front of him were about three pieces of paper the size of regular movie posters attached to a transparent plastic plate. All three pieces of paper had titles engraved in common along with illustrated pictures.
-‘Leech’
That’s it. These three plates were the main poster candidates for ‘Leech’ to be entered into Cannes. Director Ga-bok Ang looks down at such poster candidates carefully. The people around me, including the heads of film companies, did not say anything.
“……”
“……”
All I could do was wait for the choice of director Anga Bok of Yeongmul. However, his choice was not short. 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes. Director Gabok Ang looked down at the poster candidates for more than 15 minutes with his arms crossed. It was well worth it. The poster decided here will be sent to Cannes. In fact, it took about two weeks to create these three candidates.
yet.
“hmm.”
Director Anga Bok sighed and raised his index finger. And then I took two of the three candidate posters in a row.
“Let’s make both of these. “I need to see the finished product in person.”
“Do you want to? All right.”
The illustrations of the two selected candidate posters were very different in terms of the characters and direction of ‘Leech’, but one thing that was clearly in common was noticeable.
The point was that ‘Park Ha-seong’ or Kang Woo-jin was the main character.
in other words.
“Please share these two poster storyboards with Woojin County.”
This meant that Kang Woo-jin’s face was going to be featured in a large screen at Cannes.
Japan a few hours later.
Kang Woo-jin arrived in Japan for a short three-day schedule. It was late morning when he departed from Gimpo Airport and landed at Haneda Airport in Japan. Upon entering the arrival hall, Woojin became several times more cynical than usual.
‘Wow, a lot of reporters came here.’
The reason was simple.
-Pabababak!
-Pababababak!!
Hundreds of fans and onlookers, including Japanese reporters, gathered to see Kang Woo-jin who appeared at the departure hall. According to Kang Woo-jin, who often comes to Japan, it was the largest crowd so far.
Screams and screams telling people to leave the departure hall.
“Aaaah!!”
“Kang Woo-jin! Kang Woo-jin!!”
“Aye!!!”
And the reporters’ evil voices were buried in that enormous sound.
“Mr. Kang Woo-jin!!*%&%#)%#%!”
“(#)%(*@$@*’Unfamiliar’#)*(#%”
“Woojin!!#%()%*#)(%’Male Friend: Remake’@#@”
I can hear it in between The words were mixed, but overall it was impossible to determine what was being said. Anyway, Kang Woo-jin left the airport while casually waving to reporters and fans. By this time, Korea. 『[Star Talk] ‘Unfamiliar
Parasite
‘ production presentation Kang Woo-jin Japan Departure to the country / Photo』
Naturally, the Japanese media was announcing Kang Woo-jin’s moves simultaneously. In particular, Japan was bound to be the center of attention due to the huge number of recent issues. Either way, Woo-jin was on the side of the Kashihi Group. To be precise, Chairman Hideki was preparing. After getting into the van, we moved to the ‘Kashihi Tokyo Hotel’, which was confirmed as our accommodation.
Kang Woo-jin’s first schedule in Japan was an interview with two famous Japanese magazines related to ‘Male Friend: Remake’. At
this moment.
“Uh!! ”
“Wow! Oppa oppa! Look over there! On top of the building!”
“Awesome!!”
The stylist team riding in the same van made a fuss. Thanks to that, Woojin, who had an indifferent face, turned his gaze to the place they were pointing at. Kang Woojin too. I exclaimed in exclamation. Of course, only inwardly.
‘Are you crazy?? Is that me??!’
A video of the animation ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ was being displayed on a billboard hanging on top of a large building. Of course, it was an advertisement, and Kang Woo-jin’s face was in the middle. It came out. Among the voice actors of the hit animation, Kang Woo-jin was the key one, so it was natural. Now, it was not strange at all for Woo-jin’s face to be plastered in the city center of Tokyo. ‘You’re a bitch, something-‘ This wasn’t even the end. “Uh
!
Hey
! Even on the side of the bus!”
“Oh! It’s true! Oppa! Woojin oppa! Your face is on the bus
too!” “Oh? The life-size figure in front of that store looks like Woojin oppa??!”
Kang Woojin was all over Tokyo.
After all.
Kang Woo-jin, who did his best to hide his embarrassment, went through his schedule for the first day in Japan without any trouble. He took a lot of pictures for each magazine he interviewed with, so much so that it was reminiscent of a photo shoot. In the late afternoon, Kang Woo-jin met with director Kyotaro for a meal. “Haha
.
