thanks and credits to webby for translations from soompi
continue movie week interview between GHS&SHJ~~
ALTHOUGH I FELT BURDENED, IT’S OK
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MV: (......) The atmosphere while writing the screenplay (scenarios) must have been great.
GHS: I didn’t mention about casting in the movie, instead I talked about the scenes first. And then while walking home I said ‘but, you have to do that (play the role), didn’t I?’ (laughs)
SHJ: I initially just read the screenplay since she told me to, and after reading I thought ‘it’s fun(interesting) and great.’ She asked me to act in the movie after hearing my response. Therefore, there might have been queries. ‘Why? It will be fine, won’t it?’ (laughs) (<-- not too certain whether I understood her right)
GHS: Actually Hyun Jin helped me out during ‘cheerful caretaker’. When I was writing yo-sool, the character was also written in line with her personality. Moreover, she’s also someone who knows music. That’s why I believed in her. Chances are other actresses may only be able to act well, but Hyun Jin will be able to demonstrate the musicality of the character. Although she hasn’t played the piano before, I believe she can do well. In the end, she did everything. 절규하면서She practiced the piano. (laughs)
SHJ: I really don’t remember how many times I destroyed the piano. (laughs) It’s because I have a temper.
MV: Then did you personally perform the pieces in the movie?
GHS: Yes, she did that. She took some lessons and after that she practiced on her own. There’s a piano in our office so she’d come for practices. There were a few times we’d hear the music (going Kwang Kwang). 절규하는 소리가. It pricked me as I was having a meeting outside the room. (laughs). I thought I must have placed a heavy burden on her. Even then I didn’t say anything, and she managed to complete it in the end.
SHJ: No, I told you many times that I can’t do it. That it was too hard (laughs). I said I couldn’t do it. However even though I can’t play the entire song, I practiced really hard the parts that are shown in the movie for 4 months.
MV: Since you suffered so much, she must pay you well.
SHJ: She bought me a lot of delicious meals.
GHS: I’ll pay you more next time (laughs)
MV: Motif(?) female lead is your friend, you must have talked a lot while filming.
GHS: She really believed in me. She accommodated me countless times. Since I’m also an actress, there have been times when I’ve trusted and followed someone. We’d discuss a lot about the project before filming, but when we’re in the process of filming, we almost never talk about it.
MV: In your discussion, have you ever made a detailed proposal?
GHS: Ah, there’s a scene where she had to walk barefoot in the snow.
SHJ: Originally, it didn’t snow on the day we wanted to film that scene so we switched to film something else. However, it didn’t turn out pretty at all. We can even see specks of dust (??). On days when we were filming other scenes, it would snow the entire day. I was mourning becoz of that. It was really pretty seeing the snow from the sky piling up. Therefore if we didn’t film that day, when can we film the scene.
GHS: That is the scene shown in our second poster.
MV: The burden of responsibility should be lessened since you’re filming with your friend.
GHS: A friend will be on my side more than anyone else. I can tell her how people have talked about or treated me (unfairly). (laughs).
SHJ: And we’d say together ‘Omo, for what reason? They can’t do this!’
MV: Will you beat the other party up for her instead?
SHJ: I can’t do it to that point, but I’ll write about it in my diary in the form of a ‘desk note’ and give it to her. (laughs)
GHS: Usually, the director is the most lonely person on site, but becoz I have my friend with me, I never felt that way.
MV: However comfortable you may feel, it’s still your first long movie project. There must have been some difficulties.
GHS: The budget was the hardest part compared to everything else. I had to be responsible towards the budget e.g being responsible when I couldn’t pay the personnel and when there are things that I had to give up becoz they are beyond the budget. Those were the toughest.
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MV: Since you worked on two projects together, what is it like when you see her as an actress instead of a friend?
SHJ: It would be better to ask this when I’m not around (laughs).
GHS: She can focus really well. She is able to emotionally absorb the character, making the Ji-eun character even better. She’s able to absorb well just like drawing paper. But after she finishes with her scene, she’d say “must I do it this way?”
SHJ: I don’t monitor myself very well. So I’m not sure whether I did it right.
GHS: But she never once made a mistake. Even when we’re doing the editing, she never once made the mistake of misconnecting actions.
SHJ: Ji-eun never moved much. After meeting she’d sit down and only slightly turned her neck (laughs).
GHS: She’s really detailed and recognizes well. That’s a strong point. She knows her own appearance, and is an actress who’s comfortable and nice to work with. When not given directions, she doesn’t just look at it from one viewpoint and act (laughs). In those circumstances, she is able to adapt and embrace it well. It's in her nature not to cause inconvenience to others. So during filming, although Hyun Jin is an easy-going person, I also felt that she helped me out a lot.
