Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 198

198. Spartan Education (2)

May 17, 2022

“Ah… come to think of it, that’s right.”

Yeonwoo has appeared in only two productions.

However, he didn’t go through the audition process for either of them.

In the case of the drama, an idol who caused problems had to leave urgently.

As for the movie, it was planned with Yeonwoo as the model from the production stage.

“Is this really your first time?”

It’s amazing to think about it.

‘Come to think of it. The fact that I entered this field in such an extraordinary situation means it’s natural that I’m far from the typical route, right?’

“Then… shall I teach you?”

Kwon Seong-hyeon asked with a smile.

“You know what I’m good at.”

The same gentle smile as always.

But it was also a smile that promised a future so arduous that even the devil would run away.

[Yeonwoo, are you alive?]

Flap!

A sparrow with glossy feathers landed on his head.

[That’s strange. Why don’t you gain weight even though I feed you well? It seems like you’re losing more weight.]

That was obvious.

Yeonwoo had been living in comfortable self-confinement for several days now.

Of course, self-confinement was different from other confinements.

“Shh. I still have a quota left.”

Yeonwoo’s eyes glanced at the DVD and stacks of paper next to him.

He had been watching them for days, but it still seemed a long way to go.

‘I feel this every time… but it’s unexpectedly spartan [extremely disciplined or rigorous].’

Of course, the person who gave this spartan ‘teaching’ was none other than Kwon Seong-hyeon.

‘I felt it when I was filming the last romance movie, too.’

Before entering the filming of *The Most Beautiful Days*.

Kwon Seong-hyeon was also the one who instilled emotions in Yeonwoo, who was dull to the common emotions of ordinary people, let alone romance.

At that time, he told me to watch hundreds of DVDs.

‘It definitely helped.’

I wondered if that method would work.

That doubt was only temporary.

While filming the movie, Yeonwoo felt it.

The harsh training really helped.

A lot.

Some parts of *The Most Beautiful Days* were even labeled as ‘first love gifs’ and are still being used for ‘promotional purposes’.

Someone even said this.

-There is no one who wouldn’t be thrilled to see this! If there is, they are either impotent or a stone Buddha [emotionless]!

Very eerie words attracted a lot of attention, but I heard that even those trolls gave up.

‘If it helps, I have no choice but to follow it.’

Thanks to this, Yeonwoo had no choice but to voluntarily enter self-confinement mode.

The mindset that had approached it a little more seriously than before was shouting.

Follow that method.

Kwon Seong-hyeon’s spartan method this time was not easy either.

The first method was this.

“Pick anything. It doesn’t matter if it’s a drama or a movie.”

“Does the genre matter?”

“No. It doesn’t matter.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to choose a subject related to the role I’m going to play this time?”

“Well… I’m planning to approach it in a more fundamental way than that. The subject doesn’t matter.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon’s theater room was filled with a huge number of movies, even excluding the many romance works.

When Yeonwoo picked out works that looked interesting, Kwon Seong-hyeon said.

“The main characters will have been roughly introduced. You can choose from there, or you can choose a character that Yeonwoo likes while watching. The important thing is to choose one character while watching. And watch it while examining that character in detail.”

“…Yes.”

Even though Kwon Seong-hyeon is a bit strange, he doesn’t do anything that would harm Yeonwoo.

Moreover, when he gives advice in this area, he is more professional and wise than anyone else, to the point of being surprisingly so.

Yeonwoo chose characters that caught his eye in each work as Kwon Seong-hyeon instructed.

And he examined the character meticulously.

“I’ve seen it all.”

“Really? Then take this.”

“What is this?”

“It’s the script of the works that Yeonwoo chose.”

“Why this…?”

“I told you to choose one character from each work, right? Now you can look at how that character is expressed in the script.”

The amount of script he gave with a smile was enormous.

Apart from the sigh that came out.

Comparing the concrete video with the script was quite amazing.

‘It only says to swing it big here, but in the movie, it came out as if he was very resentful. To the point of looking violent.’

‘Sitting on the swing and muttering sadly… Here, it’s definitely more miserable to move your feet little by little than just sitting still.’

‘The part about speaking calmly is more in line with the flow if you don’t speak calmly. It’s more communicative.’

Reading the script and understanding the intention naturally made me think of the situation the writer wanted.

But what was strange was that Yeonwoo’s understanding of the other person’s intention was expressed in a slightly different way in the video.

When Yeonwoo told Kwon Seong-hyeon about that, Kwon Seong-hyeon’s eyes sparkled.

“That’s fast. Faster than I thought.”

“I just… saw it?”

“Well. There are people who can’t see it.”

Are there people who can’t notice such simple differences?

Yeonwoo was puzzled, but that was the truth.

“First of all, it’s rare for people to be able to remember every single detail. It’s also very rare for people to fully immerse themselves in one character. Dramas and movies have a lot of branches. There aren’t many people who can focus on one thing that much. And.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon continued.

“You also need the meticulousness to compare that memory with the script. It’s not enough to just recall the memory. You have to be able to observe, remember, and compare so thoroughly that you can really dig into it.”

So it’s not easy.