” Mr. Woojin. It’s only been a few months, but it feels like it’s been a very long time. You’ve gotten a lot better now.” “
Hello, director.”
“Let’s sit down first.”
Director Kyotaro, who had been working hard on editing ‘The Unfamiliar Parasite’ until just before, got on with it right away. I recited the situation.
“If we continue at this pace, editing will be completed by the end of September without any problems.”
“yes. “It has been delivered.”
While answering, Woojin muttered to himself.
‘Seup – the end of September. It’s a bit ambiguous. ‘If I do well, I might end up on the wrong side of going to Cannes as a ‘leech.’
That was true. The Cannes Film Festival related to ‘Leech’ opens on September 30th, but Kang Woo-jin had to board a plane before then. So, I didn’t know that it might be difficult to attend the test of the finished product before the preview of ‘The Stranger.’ Director Kyotaro didn’t know this either.
“Cannes falls on September 30th this year, right?”
I told Kang Woo-jin in advance.
“hmm. I’m not sure of the exact date when editing will end, but it’s likely to be around there. “The screening test will be conducted within a few days after editing.”
“It may be difficult to attend.”
“I know, there’s nothing you can do. Because Woojin is very busy. “If your schedule is okay, please attend the test. If it’s difficult, get together with other actors and take the test.”
The finished product of ‘Unfamiliar Parasite’. To be honest, I also wanted to see Woojin if possible.
‘It’s my first Japanese film, so I’d like to check it out – but I can’t postpone the Cannes schedule.’
What can we do? If it is realistically difficult to meet the schedule, you have no choice but to give up on one side.
‘Tsk, if you’re having a hard time, you can secretly watch ‘Familiar’ at the movie theater when it’s released.’
Director Kyotaro then recited information about the production presentation to be held tomorrow. The location was the ‘Kashihi Tokyo Hotel’, which Kang Woo-jin currently uses as a lodging, where the script reading for ‘Familiar Gisaeng’ took place. It must have 100% contained Chairman Hideki’s intentions. In a way, I was fortunate. There is no need to rush and you can just rest at your accommodation and go down on time.
Woojin finished his meal like that.
“Then shall we go?”
“Yes, director.”
He moved to ‘Kashihi Tokyo Hotel’ with director Kyotaro. Kang Woo-jin monopolized the attention of numerous guests from the hotel lobby. Then he entered the hotel’s very large hall. Specifically, he visited the large hall for the production presentation to be held tomorrow.
‘Wow, I’m so scared. ‘Isn’t it twice as wide as when I read the script?’
Preparatory settings for the production presentation had already been completed. A long table was placed on top of a large platform in front of the hundreds of desks spread throughout the hall. Small cameras were set up all over the hall, and Japanese staff were busy manipulating something with larger cameras behind and diagonally.
When Woojin saw them, Director Kyotaro smiled slightly and explained.
“This is the live broadcast team. Did you hear? Tomorrow’s production presentation will be hosted on YouTube and will also be streamed live. “About 150 reporters are expected to gather.”
“Is that so?”
“Including our people and officials, the number will easily exceed 250 people. The public who will participate in streaming – well, it will be in the tens of thousands. How is it? Haha, just like Woojin said, I made the plate about twice as big.”
“……”
Woojin, who looked around the huge hall for a moment, answered lowly.
“Not bad.”
“thank god. “No one will stop Woojin tomorrow.”
Director Kyotaro’s smile deepened.
“You can do whatever you want.”
What on earth? Woojin felt a strange odor of illusion in Director Kyotaro’s eyes.
‘Why are this guy’s eyes sparkling?’
Whatever it was, after Kang Woo-jin and Director Kyotaro parted ways after completing the preliminary tour of the hall, Woo-jin remained puzzled and met Choi Seong-geon again, who was waiting in the lobby. What’s funny is that he had a tablet in his hand.
“it’s over?”
“yes.”
Choi Seong-gun nodded and held the tablet as he moved toward the elevator. And then.
“Are you going to get a house from Miley Cara as a gift? “On the LA side.”
house? What house? Woojin, who was seeing this for the first time, silently shook his head.
“no.”
“But why- No, Kara sent the company a list of houses in LA. “Check it first.”
Woojin, whose mind was filled with question marks, tried to act calm and checked the tablet screen. At the same time, they screamed. Of course, just inside.
“……”
Of course it was. The first view of the house.
‘What the heck!! Wow- crazy!! ‘Does it have a swimming pool? This is a house??’
Because it was closer to a mansion with a swimming pool.
End