MV: It hasn’t been long since your short movie project was shown and you’re already filming your long movie project. It was a surprise, really? Why is it so soon?
SHJ: The momentum was good. Really, ‘rush’ is not a word to describe the point when one embarks on the work.
GHS: We cleaned up(took care of things) and started (laughs).
MV: Who cleaned up?
SHJ: As for yesterday, we fixed the song. Yesterday we had a public performance on the street. Initially I was supposed to sing only one song. However, in the end we had 3 opening songs. I haven’t tried them before.
GHS: I made up my mind to sing, but I couldn’t. So I said “Hyun Jin –ah, you have to sing this. It’s not my key." (laughs).
MV: did you compose the music in your movie?
GHS: The majority of the pieces are works we have created. Most of them are written by the musical director, I wrote 3 pieces. Aside from the classic version of “arirang’s dream” and Yoo Jae Ha’s “You in my arms”, the rest were composed for the movie.
MV: Have you always composed music?
GHS: I can’t handle midi(?) proficiently so I just compose the melody.
SHJ: It’s because she only knows the fundamental of piano playing.
GHS: It’s not as if I play well, but I find it interesting. I feel a boastful pride seeing close friends who can sing and compose. (laughs)
SHJ: The people she’s close to are all creative people. Friends who compose music, choreographers. Therefore, they are ones that show the creative results of their work one by one.
GHS: As for us, we create and show a movie, be it ‘cheerful caretaker’ or the Asiana International Short Movie Festival trailer.
WE KNOW/UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER EVEN WITHOUT WORDS
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MV: The female lead in the movie Yo-sool is trapped between two men. Usually when faced with such a situation, would you pick one of the men or see both of them?
GHS: If I’m distressed over who to pick, I will date neither. I will only meet them. Have a meal together. Omo, I said a bad thing (laughs).
SHJ: I have to decide clearly, but I won’t date them.
GHS: I will just see them but I won’t be dating them since I cannot clearly decide between them. However, in the end, if it continues that way, no one is chosen.
SHJ: (As for Hye Sun) she thinks that to be in love means marriage. She’s very cautious about being in a love relationship. She wants to clearly see what type of person he is.
GHS: I see a love relationship and marriage similarly. I will love a person I want to marry.
MV: Do you introduce guys to each other?
GHS: We try to and are working at it, but our styles are different.
MV: Becoz of that, you will more willingly introduce him.
GHS: However, I might think the person is cool and introduce him to Hyun Jin, but he’s not her style. (laughs)
SHJ: I know, we have to be on a search (laughs)
MV: You mentioned about a vampire project, how about both of you acting in this project in a story about 2 girls and a guy? 2 vampire sisters loving the same man!
GHS: This time there will be 3 girls and 1 guy. I have already finished writing the screenplay and am currently revising it.
MV: Are you working together this time as well?
GHS: I haven’t asked for her opinion. I’ve only thought about it myself. When I say ‘The next hairstyle will have to be this’, the reply would be like ‘Oh?’ (laughs)
SHJ: It can’t always be my idea. (??) when she says ‘do it’, I’ll ask ‘when?’ and she’ll say ‘starting from tomorrow.’ (laughs)
GHS: I’ve gone to the extent of telling her only one day before filming my trailer. I said ‘we have to start tomorrow.’(laughs)
SHJ: I think it must be fate. There’s also fate in finding your friends. It’s strange but our schedules seem to fit well.
GHS: Strangely, although people have said you can’t work on a job with your friends, when I work with Hyun Jin, there’s a lot of synergy.
thanks and credits to susAmerica for translations from soompi
interview for SCREEN: Keep Going
GHS was the flower in the drama,[BOF].
Not just any flower, but the one that ruled the hearts of no less than 4 amazingly attractive boys who may ever exist in this world. The luck that GHS grasped through BOF was so great that it surprised everybody when it was announced that she is about to debut as a director of a full-length film. She has directed a short film [Cheerful Cartaker], published a book, and held an art exhibition. However, to direct a feature film is a surprise of whole different dimension.
Already, several famous actors have directed short films.
In the world of publishing, every month, it is becoming a common trend to see more and more celebrities putting their names on various types of books—some have photographs taken directly by the celebrities, with drawings, displaying their artistic talents.
However, in order to make a feature movie, doesn’t the female actress have to voluntarily give up her flower power?
I went to interview GHS with these thoughts in mind.
