I Will Live As An Actor - Chapter 114

I Will Live as an Actor Episode 114

A cluster of stars falls in the night sky. Dense old trees tower endlessly above, as if catching the falling cluster of stars. The sparsely populated mountains of Gangwon-do are filled with unseasonable lighting. The broadcasting station’s filming team had gathered for night filming. A wood fire is burning in a drum that has been cut in half, and people are gathered in groups of twos and threes to warm their hands.

“Director Yu, when do you say you’ll arrive?”

“They say it will probably take another hour or so.”

“If it’s a market day and it happens to be an all-night shooting day, then the ENG will be bad. Why not film with what I prepared extra?”

“The image quality is not good, so I think it will be difficult to revive the image with post-processing.”

“I’m sorry. I should have told the assistant director in advance and prepared thoroughly. Who would have thought that something that was going well before departure would suddenly stop working?”

“Ah, is that your fault? I told Youngmin, so we will move the filming equipment as soon as Team B is finished.”

It was a sudden breakdown of the camera. Unfortunately, since it was a day of filming in the mountains of Gangwon-do, it was quite far away from Team B, who was filming at the Yongin Folk Village, so I couldn’t do anything. It was a disaster.

“Director Yoo, I think I’ll have to stand by until it gets bright. Anyway, right now, the ground won’t be able to install the track because it’s frozen, and even if the lighting team tried to use tungsten and bring reflectors, it’s difficult to illuminate the face. It’s too dark, so it’s like this. If we proceed, it could lead to an accident…”

“We can’t do that. Once the camera arrives, we’ll just take the background and film the characters in the early morning when it’s a little brighter. But will it be okay with senior Kim and the other seniors?”

“It doesn’t matter to us because eating and sleeping outside has become a part of our daily lives. There hasn’t been any all-night filming these days, so my wife asked me if I was going to work after work. I usually hated staying up all night, but I look like a bean in this drought. It’s fun and good. But Director Yoo, are you okay? I saw a lot of pain on Actor Cha’s face earlier, didn’t he?”

This often happens when filming overnight. When you arrive at the actual filming site, it is not uncommon for filming conditions to be worse than expected or for filming equipment to break down or filming to be delayed. Therefore, not only the staff but also the actors had to be on standby. Because I didn’t know when filming would start. The famous PD smiled bitterly and walked away.

“How long on earth are you asking me to stand by?”

Actress Cha Hye-jin’s cheeks twitch. It’s already been two hours. I quickly heard that the camera was broken and standby would be delayed. Although the van was filled with warmth from a hot heater, actress Cha Hye-jin’s face was almost cold. The manager was afraid that she would become hysterical at any moment, so he couldn’t say a single word.

“Cheolmin, turn the car around.”

“Yes? Sister, what do you mean?”

“Are you deaf? Are you going to wait here all day for me to turn the car around? If we keep doing this, the sun will rise. Let’s go up to Seoul first.”

“Shall I tell PD Yu?”

“I’ll say goodbye. Just turn the car!”

It was then.

“Tea actor?”

It looks like noblemen are mean. Isn’t the famous producer knocking on the van? Cha Hye-jin barely swallowed the emotions welling up on her face and opened the van door. As the heat inside the car meets the outside air, dew quickly forms on the car window.

“Producer Yu, how long do I have to be on standby? It looks like I’m going to miss filming today anyway, so I’ll just go up to Seoul first. Do you know that I’ve been waiting for you for several hours now?”

“I’m sorry. It’s not about anything else, it’s because they said the filming equipment will arrive in a little while.”

“Oh, that’s okay. To be honest, Producer Yu is like that too. I see that Jang Young-guk was filming all night long at the folk village, so why do I have to come all the way to the mountains of Gangwon-do to film?”

‘That’s because the picture that needs to be taken is different.’

How can Jang Noksu and Yeonsangun be placed on the same level? It was possible to film a king inspecting his people at a folk village, but in the case of Jang Noksu, the story is different. But that wasn’t the only reason Cha Hye-jin was upset.

“And Jang Young-guk took off all of his schedule during the all-night filming, but why do you say that I can’t adjust my schedule? I’m also busy. Aren’t they already lining up A- and B-listers just because Jang Young-guk has become a little famous?”

A famous PD who can’t stand it gets lucky.

“In the case of the UK, there was nothing we could do. Since university entrance exams overlapped, we took the schedule into consideration as much as possible. And Actor Cha. If you had filmed all night in the first place, you would have known that filming would continue until the next morning. The staff filmed outside. “I’m having a hard time installing and fixing the equipment, but is it really that hard to wait in a warm car by myself? If you’re just going to complain, go up.”

“yes?”

“Go up to Seoul.”

‘Do you think I won’t be able to go up if I say that?’

Actress Cha Hye-jin was about to close the van door with her cheeks twitching.

“Producer Yu!”

A familiar voice is heard from somewhere. The eyes of the famous producer and Cha Hye-jin simultaneously turn towards the direction from which the voice was heard. There, England can be seen walking along with AD Kim Young-min, who brought Team B’s filming equipment.

* * *

It’s a night that reminds me of hot soup. I wanted to rent a food truck, but in this day and age, you can’t find anything like that. Only in later years did food trucks of all kinds, including snack trucks and coffee trucks, emerge, and now there are very few filming locations that use food trucks. Instead of pheasant, I took out a box of whole chicken that I had prepared in advance.

“England, what is all this?”

“I thought the filming team members would be hungry, so I bought them. There’s nothing special to order in the mountains.”

“Hey, England, you’re the best, you’re the best!”

Cinematographer Kim Deuk-hyung’s excited voice resonates in the quiet mountain valley. The filming team gathers around the drum where the wood fire is burning. Everyone picks up a chicken leg and tears it open, smelling the fragrant smell of whole chicken. A famous PD asks AD Kim Young-min.

