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“Read the synopsis first.”

Minji displayed the synopsis on the screen.

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Title: Chae Hongjunsa

Format: Short film of about 30 minutes

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Planning Intention: I wanted to depict the pure love between a man and a woman that transcends time and space. Through this, I wanted to express a beauty that is different from the instantiated, light love of modern society.

Characters:

— Chae Hong-sa Im Sang-heon: Byeon Ha-jin

— Heungcheong Yeonhwa: Oh Yujin

— Government troops 1, 2, 3: Kim Beom-jun

— Voice: Camera Department, Directing Department

plot:

Joseon dynasty in 1505 —

In the 11th year of King Yeonsangun’s reign, Lim Sang-heon, a scholar-official, travels around the country looking for a title that will become popular, and meets Yeon-hwa, a poor girl living with her elderly mother in Gyeongsang Province.

Im Sang-heon, who confirmed that Yeon-hwa had talent for singing and dancing, takes her to Hanyang.

Yeonhwa, who came to live in Im Sang-heon’s house, learns to dance and sing while waiting for the day to enter the palace.

‘The beauty of the lotus blossoms day by day.’

Yeonhwa, who has shown outstanding talent in singing, playing instruments, and dancing as well as her looks, secretly admires Im Sang-heon, who is like a teacher to her.

Im Sang-heon also noticed her feelings, but Yeon-hwa was soon to become the king’s woman, so all she could do was try hard to suppress her surging feelings.

‘I’ll go anywhere with Nari.’

Unable to suppress their feelings for each other, the two eventually chose to run away in love, and were soon pursued by government troops.

The two people who jumped into the river to escape the government troops narrowly escaped with their lives and made it downstream, but Im Sang-heon, who was shot by an arrow, died in Yeon-hwa’s arms.

His last words before he died were to ask others not to follow him to death but to live to the end.

Yeonhwa followed his wishes and returned to her hometown, lived alone for the rest of her life, and paid tribute to the spirit of Im Sang-heon.

South Korea 2014 —

Born into a wealthy family, Oh Yu-jin showed talent in singing and dancing from a young age and entered the dance department of a prestigious arts high school.

However, when his skills do not improve as he had hoped, he falls into a slump.

Oh Yu-jin, who was looking for a beach villa to cool off during summer vacation, met a boy dancing freely on the beach.

The boy’s name was Byun Ha-jin, and he was an ordinary high school student living in a nearby village.

The two became friends easily because they were the same age and had similar interests.

Oh Yu-jin overcame her slump by following Byun Ha-jin’s beautiful dance moves, and Byun Ha-jin had a good time with a friend of the same age whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

Moreover, Byun Ha-jin knew who was inside Oh Yu-jin.

‘It’s been a long time, Yeonhwa.’

Byun Ha-jin, the reincarnation of Im Sang-heon, met Yeon-hwa, his lover across time and space, but was unable to reveal her identity.

Because he said that if the being that reincarnated him reveals his identity, they will be separated forever.

All I could do was watch my ex-lover grow up beautifully.

‘Let me tell you an old story.’

The night before Oh Yu-jin returned to Seoul, the two of them looked at the stars at the beach and talked about various things.

Without thinking much about it, Byeon Ha-jin brought up the tragic love story between Chae Hong-sa and Heung-cheong, saying it was an old tale that had been passed down from somewhere.

After hearing this, Oh Yu-jin felt as if someone had been poking around in her head, and then a memory suddenly came to mind.

‘Your Majesty, aren’t you Lim Sang-heon of Chae Hong-sa?’

Oh Yu-jin, who remembered who she was in her past life, cried and hugged Byeon Ha-jin.

‘Ugh… Ugh!’

However, Byeon Ha-jin’s body began to stiffen as he broke the taboo.

Despite Oh Yu-jin’s screams, Byun Ha-jin dies in her lover’s arms just like in her past life.

What was different from my previous life was that my body disappeared into the air like sand blowing away.

‘You must follow the will of the Lord Sangheon.’

Oh Yu-jin, who returned to Seoul, went to school as usual.

This is because when Byun Ha-jin disappeared, he asked her to live bravely like in her previous life.

There was someone watching Oh Yu-jin from afar as she entered the school gate, sobbing.

He was Byun Ha-jin, wearing the same school uniform.

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“Is this the end?”

Eugene looks like laser beams are coming out of his eyes.

The expression on his face is that anyone who interrupts in the middle should be killed.

“That’s all for the film festival. My sister said she wanted to see the one for the art festival, so I sent it to her first. I’ll show it to her when I get it.”

“I understand Chae Hong-sa, but what does the excitement written in Eugene’s role mean?”

“The highest rank among the women mobilized for Yeonsangun’s banquet was Heungcheong. She had to be pretty, of course, and good at dancing and singing… and also satisfy her with bed to become Heungcheong. It is said that Heungcheongmangcheong (興淸亡淸) came from there.”

He talks about his research on Heungcheong like a lecturer.