I wanted to hear the story of an actress who threw away glamour to become a director; I wanted to hear the story of how a flower became a flower pot. I imagined that she had to have made up her mind with such heavy resolution in order to make her own style of movie. However, contrary to my expectation, she walked lightly into the studio smiling her uncommonly bright smile. Her simple smile still showed GHS the actress, but it also was not so bad as GHS the director. Sitting down for her first interview with SCREEN, she stopped the beautiful smile and went straight into the business of answering questions—without any glitter or showiness.
Dir. Goo’s simple confession with no glitter:
Q: Your full-length film debut is so quick. It has been only two years since your short film debut.
A: Sometimes, I wonder to myself, what have I done!. To stand before the public is anxiety-provoking, but I am more excited. I toured many film festivals with the short-film, Cheerful Caretaker. Thanks to that, I think many people watched it with more ease. Of course, I also owe to the staff, most of whom worked with me on both the short and the long films and I also owe to the success of the drama, [BOF]. It also made it easier for me to make faster connection with strangers. For example, I made faster connection with the women through stories about F4. (laughter)
Q: Actually I was also told to bring back some stories about Goo Joon Pyo )lee Min Ho.
A: I have been harassed for such information now for 2 years! I think I now have to stop hanging around with those friends. (laugher)
Q: Did you have any difficulties working as both actor and director simultaneously?
A: Staff did face some adjustment period because I was totally different from my actress image. Luckily, they all adjusted soon enough. During the latter half of filming, I was trying to do my acting part for the movie. The staff just could not adjust to my becoming an actor again. They went wild teasing me for my trying to emote for my part. Actually it became a good lesson for me. I became aware of things that I was not able to monitor when just acting. I always used to think that I was acting with directing in mind. However, I realized that I never really understood directing. It was a chance for me to learn and discover things I did badly.
Q: You mean you were able to look at yourself from a third-party perspective?
A: I discovered several of my bad habits: frequent blinking, frequent moving of the mouth, etc. I learned that those few small movements can break down the steady flow of emotions. For this movie, I decisively edited out those parts. No previous directors ever pointed these parts to me before. My feeling is that they were being just considerate of me and may not have wanted to interfere with the process of emoting.
Q: It was very interesting the way you dealt with young people’s feelings of inferiority and envy—somewhat the positive model version of ?<Bison> 1998?
A: My initial draft of script very much lacked the popular appeal. I fixed it 21 times to finally come up with the final draft. It was difficult to make the appropriate gauge between things I wanted to express and making sure the audience can feel the expression as well.
Q: Your set design of placing a chalk at the crack in the door of JiEun’s practicing room was impressive. If the door is opened with some force, the chalk will break. If one does not want to break the chalk, the door cannot be opened.
A: That set up was to describe JiEun’s personality. Having her open her mind is like getting a slap on the face. Basically, I wanted to show in a roundabout way how unable she is to open her heart completely to anyone. And there will remain traces of broken pieces. The device is JiEun’s own particular design to keep people out. I needed a way to portray JiEun’s closed personality. Ultimately, she even thinks of suicide. Many people have mentioned feeling panicky in those parts of the movie.
Q: How did you cast the main actors?
A: Suh Hyun Jin and I are long-time friends. She was a part of the MILK dance group and originally wanted to be a singer. She also has a face that I like.
Q: She seems to resemble you?
A: (laughter) It might be because she and I appear in similar clothes in the movie?
Q: What is Lim Ji Gyu and Kim Jung Wook like? Especially, Lim JiGyu is a pretty famous face in the world of independent films.
A: That is correct. It has not been long since he made a debut in commercial films. He is a very positive person. Actually I found out about him as I searched the internet. While I was getting interested in LJG and KJW, other people around me also recommended them to me. Lim is an actor who showed much concern about the directorial aspect of the movie as well. Movie’s Jung Woo is a character that constantly worried about what he already had. Kim Jung Woo was the actor that perfectly fitted the character from his appearance to the way he talked, even to his voice.
Q: Song Young Soon, Choi Il Hwa and other experienced actors also make appearance. How did you direct your much older sunbaes about acting?
A: I rarely directed them in acting. Choi Il Hwa teacher (more respectful than sunbae) tends to work conversing a great deal. He was uncomfortable as there were hardly any directions. I tend to depend whole on the actors. Once the basic emotion and the environment are set up, I believe that the rest is the responsibility of the actors. I never went beyond three takes.
Q: As a director, how do you solve problems on location?
