Life, Once Again!

ry honest girl.
I’m not sure what she was like before, but Yuna is someone who is true to her desires right now.
While she sometimes tries to hide herself because of the gazes around her and holds herself back due to etiquette, fundamentally, she doesn’t hold back when it comes to projecting her emotions.”

“To me, she just looked like a shy little girl.”

“That’s because you weren’t there at the audition.
Yuna doesn’t ignore her own emotions.
Normally, when people are told that they’re bad, they would despair or snapback saying that it’s not true, but when it comes to Yuna, while she might feel frustrated at the fact that her skills aren’t up to par, she would not blame herself or others because of that.
In fact, she asks this: what can I do to improve myself?”

“Really? She is someone with ambition.”

“Yes, hyung.
She’s ambitious.
I could see that she was longing for something.
That’s why I brought her here.
Honestly speaking, I think that the acting skills of minors are all so-so at best.
If that’s the case, the things I have to look for are how they can fit in with the rest of the team and how much they can improve themselves throughout the shoot.”

Ganghwan nodded.
It sounded like something like Jayeon would think.
However, there was one thing she was wrong about.
This was something he had to mention.

“If you still think that minors are all so-so at best, then you should scrap that mindset right now.”

He stood up and looked at Maru, who was standing afar.

* * *

Jayeon looked at the monitor with her breath abated.
She could see Yuna’s face over Maru’s shoulders.
Yuna, who was hesitating with chopsticks in her hand, slowly started speaking.
Jayeon thought that she looked pretty okay and listened to the voice she could hear through the monitors.

“Poverty is a sin.
I’m sure of it.”

She could see Yuna’s firm eyes losing strength.
Yuna’s loose eyes were captured on camera.
Jayeon tapped on her thigh with her finger.
It was slightly lacking, but she decided to keep watching for now.

“It’s not entirely like that.”

That was Maru’s voice.
Even though she couldn’t see his face, the emotions contained in his voice were very good.

Having heard that, Yuna became quiet and looked towards the udon.
About 3 seconds later, Jayeon shouted cut.
While the progress was smooth, she found the depth of emotions to be a little lacking.
She felt like one more step would scatter a depressing light all over the screen.

“Uhm, you know.”

Before she could say anything though, Yuna raised her hand as though she was in a classroom.
Jayeon looked at her in confusion.

“Can I do that in a different way this time?” Yuna asked.

She seemed filled with the desire to challenge.
Jayeon looked at her for a while before looking at Maru, who stood next to her.
He was smiling as though it was okay for her to trust Yuna.

“Alright.
If there’s something you thought of doing, then try it out.
We still have time.”

Jayeon returned to the monitor.
She decided to keep the footage they shot just now.
Tapes that were totally unusable or had an NG in them usually wouldn’t be numbered, but if it was decent, it would be kept for editing purposes.
If the shooting schedule was strict, she would be satisfied with the footage she got just now, but they had some leisure.
Moreover, an enthusiastic actress wanted to do something.
As a director, she couldn’t ignore that passion.

She shouted cue and looked at the screen.
This was scene 13, where the two high schoolers started taking interest in each other and telling each other about how they truly felt.
The meeting between the ever-average boy and the girl who had lots of ups and downs in life would give the viewers a sense of expectation.
Whether they could overcome the difference in opinion and into love or go their separate ways.
In order to heighten that sense of expectation, their natures had to be shown in full in this scene.
Viewers projected themselves onto attractive characters, not nobodies who just walked on the street.

Jayeon rested her chin on her hands and focused on the monitor.
The order of progression was similar to before.
There was no difference in how she brought out her emotions either.
She wondered where Yuna would show that change.
After watching for a while, Jayeon stopped breathing.
Yuna’s expression crumpled miserably.
She could feel the emotions strongly even when she was just looking at the monitor.

Too exaggerated – that was the first thought she had.
Yuna’s acting was definitely fit to be called ‘exaggerated’.
Usually, she would cut this off and start again, but for some reason, she couldn’t say anything.

It was exaggerated yet attractive.
Yuna exuded the feeling of ‘look at me’, which made her unable to find the exaggerated acting bad.

Jayeon stayed quiet for five seconds before shouting cut.
She stood up and walked over to the pojang-macha.

“How was it?” Yuna asked.

Even though her act had ended, Jayeon could feel a sense of sadness and rage from Yuna.
She looked like she was deeply immersed in the sea of acting.

“Did you two go through that together?” Jayeon asked Maru.

Maru nodded.
Jayeon looked towards Ganghwan.
She needed an expert’s opinion.

“While it was exaggerated, it was something that made me want to keep watching.
At least, I didn’t think about anything else while watching.”

That confirmed it.
Jayeon had to think about it.
After all, she was asking for his opinion, not judgment.

“Let’s finish up for now.”

“Shall we keep going like this?”

“Yeah, go on.”

Jayeon said with a smile.

KTLChamber's Thoughts

If Matt Parker from the Standup Maths youtube channel has taught me anything, it's that an 'average person' does not exist, at least mathematically.
So technically, Haejoon is a fictional character who cannot exist, lol.

Editor's Note:
Good foreshadowing in this chap that Maru is going to pop off.