Our Fantastic 21st Century R: Ryu Hyung-ki Land: Korea 2009 Drehformat: HDV Format: HDcam, Farbe Länge: 83 Minuten Sprache: Koreanisch mehr Informationen

Mit Mitte 20 steckt Soo-young in einer Lebenskrise. Sie rechnet sich Chancen als Modedesignerin aus – aber nur, wenn sie sich einer Körperfettabsaugung unterzieht. Dafür braucht sie Geld. Ihr Freund macht sich aber mit ihren Ersparnissen auf und davon. Soo-young nimmt nun heimlich Preismanipulationen an ihrem derzeitigen Arbeitsplatz vor – einem Supermarkt, in dem sie Regale einräumt. Der Betrug wird entdeckt. Auf ihrer Flucht gerät sie an Jae-beom, einen Kredithai. Für Soo-young beginnt eine Reise, auf der sie ihre Schuld nicht wiedergutmachen kann, sondern durch noch größere Schuld vergilt.
Außerordentlich präzise zeichnet der Film das Porträt einer jungen Frau im heutigen Südkorea – und liefert zeitgleich eine Bestandsaufnahme einer ganzen Generation. [aus dem Forumprogramm]

How would you describe the aesthetics of your film?
Our film was produced as part of an educational curriculum at Korean Academy of Film Arts. There was a fine distinction between what we can and cannot do since we were given a specific budget as well as the film format (HD). However, I'm not totally against such a method. Since this particular film was not judged based on box office performance, I believed the spirit and attitude towards the film was a lot more important than its mere accomplishments. The focus was on the character's ability to express its emotions, even though the tone and the sound of the film may have been off.

Why did you choose to shoot on a digital format (was it solely for financial reasons, or did aesthetics play a role)?
Financially, shooting on a digital format was the best option. In terms of aesthetics, I'm still figuring out the difference between film and digital. Perhaps, shooting on digital brings out a more direct portrayal of expressions.

Which format exactly did you choose (MiniDV, DVCAM, HDV, HD...), and why?
I shot on HDV. As mentioned before, we were given a specific format to shoot in, HD or HDV. Rather than the quality of the film, filming on schedule was our main task, hence going with a technically simpler HDV.

What was special about shooting with Red (e.g. compared to 35-mm or
other digital formats)? Was it your first time with Red / digital or are
you used to it?
The budget would be the main difference when shooting on film. The main advantage of using a digital camera was shooting multiple takes without the pressure of wasting money on film. In addition, shooting longer coverages was another advantage. The gap between film and digital may not be too much, but surprisingly those small differences influenced a lot the way we shot our film For example, rather than capturing the actors that have rehearsed multiple times before a take commenced, I was able to capture improvised and impetuous acting. Plus, I had the privilege of cherry picking the various re-takes of the scenes. All in all, I believe I was able to shoot a much more lively film.

Since this was my first time working with HD, I wasn't much familiar shooting with this particular camera. However, since my DP had experience with HD, we didn't have much difficulty shooting the film. There was however a problem regarding the lens. Since the zoom lens of our camera had immense depth, it was bringing out a clear picture on the objects we felt weren't necessary. We had to decide whether to simply accept this difference or shoot according to the script we had initially drafted. Eventually, we placed the unwanted objects far from the main subject. Rationally, we had used a telescopic lens. Of course this led to much hardships for our focus puller, but we believe we did our best in shooting the respective scenes.

What was your shoot-edit ratio?
18 hours of materials were shot compared to the 83 mins of running time.

One good word about DV / HDV / HD (or two):
If film can be described as a loaded gun, then digital is more like a gas gun, where I can shoot without having to worry about bullets running out.

One bad word about DV / HDV / HD (or two):
It seems as though digital cameras still have to catch up to the picture quality of film cameras.