A: If I occasionally have conflicts of opinion, I tend to feed people with alcohol or something sweet. I just feed them first and then see what happens. (laughter) Actually, it was hard because the staff tend to be so punctual. I tend to be a kind of person who sleeps late and come into work a little late. But they would all come in on time and making me feel burdened. Because I took the bold initial step to be late, the filming work environment became much gentler. (laughter)
Q: Since it is a musical movie, Music Director Choi In Young’s role must have been very important. How did you meet him?
A: While I was working on my music album last year, I met him. I asked him to play my composition on the piano. The way he rearranged my music gave a very different feel and I became very interested. We became even closer through the musical gathering.
Q: You often compose your own music. You must have lots of interest in music.
A: I have been interested since I was young. I played piano and composed since young. My friends from that time think me awkward for turning into an actress and a director.
Q: Did you have your hands into the music part of this movie as well?
A: Besides the ones composed and/or rearranged by Music Director Choi In Young, few of my own work pieces are in the movie as well. Among them is one piece that Music Director rearranged a great deal that it is more appropriate to call it a cooperative piece.
Q: I sense your affection for the movie’s music. Don’t you want to make an OST?
A: Yes, there are pieces that I composed and many pieces that I love in the movie. However, I have to consider the budget. After the movie opens, I will see. (laughter)
Q: You are actively working in various areas as an actress, illustrator, composer and director. Do you have a special role model?
A: One time, a news article came out saying that my role model is Leonardo DaVnci. Actually, all I said was that I was very influenced by the book called, To Think Like Leonardo Davinci. ….(laughter) It was a book that I read with deep concentration and even underlined. If I must choose a role model, I would choose the novelist, Lee Weh Soo-ssi. I even follow him through the tweeter. I like his views about life. He is able to talk freely about what is on his mind. I want to be able to do that as well.
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thanks to natali for the article and credits to susAmerica for the translations from soompi
감독 배우 작가로...팔방미인 구혜선의 스물여섯 이야기 ==
All-Around Beauty GHS's 26 year story. (GHS is 25 yo by western standard but 26 yo in Korea.)
열 다섯 무렵엔 그냥 연예인이 되고픈 예쁜 여중생 소녀였다. 10여년 후, 구혜선은 여배우이자 소설가, 작곡가, 일러스트레이터, 그리고 영화감독의 직함을 얻었다. TV 드라마로 인기스타의 반열에 오른 스물 여섯살의 여배우는 그림을 그려 전시회를 가졌고, 자작곡으로 채운 앨범(구혜선 소품집)을 만들었으며 소설책 한 권(‘탱고’)을 출간했다. 그리고 장편 영화 한편을 세상에 내놓았다. ‘요술’이다. 티 한점 없이 밝고 화사한 미소를 가진 구혜선. 음악이며 미술이며 영화까지 거칠 것이 없으니 옛 말로 하자면 ‘팔방미인’, 요즘말로 하자면 ‘예능 영재’인 셈이다. 강남에서 값비싼 학원을 두루 거쳤을 것 같지만, 아니다. At age 15, a very pretty junior high school student GHS dreamed of becoming a celebrity. 10 years later, GHS has become an actress, novelist, composer, illustrator and a movie director. She is truly a 'Pal-bang-mi-in" in the old terminology and "yeh-neung young-jae"=gifted entertainer in modern terms. We may wonder if she received expensive education in KangNam, but that is not it.
“인천의 소도시에서 자랐어요. 아버지는 평범한 회사원이셨구요. 공동묘지 뒷편에 있던 우리 동네에는 유난히 숨은 예술가들이 많았던 것 같아요. 옆집 언니가 뮤지컬배우였고, 건너방 새댁이 피아노를 전공했구요. 제가 어렸을 때는 내집 네집 할 것 없이 앞집에 모이고 옆집에서 자고 했었어요. 심지어 병원도 거의 가지 않았어요. 앞집 할머니 침을 받고 주인집 ‘도사님’ 아저씨한테 예언을 들으며 자랐죠.” "I grew up in a small town in InChun. Father was a regular salary-man. My town was behind a public cemetary. My hometown had an unusally high number of artists living there. Next door unni was a musical actress, across the hall was new bride who majored in piano. When I was young, there was no distinction of whose house is whose: we gathered at the front house and I sometimes slept at the next door. I rarely ever went to a hospital. Grandmother who lived in the front house gave me acupuncture and the Master Spiritual Guide ajussi who was the owner told prophecies,"
그림도 눈동냥, 음악도 귀동냥이었던 셈이다. 대신 어둠이 이슥하게 내려앉을 때까지 친구들과 몰려다니며 하얀 얼굴이 숯검댕이가 될 때까지 쏘다니던 소녀였다. 어릴 적 느꼈던 사람냄새 나는 변두리 도시의 정서가 ‘작가’ 구혜선의 바탕이 됐음은 물론이다. 모두가 어느 한 분야의 ‘1등’이 되기 위해 ‘올인’하고 줄달음치지 못해 안달하는 시절, 되든 안 되든 하고 싶은 것 다 하면서 사는 이유도 뚜렷했다. She may have opened her eyes to art and ears to music. However, she loved hanging out with her friends until the sun went down and her white face turned dark from dust. Composing was the start of her love for art and love for people. While people may put all their effort into becoming number 1, GHS wanted to live her life doing everything that she wants to do no matter the consequences.