Thanks to this, my pockets of knowledge have become plump.

“Ah, okay. Is this something we can film among ourselves? Being chased by government troops, falling into water, getting shot by arrows… Everything is shown.”

Eugene has appeared in several historical dramas.

No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like a level of filming difficulty that a high school student could take, so I tackled it.

“Trust me. The scene where you two meet, the scene where you learn to dance at Chae Hong Sa’s house, the scene where you confirm your feelings, the scene where you break up… Just film these. I’ll take care of the rest.”

He puffed out his chest again, so I looked at Eugene and waved my hand.

He chuckled, as if he was taken aback by my gesture, and lowered his raised hand.

“Why am I a government officer 1, 2, 3? How should I act?”

“Just do as I say. Anyway, the government troops won’t have any dialogue and will be treated as silhouettes, so it won’t be difficult. I’ll keep making them whenever necessary.”

It’s like they’re just going to film the movements and cut and paste them.

Poor Beomjun is scheduled to appear as a shadow soldier.

“To show it properly, we need more actors, but if we do all that, it will go beyond the level of a youth film festival, so I gave up. I’ll just narrate the scenes where you two don’t appear and just use backgrounds.”

If Minji has the directing skills, she will be able to pull it off plausibly.

Eugene and I just have to work hard to act out the scenes that Minji mentioned.

‘I’m a bit nervous about acting with Eugene for the first time. I wonder if it’ll be okay when we read the script together.’

While I was thinking this, Minji spoke to me.

“I have something to tell you both. Even though it’s filming, it’s an important part, so you need to know. Especially Eugene.”

“What is it?”

“Eugene, have you ever kissed me?”

Ding~

A bell rang in the air.

Eugene made an expression that couldn’t be described in text.

“What what what what what what what… That’s it!!”

It’s the first time I’ve seen Eugene stutter like that.

“Judging from your reaction, it seems like you haven’t had your first kiss yet. It was a good idea to ask.”

“Gggg So why are you asking that!!”

“Why? I’m doing this to make a kissing scene between you and Hajin.”

Phew~

‘I’ve heard this sound effect somewhere.’

When I turned my head, Eugene was frozen in place, broken down.

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“But it’s a youth film festival, can there be a kissing scene?”

While waiting for the broken Eugene to recover, he asked Minji.

“There are often kissing scenes in college movies, but I haven’t seen any in high school or middle school movies. But no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find any clauses that said there were no kissing scenes. So I’m going to give it a try.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to ask first?”

“Even if you ask, those old farts’ answers are obvious. They’ll say things like, “What kind of kissing scene is this between high school students? Take it out.” These days, teen kissing scenes are so common in dramas, they don’t know that times have changed.”

It’s a face full of selfishness.

He said he’d take a picture first.

“Of course I’ll prepare for it. It’s one of the two breakup scenes, so it’s the most important scene. I absolutely can’t blow it.”

We filmed both the kissing scene and the crying breakup scene.

The idea is that you can use either one depending on the situation.

“Sigh… .”

Eugene, who came to her senses, stares blankly at me and Minji.

Eugene’s lips came into view.

It was moist, as if it had been coated with honey, and it tasted sweet just by looking at it.

“Why, why are you looking at me like that?”

“No, because your lips are pretty.”

He covers his mouth with his hand while saying, “Huh.”

What are you saying? I can’t hear you clearly because your pronunciation is slurred.

“I guess Hajin doesn’t want to kiss you.”

“Who the hell doesn’t like the town?!”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but judging by your expression, it looks like you don’t like it?”

“Who doesn’t like it!!”

In the end, Eugene exploded.

*****

“That’s why I decided to film a kissing scene with Hajin.”

Oh Yu-jin confessed her feelings to Han So-ra on the other side of the screen.

“Hmm, you’re planning something so interesting that it’s scary to say you’re going back, Miss Oh Yu-jin.”

“I, I didn’t make it up! This is… a movie shoot, a movie shoot!”

“The director is your friend?”

Han So-ra, who was glaring at Oh Yu-jin with her arms crossed, was the very embodiment of the villainess Young-ae.

“Ugh, yeah.”

“Then you could have just said you wouldn’t take it, and you said okay with that?”

“No, that’s… It’s a very important scene in the movie’s development, and also… Um, I definitely have to win an award… Oh, I don’t know. Anyway, that’s what happened!!”

He’s tired of making excuses, so he’s just saying whatever happens will happen.

“Okay, okay.”

“Huh?”

Oh Yu-jin’s expression became strange.

Because it seemed like it could be solved too easily.

“In the movie, you’re first, so I’ll give in. You can be first in real life.”

“That, that’s right.”

Something was strange, but I couldn’t help but accept it given the atmosphere.

“But strictly speaking, it doesn’t feel good to be the second. This time, I’m giving in, so next time, you give in.”

“Next time…?”

Han So-ra smiled meaningfully on the screen.

“Okay, next time.”