Konglishman's Korean Story

Korean rookie actors hope to appear in short films or art films to gain acting experience. In Korea, art films and commercial films are divided into markets. If the commercial film market is major, the art film market is minor. Most of the short films of less than 30 minutes are mainstream, and production companies that have not received investment or support from investors or movie distributors enter the art film industry.  I worked as a manager to help rookie actors move on to commercial film after they entered the independent film industry. The process was not easy. First of all, since the movie was produced in private, it was difficult for me as an outsider to approach me to do business, and even when I participated in the pre-production process, it was difficult for a rookie actor without practical experience to have an audition.  Luckily, an actress from my company played the lead role in a short film, but the film didn't get the attention of the judges at independent film fe

 The Korean Wave (Hallyu) is Wind, not Wish. The wind is not a beggar. The Hallyu is Korean culture that blows like the wind. Does the wind blow with permission from someone? It's not.  The Korean wave is literally the wind. It is also kind of soft power 'culture power'. Power, culture and art are not subject to compromise. It's just to influence people's mind.  The Korean wave truly shines when stars and companies become one. The entertainment industry is driven by companies, not the state. When a country's economy is in crisis or businesses are weak, the impact of culture is weakened. The Korean entertainment market was in crisis during the Moon Jae-In administration. Because Moon Jae-In prioritized the country and the whole and implemented and anti-corporate policy. Although BTS acted as a pioneer of the Korean Wave, in face, the Korean pop culture market was stagnant.  The reason that the outdated retro culture is fashionable again is because no new fund