“고 (故)정승혜 대표님이 어제나 내일을 생각하지 말고 오늘 하루 잘 살면 된다는 말씀을 해주셨어요. 하고 싶은 거 다하고 즐겁게 살라고. 돌아가시고 나니까 그 말씀이 이해가 되요.”="The late Rep. Jung Seung Hae's message to GHS: Do not worry about tomorrow but really live today well."
고 정승혜씨는 ‘왕의 남자’ ‘라디오스타’ 등을 제작했던 영화사 아침을 이끌던 한국영화의 대표적인 여성 프로듀서로 지난해 5월 마흔 넷의 젊은 나이로 세상을 떠났다. 구혜선이 영화감독으로 데뷔하는데 가장 큰 역할을 했고 YG엔터테인먼트 양현석 대표와 함께 “내 인생에 가장 큰 영향을 준 선배”로 꼽는 이다. 구혜선이 정승혜 대표를 만났던 것은 3~4년전쯤이다. 우연히 모임에서 잠깐 얼굴만 마주친 정도였다. 원래 글을 쓰는 것을 좋아했고 극작가가 되고 싶었던 구혜선은 방송활동을 하는 와중에도 틈틈히 시나리오를 썼지만, 어디다 평가를 부탁할 곳이 없었다. 안 그래도 말이 많은 영화계에서 “어린 여배우가 (남자) 감독들이나 만나고 다닌다”고 뒷얘기가 나올까봐 감독들에게 모니터를 부탁할 수도 없었다. 그러다가 우연히 마주쳤던 여성제작자 정승혜 대표가 생각나 첫 만남 후 1년이나 지나 어렵게 시나리오를 보여줬다. 바로 전화가 왔다. GHS was always interested in writing and even thought about becoming a screen/script writer. She always and consistently wrote even when she appeared on TV. She was concerned about showing her work to male directors as it may cause scandals. Then, she met Rep Jung Seung Hae by accident at a meeting. One year later she took her scritp to her.
“구혜선, 상처받으면 안 돼”라고 말을 가다듬은 정 대표는 냉정했다. “10원짜리야, 10원. 이거 갖다버려야돼.” Rep JUng told GHS how she liked her script: "GHS, don't get hurt, Your script is worth only 10won~~(maybe 1 cent) GO and throw it away.?"
소속사인 양현석 대표와의 첫 만남도 또렷이 기억한다. 인터넷에서 ‘얼짱’으로 뜨고 한 기획사에서 가수 연습생 시절을 보내던 7년전이었다. 지인의 소개로 양현석 대표를 만나게 됐다. 양 대표는 “네가 구혜선이냐? 어디 노래나 한번 들어보자”고 했다. GHs met YG's Pres Yang Hyun Suk through a friend about 7 years ago. She was already known as an ulzzang and was a singing student at another talent agency. He said, "So, are you GHS? Let me hear your singin."
일종의 오디션이었다. 시키는 대로 했다. 노래를 들은 양현석의 첫 마디는 “그냥 연기를 하지”였다. 지금 생각하면 “연기에 더 맞고 영화에 더 어울린다”라는 말이었을텐데, 서운한 감정은 어쩔 수 없었다. 가수 데뷔 꿈을 키우고 있던 시절이었기 때문이다. 그래도 ‘서태지와 아이들’의 양현석 대표가 하는 말이니 따랐다. 구혜선은 “원래 낙천적이고 쾌활하며 누구 말을 곧이 곧대로 잘 믿는다”며 “만약 사기꾼을 만났다면 딱 사기 당하기 좋은 성격”이라고 스스로를 설명했다. “참 좋은 시기에 좋은 어른들을 만났다”며 “(양현석)오빠는 제가 처음 만난 좋은 어른이었다”고 말했다. 구혜선은 “한때 YG엔터테인먼트에 연기자 파트가 없어져서 저는 소속사를 나가야 되는 상황이었지만 끝까지 버텼다”고 웃으며 덧붙였다. That was a type of an audition. After listening to her sing, he told her to 'just act'. She felt very sad but decided to listen to Pres Yang who used to be a part of Suh Tae Ji and the Kids. I am not sure if GHS or Pres Yang said this, but: "GHS is originally positive and cheerful that she would believe just about anybody. If she met a con-artist, she would have been a perfect candidate for being conned." GHS says that Pres Yang was the first best adult person that she met during the time that she needed guidance. One time, YG eliminated the acting department and GHS had to leave YG, but she persisted and influenced Pres Yang to keep her.