‘So you’re telling me to do something difficult?’

I’m a little dumbfounded.

But since it’s actually effective, I had nothing to say.

“Then let’s do the opposite this time.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon, who judged that Yeonwoo had understood to some extent, suggested the next step.

In the exact opposite direction from before.

“You can go in the exact reverse order from before.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon said, waving his hand, saying that Yeonwoo would definitely notice it easily.

‘I think I know why they say geniuses are annoying…?’

Why do I feel like I’m watching a painter with a balloon-like head holding a paintbrush and saying, ‘It’s easy, right?’

Anyway, Yeonwoo faithfully followed the instructions.

Choose the script first, then analyze the character.

After that, the method was to check how the character was expressed in the drama or movie.

A method of simply changing the order.

However, in this process, Yeonwoo realized one quite interesting fact.

“The character shown in the video and the character in the script are not always the same?”

It was a fact that I had already realized to some extent in the previous method.

Going back in reverse order made that fact even clearer.

‘The script is simple.’

Of course, there is also directing here.

How the camera will move.

Which way to look.

What to do.

How to lead the emotion.

What is the tone of the conversation?

Etc.

There were many instructions in the script.

But.

‘It’s simple.’

What should I say.

Should I say it feels flat?

The person who was vividly alive in the video was different in the script.

The lines and actions, which were only a few lines long, were bland.

In particular, this phenomenon was even more pronounced in a work in which the supporting actor was praised for being delicious [scene-stealing].

‘With just this level of directing, that kind of result comes out?’

Because it was a supporting role, the instructions were relatively ordinary.

Yeonwoo’s understanding of the intention also only required that level of role.

But.

How was the video?

‘It wasn’t simple. No. It was very vivid.’

The character’s vitality was greatly enhanced by the addition of several conversations and actions voluntarily.

The character’s narrative was felt in the conversation, gestures, eyes, and actions.

How they lived their lives, how they mainly acted.

Things like what kind of way of thinking they had were vividly felt.

The subtle but clear difference between the script I read in advance and the video I saw directly was divided here.

In this process, Yeonwoo realized one quite interesting fact.

“The movie content and the script are not always the same? The same goes for dramas.”

“That’s right. It’s hard to find movies or dramas that are 100% consistent with the script. So Yeonwoo. What did Yeonwoo find in that difference?”

Kwon Seong-hyeon’s eyes begin to sparkle again.

It was an expression that seemed to be eagerly awaiting Yeonwoo’s answer.

“The script is a big picture, and the actor’s role is to fill in the details of that big picture?”

The script is just presenting a big flow.

The fact that it is the actor’s job to fill in the small details.

‘There were definitely actors who acted very faithfully to the script. But…’

There was no vividness in the acting of such actors.

It’s not that they’re bad at acting.

The pronunciation is good and the pronunciation is good.

It wasn’t that the gaze was strange, and Yeonwoo felt that he was following the directing sufficiently.

But.

‘That was it.’

It’s like watching a scarecrow walking down a path someone drew.

It was a very subtle sense of incongruity.

It’s definitely not bad acting, but it doesn’t feel like the character is alive.

Was it because of that?

Despite being the main character, the character’s presence was not clear.

The chemistry with other characters also felt ambiguous.

‘There were also cases of the opposite.’

A supporting role that is almost insignificant in the synopsis.

Even a supporting role with only a few lines drew a more vivid character than anyone else.

There were ad-libs mixed in with the lines he threw.

The fact that the ad-libs of a supporting role with only a few lines were broadcast as they were means…

‘That means it suited the character that much. Even more than the writer’s intention.’

I looked it up just in case.

Then, sure enough.

The supporting actor who played the role was said to have gained popularity by being called a scene stealer even with that short scene.

“That’s right. That’s exactly it. I didn’t know you would really find it.”

“…Did you give me something impossible by any chance?”

“That can’t be. But I didn’t know it would be this fast. Ah. As expected, Yeonwoo always exceeds my expectations with ease.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon’s expression as he said that had his eyes narrowed as if he was feeling a thrill.

“What Yeonwoo found out is actually very basic. It’s a fact that anyone can find out.”

“You said it was difficult just now?”

“Ah. Are you angry because of that?”

“I’m not angry.”

“Well. But Yeonwoo. There are a lot of people who can’t do this simple thing. It’s hard to believe, but.”

Kwon Seong-hyeon smiled brightly.

“It’s also a great talent to act as if you’re recreating the character the writer or director wants. There are so many people who can’t even do that.”

Yeonwoo also knew that through several experiences.

It’s not for nothing that many actors have controversy over bad acting like a tag [always following them].

“In that respect, Yeonwoo is a very good actor. Yeonwoo. Do you try to be faithful to the script when you act?”

“That’s… that’s right.”

The reason was simple.

It was because the ability to understand intentions told him the intentions contained in the script.

The character cannot move independently.

It is organically intertwined with other characters within a large story.

Therefore, the act of breaking out of that framework alone is nothing short of taboo [forbidden].

Because the whole story will be twisted.

“Then you know what I’m trying to say?”

Kwon Seong-hyeon smiles, narrowing his eyes as if testing this side.