‘Gyeongseong Creature’, ‘Ogame’, etc… Seasonal release continues after pre-production
“It’s still a transition period… As we accumulate know-how, there will be long-running seasonal dramas.”
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Drama ‘Squid Game’ Season 2
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = Just a few years ago, it was difficult to get a clear answer if you asked about plans for season 2 when a drama was about to end, even if it was a box office hit.
The production team avoided giving an immediate answer, saying, “Even if we wanted to do it, coordinating the actors’ schedules is key,” and it would take several years to actually release a follow-up season.
A representative example is the SBS drama ‘Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim’, which aired in 2016. Season 2 aired three years after the end of Season 1, and Season 3 aired three years later last year.
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Things have changed these days. According to a broadcaster on the 20th, works released after pre-production, like American dramas, are attracting the attention of viewers by releasing new seasons every few months.
For example, Netflix’s recently released ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ filmed seasons 1 and 2 from the beginning, and released both seasons within a year.
After seven months of filming and post-production, Season 1, which was divided into two parts, was released in December of last year and January of this year. Season 2 became available to watch last month, about eight months after Season 1 Part 2 was released.
Drama ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 1
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Netflix’s ‘Sweet Home’ and ‘Squid Game’ also pre-produced the remaining two seasons after releasing the first season.
‘Sweet Home’ seasons 2 and 3 were released seven months apart, and ‘Squid Game’ is also scheduled to release season 2 on December 26 and then season 3 sometime next year.
Seasonal drama production is spreading, led by Netflix, but experts draw the line that this method does not necessarily guarantee box office success.
Pop culture critic Jeong Deok-hyeon said, “In Hollywood, the public’s reaction is usually confirmed in advance through a pilot series, and productions are produced by signing season-by-season contracts to ensure cast and crew continuity, but in Korea, such a system is not yet in place. “He pointed out.
Above all, it is unclear whether the follow-up season will be as successful as the first season. In fact, it is difficult to find a case where Season 2 of an OTT drama produced domestically outperforms the previous work.
Season 1 of ‘DP’ received attention for its treatment of absurdities within the military, centering on a group of people arrested for deserting military duties, but in the second season, it was criticized for losing its unique color by focusing on power struggles within the military. Regarding ‘Sweet Home’, it was pointed out that it lost its way while trying to unreasonably expand its worldview.
Drama ‘Sweet Home’ Season 3
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The industry agrees that in order to establish a season system for Korean dramas, appropriate intellectual property (IP) should be clearly designed from the planning stage and storytelling that can be developed over a long period of time should be considered.
Critic Jeong advised, “In order to make a season-based drama successful, you need to draw the big picture from the beginning and tell the story step by step,” and added, “We need to take a bold challenge to break away from the existing perception that a complete story must be shown within one season.” did it
Pop culture critic Ha Jae-geun said, “In Korea, we are just now in a transitional period where season-based dramas are becoming established as a production form. Splitting a season of a long story requires new considerations in terms of story placement and breathing control, but as you accumulate know-how, you will be able to create 10 He predicted, “There could be a long-running series like ‘American Drama,’ which lasts for more than 10 seasons.”
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