▶십년 후? ‘감독 구혜선’이라고 불리겠죠=10 years later, she is Director GHS.
구혜선은 영화연출보다 극작이 하고 싶었다. 초등학교 5학년 시절 전학간 친구의 그리움을 적어 “내 친구 귀향가네”라는 시를 써 줬더니 그 친구가 펑펑 울더란다. 중1 시절 “나뭇잎이 죽어 잠들었네”라는 감상적인 시를 교내 시회전에 출품해 최우수상을 받았단다. 친구에게 써준 편지도, 시화전에 냈던 글도 아직도 갖고 있다. 그만큼 구혜선은 글과 극작에 큰 애정을 느꼈고, 감독 데뷔 이전에도 열 편 이상의 시나리오를 썼다. ‘10원짜리’를 포함해서 말이다. More than directing, GHS wanted to be a screen writer. As a 5th grader, she wrote a poem for a friend who was moving away: "My friend is returning home" which made her friend cry really hard. As a first year in Junior high school, she wrote another poem, "leaves have died and now asleep" and won the excellence award for it. She always had deep affection for writing.
‘요술’은 2년전 첼리스트 송영훈의 공연에 갔다가 아이디어를 얻었다. 원래 음악영화를 하려고 했고, 주인공은 기타리스트였으나 공연을 보고 첼리스트로 급변경했다. 공연 2시간여동안 줄거리를 완성했고 스무번이 넘는 수정을 거쳤다. YoSool was originally going to be about guitarist but GHS changed her mind after seeing SOng Yong Hoon perform 2 years ago.During the 2 hours of performance, GHS wrote the summary of YoSool and then fixed it over 20 times.
이번 영화에선 친구이자 단편영화의 주인공이었던 서현진을 주연 여배우로 캐스팅했고 김정욱, 임지규이 출연한다. 구혜선도 대사 없이 10신 가량 등장한다. 감독으로 본 배우 구혜선은 어떨까. 평가가 일품이다. “배우 구혜선은 제 영화 스타일과 아직 안 맞는 거 같아요.” GHS also comes out in her movie about 10scenes without any lines. As a director, GHS says that she is not interested in GHS actress for her movie.
구혜선은 TV 드라마에서 뮤지컬 지망생 역할을 연기할 예정이며 감독으로서 차기작은 ‘뱀파이어 로맨스영화’라고 밝혔다.
GHS the actress is planning to appear in a TV drama as a musical actress hopeful and GHS the director is planning to make a movie about vampire romance.
이형석 기자/[email protected]=Reporter Lee Hyung Suk
사진=박해묵 기자/[email protected]=photo by Park Hae Mook
thanks to natali and credits to susAmerica for translations from soompi
official news from YG about hyesun digital single
안녕하세요=Hello
YG 엔터테인먼트 입니다=This is YG Entertainment.
구혜선 자작곡 [갈색머리] 디지털 싱글 발표 안내입니다=Presenting digital single of GHS's composition [brown hair]!
소설책 발간, 그림 전시회, 소품집 발표, 단편 영화에 이어 최근 첫 장편영화 연출작 [요술] 개봉을 앞두고 있는 구혜선은 이번에는 자작곡 [갈색머리]를 발표하면서 다시 한 번 다재 다능한 면모를 선보입니다 ~Multitalented GHS adds yet another side with her song, [brown hair].
[갈색머리]는 구혜선이 KBS ‘승승장구’에 출연하여 깜짝 선보였던 곡으로 구혜선이 작사-작곡하였으며,
새롭게 편곡한 곡입니다~[brown hair]made its brief debut at KBS' "Win Win program". GHS composed the music and wrote the lyrics. Pianist Choi In Young, who worked with GHS on musical arrangements for GHS's album, Breath, and her movie, YoSool, newly arranged [brown hair] with ?bossa nova? feel.