“How did you come here with England?”

“Youngkuk contacted me first. I asked where the filming team was in Gangwon-do right now. There was a problem and they said they needed to go to the site, so he said it was a good thing and asked me to come with him. I had no idea he had bought so many whole chickens.”

“her.”

The famous PD stuck out his tongue at the goblin-like appearance of England. How does he know so much about what is needed on set? This is not something you can understand just because you have good sense. It was something that could only be known after gaining experience at the filming site for a long time. Even if they knew it, how many actors would be able to put it into practice?

“England, didn’t you say there’s a graduation ceremony tomorrow?”

“Why, can you at least send me a wreath?”

“There’s nothing I can’t send you. We’re graduating in England. Should we all go after filming in the morning?”

“It’s okay. I’ll just accept your thoughts. Everyone wanted to congratulate me, but I thought it would be too complicated, so I asked only my mother to come.”

It’s not a lie. There were so many people who wanted to come to the graduation ceremony. Beginning with Kim Seong-hwan, the CEO of the agency, actress Park Soo-young, grandfather and uncle, and even broadcasting station filming crews and reporters, a flood of contacts came in saying they wanted to film. In the end, fearing that it would be a mess, not only the agency’s family members, but also the grandfather and uncle decided to unravel the situation together after the graduation ceremony.

“I’m going to be busy with the graduation ceremony tomorrow. When are you going to sleep if you go up to Seoul at dawn?”

“It’s okay. PD Yoo, the other directors, and the staff are having a hard time than me. We’re filming all night, so I should be the only one who can sleep on a soft bed. By the way, I can see all the other actors, but I can’t see one person?”

“who?”

“Senior Cha.”

At that moment, actress Cha Hye-jin, who was eavesdropping on the conversation from afar, blushes. No one except the person involved will know whether it was because of the cold of the winter night or because they were embarrassed.

* * *

Graduation.

Even though the buds that had been dormant all winter have not yet raised their heads, the campus is overflowing with life as if spring has already arrived. In front of the school gate, there are many vendors selling bouquets made of fresh flowers. However, as the saying goes, there are more people than flowers, so it was already crowded with broadcasting station officials and reporters.

‘They don’t listen to me.’

I knew that the people at the broadcasting station were very skilled, but I had no idea it would be to this extent. Didn’t you already make it clear through your agency that filming the graduation ceremony was prohibited? However, as if the words were just mixed up like soup, the broadcasting station’s camera started to look at them. To make matters worse, the area in front of the school gate is in chaos as even reporters are caught up in it.

‘I’m glad the principal stopped it.’

Isn’t that what human greed is like? Because I wanted to gain both fame and fame. Even more so, if the school’s face appears on terrestrial broadcasting, the school’s name will become even more known. However, the principal seemed to have made a decision for the students who could be said to be the protagonists of the graduation ceremony. Entry is prohibited except for parents and relatives. Because of this, broadcasters and reporters are only filming the school gate in vain, like a dog chasing a chicken and looking at the roof.

“England, do you want to take a picture together?”

My classmates in class start talking to me. Aren’t we all smiling as we think back on the memories of the last campus that will never come back? England stood up and took a picture with them. These are friends who usually enjoy playing soccer and basketball together.

“Kook!”

Just then, my mother entered the classroom holding a bouquet of flowers. Next to him was a familiar person I hadn’t seen in a long time. Doesn’t your mother shrug her shoulders as if to brag that she brought you here in case you get lost?

“Brother, hurry up and take a picture with your mother.”

It was training.

Yeonsu grabs a film camera and takes pictures of her mother and England. He poses his mother and England as if they were seasoned photographers. Stick a little closer to the side. A smile is in full bloom on my mother’s face. You can tell just by looking at his face how happy he is to attend his son’s graduation ceremony wearing his school uniform.

“Take a picture with Guk-ah and Yeon-soo too.”

“I understand, but take a picture with the class president too.”

England gestures to the class president who is sticking his head out from the back of the class. In second grade, we became close friends as we served as class president and vice president together, but as the grades went up and our classes changed, we rarely met each other. If we break up today, I don’t know when we will meet again.

“It’s the last class president, so let’s take a picture?”

We took pictures in the classroom and headed to the main auditorium where the graduation ceremony was held. The enthusiasm of the graduation ceremony has already bloomed on the students’ faces, and in the back of the auditorium, parents and relatives are holding bouquets of flowers and looking thrilled to see their sons and daughters graduating from high school.

‘I’m glad we didn’t have a representative field trip for graduates.’

Before the graduation ceremony, I received recommendations from my homeroom teacher and principal. After the student council president’s visit, I wondered what it would be like if England went up to the podium and gave a visit. But Britain waved its hand and dissuaded him. Although I had a meaningful time as a student, I felt it would be shameless to go on a field trip as a representative of the graduating class.

“First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to those who attended today to congratulate us on our graduation. For the past three years at Sehwa High School…(omitted)…I am even more proud of my juniors and teachers as seniors and students. “I will do my best to make it happen, and for my classmates who spent their high school days together, I know that our current separation is not an eternal separation…” The

student council president stands on the podium and reads the speech, breaking down in tears. The graduates also applaud in encouragement with red eyes because they know that today is their last day of high school. The same goes for Britain. This is a place where so many memories have been accumulated over the past three years. A shadow appears around the corner of my eyes as I look back at the main auditorium, as if the traces of time are clearly visible.

Someone says I want to graduate as soon as possible and become an adult and step into society. After the graduation ceremony, England, holding an armful of flowers, smiled as he looked at the campus moving away. I am grateful for making me feel a romantic season that will never return.