청량감을 주기 충분한 곡이라 할 수 있습니다 ~You will fall for the simple yet original melody and GHS's clear and tender vocal. The song will sufficiently bring a feeling of refreshing coolness to your summer.
★ 구혜선 Digital Single [갈색머리] ★
- 타이틀곡: 갈색머리~Title: Brown Hair
- 음원공개일: 2010년 6월 16일 오전 11시 각 온라인 음원 사이트(음원 공개 시간은 각 음원 사이트 마다 조금 차이가 있을 수 있습니다.)
Date of presentation: June 16, 2010 at 11AM at various Online Sound sites
(time for presentation may be slightly different for different online sites)
여러분들의 많은 관심과 성원 부탁 드립니다
감사합니다 ~We ask for your much interest and blessing. Thank You.
GHS the actress is planning to appear in a TV drama as a musical actress hopeful and GHS the director is planning to make a movie about vampire romance.
Ley Post at 15-6-2010 13:17
thanks to natali and credits to susAmerica for translations from soompi
[쿠키人터뷰] 작가-배우-감독…구혜선 ‘요술’ 어디까지=[Cookie Interview] Author/Composer-Actress-Director...GHS "YoSool" How far is she going.
“감독하면서도 저 스스로 미친 것 같다고 말하기도 해요. 전 제가 연기자가 될 줄은 몰랐어요. 어릴 적 음악을 하고 미술을 하고 또 어떻게 하다보니 연기자가 되고 시나리오를 쓰게 됐죠. 그러다가 만든 것은 단편영화 <유쾌한 도우미>에요. 그 과정을 겪다보니 마치 제가 미술을 하고 음악을 하고 글을 쓴 것이 이 연출을 하기 위해서가 아닌가라는 생각이 들었죠. 그런데 제가 너무 이른 나이에 감독을 한다고 보는 부분은 아쉬워요. 저이기 때문이 아니라, 나이나 경력을 먼저 본다는 것은 잘못되었다고 생각해요. 청소년들이 영화를 만든다면, 그들이 가진 생각은 그때 밖에 나오지 않아요. 하지만 사실 저는 그런 선입견을 남들로부터가 아닌 제 스스로 인정하지 않을 것 같다는 자격지심이 있었던 것 같아요. 현장 스태프들은 나를 의식하지 않고 영화를 어떻게 잘 찍을까 생각하는데, 저 혼자 어려서 제 말을 안듣는 것 같다는 생각을 가졌죠. 하지만 결국 모두 선입견일 뿐이에요” ",,,I feel that it is not correct to think that a person's age indicates a person's experience/qualification. A teenager's thoughts only come out during that stage of life. Actually, I did not receive such biased feelings from others but from myself. I was the one who felt that they do not acknowledge me or listen to me because I am too young and inexperienced. I was being self-conscious. However, the staff was not at all conscious of how I felt inside, but their focus was on how to make a good movie. It is all part of biased views.[/color]~~(GHS seems to really work hard at analyzing herself and the situation. She mentioned long ago that by listening to certain music, she is able to get deep into herself to understand and to let it go---I believe this is one of her technique of 'emptying (her) mind'---I would imagine a person has to be very disciplined and resolute to face oneself in that way!)
“저는 모든 이야기에 사랑 이야기가 주(主)가 된다고 생각해요. <요술>은 원래 음악, 예인들의 이야기를 그리려 했는데, 사랑없이 드라마를 진행하는 것이 무의미하다고 느꼈어요. 그러다보니 연출 의도도 사랑에 관한 이야기로 해버렸어요. 열등감, 음악 그런 것에 대한 경쟁 구도를 만들려 했는데, 사랑을 빼놓고는 이야기하기 힘든 구도더라고요. 남자의 열등감도 결국 사랑이더라고요”~~"I believe that love cannot be excluded from any type of stories. It loses the importance or significance without it. Even a man's feelings of inferiority is ultimately love.
<요 술>은 사랑이야기이면서도 음악 영화다. 첫 도전으로는 쉽지 않은 장르다. 드라마에 힘을 주고 음악은 따로 음악 감득에게 맡겨 진행하는 여타 영화와 달리 음악 영화는 감독이 음악에 대한 이해도가 높아야 하기 때문이다. 그렇지 않으면 드라마와 배우들의 감정선을 음악 위에 올려놓을 수 없다. Musical movie is a difficult genre as a first directorial challenge. The director must also have a high level understanding of music.
“음악 영화가 어렵다고 생각하면 어려울 수 있고, 조금 얍삽할 수 있다면 그럴 수도 있는 장르에요. 대화 대신 음악으로 감정을 끌어낼 수 있는 것이 더 유리해서 접근하기 편했던 것 같아요. 음악을 따라서 스토리가 따라가요. 1시간 30분짜리 콘서트에 왔다는 기분이 들게 하려고요. 저희 영화는 음악이 먼저 만들어져 있었어요. 그 이후 시나리오와 병행을 했기 때문에 음악이 표현해주는 감정이 더 컸던 것 같아요” ~~"Instead of words or script lines, music draws out the emotions. Actually it was easier for me. Story follows the music. I wanted to make the audience feel as if they have come to 1.5 hours of concert. Our music was made before the movie. After that I changed the scenario to enhance the music's quality for emoting.
<요술>은 쉽지 않은 영화다. 대중들이 받아들이기 어려운 호흡이 중간 중간 존재한다. 툭툭 끊어지는 듯한 느낌까지 준다. 퍼즐을 맞추듯 접근한다는 생각을 미리 갖고 영화를 보지 않으면, 거북한 느낌마저 주게 된다. 사실 이는 구혜선 감독의 <요술>이 비판받는 부분이기도 하다. 배우로서의 욕심이 대중의 정서와 떨어져 존재할 수 있다는 지적이 있기 때문이다. <YoSool> is not an easy movie. There are few scenes here and there which would be hard for audience to grasp. Audience may even get feelings of films being cut here and there. One must enter the movie expecting to fit the puzzle pieces. If not, one will be uncomfortable. Actually this part of her movie gets some criticisms. This may indicate the difference between GHS's desire/greed vs the audience's feelings.
“일단 스토리텔링을 많이 배제시키고 구성했죠. 중간에 퍼포먼스 하나씩 넣어잖아요. 사실 대중들이 받아들이기 힘든 부분일 수 있는데, 그게 또 영화의 매력이라고 생각하고, 영화니까 가능한 것이라 보죠. 물론 초반에 집중력을 분산시키는 것도 있어요. 깊이 생각하지 않게 하는 도구들을 설치하고, 마지막에 퍼즐을 맞추도록 했죠. 아마 저는 처음에는 ‘재가 무슨 이야기를 하고 싶은걸까’라고 고민을 했으면 하는 바람, 결말을 보여주고는 배신감을 주고싶은 바람, 그리고 나중에 집에 가면서 또 생각하는 되는 바람을 가지고 있는 것 같아요. 한번 더 보면 이해를 할 수 있는 구조죠”~~"I eliminated many story-telling concept from my movie. Performances are inserted in between. It could be something that people may not be able to accept. Howevever, it can also be viewed as the movie's special charm. Because it is a movie, I felt it was possible. I set up special designs/articles along the way so that audience do not have to think too much and, at the end, I completed all the puzzle pieces. I hope that the audience would see the movie and wonder about: What is the story?, feeling betrayed at the conclusion. needing to think more about the movie once you go home, feeling like you can understand it if you see it one more time."
“사 실 어떻게보면 욕심이 많다고 할 수도 있지만, 그런 것보다는 시간은 급하고 해야할 사람은 없었던 것이 컸어요. 내가 해야 했고, 내가 짊어져야 한 셈이죠. 그리고 출연까지 한 것은 제가 역할이 지은 (서현진)을 끌어내기 위한 도구였고 짧게 등장하는데 어떻게 부탁을 해요. 그리고 그 역할에 대한 감정은 설명하기 어려워 제가 출연한 거에요”~~"My appearance in the movie is as a tool to draw out Suh Hyun Jin's character. It was such a small role and a role that is very difficult to understand and explain that I had to do it myself."
“배우 와 감독은 너무 달라요. 극과 극인 두 사람이 한 공간에서 만나는 셈이죠. 전 두 분야를 다 해봐야 된다고 생각해요. (연기자 출신으로) 전 연출 입장에서 연기자를 이해한다고 생각했는데, 현장에서는 이성적으로 변하고 욕심이 생겨요. 그런데 연기자들은 모두 감성적이거든요. 종종 감독의 이성적인 면과 배우의 감성적인 면이 충돌해요. 그래서 둘 다 해봐야 된다고 생각하는 거죠. 서로에게 권해줄 수 싶을 정도로 얻어가는 것이 많거든요[color="#0000FF"]”~~"Acting and directing are just so different. Two polar opposite people are meeting in one space. You have to do both to understand both. As a director, I felt that I can understand actors. however, in the actual film location, you turn more logical and your own desires come up. But all the actors are emotional. Sometimes logic and emotion clash. I recommend people trying both--each profession can gain so much from each other."
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