21. Self-introduction Video Shooting (3)
Neoul furrowed his brows and stared intently at the contents.
"I don't understand a single word written on it."
I should hurry up and study, huh.
He folded the note again, put it in the box, and put it back in its place as he was about to pass by, but the camera director who had been following him while filming him was surprised and picked up the box.
"Aahh! Wait a minute! You have to take this!"
"Are you giving it to me?"
"I'm not giving it to you, if you found it, you should take it!"
"Ah, I see. Thank you."
Neoul came out holding the box tightly in his hand. When he came out, Ha On-ha was completely out of his mind and sat on the floor.
Ha On-ha, who saw Neoul leisurely coming out, looked at the box and asked.
"What's that? I don't think you had it in your hand earlier."
"It was on the way out."
Neoul held out the box. Ha On-ha, who checked the contents, let out a brief, feeble exclamation.
"Oh.... A one-time change ticket for a team member?"
Ha On-ha returned the box, saying that it might be useful, and muttered with his smile gone.
"Neoul... You're really fearless.... Actually, I asked you to go with me because you seemed the most fearless. I can't even watch horror movies, and ghosts are really scary... no, I really hate them. Ugh..."
He buried his face in his hands and was in pain, because it seemed like it was really scary inside. It was funny how he kept changing his words, trying not to say anything scary.
But Neoul tilted his head. "There were no ghosts inside."
"Huh?"
"There weren't any ghosts in the horror experience area. Isn't there a ghost here?"
Neoul pointed to Ha On-ha's side.
Next to Ha On-ha, there were female middle school ghosts wearing gym uniforms looking at them and squealing at them for being handsome.
[Oppa, can you see us? You're so handsome! Are you celebrities? Are you filming a variety show? What program is it?]
Neoul nodded as they excitedly asked questions.
"We're filming an idol survival program called
"Who are you talking to all of a sudden?"
"The ghost asked what program it was."
Ha On-ha's face turned even paler at the sight of Neoul talking to someone in the air.
"Ha On-ha ya. They said they like your face so they're rooting for you."
"Aahhh! Why are you so scary!"
Ha On-ha hid behind the camera director in horror and ran away to where the production crew was gathered.
The middle school girl ghost pouted in frustration.
'Oh my.'
Neoul clicked his tongue and bent down to meet the ghosts' eye level.
"I'm Gal Neoul. Please cheer me on too."
When he said that with a smile, the ghosts' expressions immediately brightened and they chattered.
[Fighting, oppa! You should definitely debut!]
Neoul nodded.
The camera director was impressed. It was because the ghost was standing between Neoul and the camera director, making it look like Neoul was talking while looking straight at the camera.
In the camera director's eyes, Neoul was a 20-year-old boy with a bold personality who wasn't afraid of ghosts and was full of mischief who was serious about teasing his friends.
And even while looking at the camera, he smiles without hesitation and confidently asks for support, showing the appearance of a professional idol.
The camera director was delighted to film Neoul's handsome face and pleasant voice, and he carefully captured it on video.
***
PD Seok Oh-young looked through the self-introduction video footage one by one and rubbed his heavy eyes.
After checking the sheep ranch, Olle Trail, and green tea fields, it was finally time to look at the footage of the folk village.
'Whew...'
PD Seok roughly searched through the drawer and took out artificial tears. He moistened his eyes roughly and stared at the monitor again.
He expected the videos taken by 81 participants in various backgrounds to produce unique results, but unfortunately, they were all similar.
'They're all too conscious of the camera.'
In order to create a natural feel, they gave them self-cameras and let them run wild, but it seemed like more than half of them didn't know what to do and were acting stiff.
Of course, most of the participants are still trainees and have no broadcasting experience, so that's understandable.
There must be quite a few viewers who find their creaking like broken robots cute and refreshing.
But the fresh and cute feeling is especially effective when the ones with outstanding looks are shown among the 81 warm-hearted people. What if even the mediocre ones' comments are all copy-pasted?
The videos of the ones who stood out from the beginning, like Baek Yuri, Woo Cheong, and Gye Tae-seok, were worth salvaging.
Baek Yuri and Baek Gi-yeom, who went to the Olle Trail, introduced each other instead of introducing themselves.
[Oh, right. Back in the old days, adults told me to call Yuri hyung, so I thought he was a year older than me? He seemed smart and mature, and when he was little, Baek Yuri was taller than me. But when he entered elementary school, he was in the same class! Wow, no one told me we were the same age until then! They're really bad!]
[You never asked me how old I was. Everyone, Baek Gi-yeom is like this. He's stupid, he's nosy, and he's really simple-minded.]
[Baek Yuri is also stupid! He's really complicated! I don't know what's so complicated about life. There are too many thoughts in this head. Oh my~]
It was a smart strategy to capture both fun and chemistry by using their cousin relationship.
When the self-introduction video is uploaded on YouTube, viewers who watch Baek Yuri's video first will want to look for Baek Gi-yeom's video too. Viewers who watch Baek Gi-yeom's video first will naturally be drawn to Baek Yuri's video too.
Naturally, they gain more views than the other contestants.
Woo Cheong, who went to the sheep ranch, laughed out loud and ran around so much that the camera moved around wildly.
[Ah! Yangyang! Yangyang 1! Yangyang 2! Yangyang 3! Come here! Come here!]
[*Yangyang means sheep obviously.]
He wanted to try being a shepherd boy, so he ran around here and there, but no matter how you looked at him, he looked more like a shepherd 'dog' than a shepherd 'boy'.
[Everyone! Look! Look at me! I really wanted to try this! A wolf appeared! Awwwoo! Awwoo!]
PD Seok Oh-young was wearing a headset, but his eardrums almost burst, so he quickly turned down the volume.
Gye Tae-seok was lying down. He was lying down in the middle of a green tea field, taking pictures of the sky, then turned the camera around to take a close-up shot of his decadent face.
[....]
[My strong point is my good looks.]
[I'll show you from various angles.]
Then he slowly moved the camera around his face, showing off his looks from all angles. It seemed like a handsome face didn't need any more words.
PD Seok, who had moved on to the footage of the folk village, rubbed his tired face and checked the footage, then paused at the video of one participant and frowned.
"Why is the camera angle like this?"
What appeared on the screen was Gal Neoul. At first, the thing that was facing the face from the front gradually went down and continued to illuminate Gal Neoul with a low angle.
Unlike the participants who were very conscious of the screen, looking for the prettiest angle possible....
'Isn't this too unconscious?'
Why is it so extreme?
Gal Neoul didn't seem to care at all about how he appeared on screen. Or he didn't know how he appeared at all.
'Ah.... He was a regular participant.'
In the meantime, he wasn't in an embarrassed capture even though his nostrils were visible at an angle. The world was so unfair.
Ha On-ha, who was very scared next to him, was also filmed, and the contrast with Neoul, who had no fear at all, was worth seeing.
There was a scene where Neoul, who had been to the well, leisurely looked around and picked up a [random item box].
'Oh, you found this?'
There was only one box hidden in each of the four places: Sheep Ranch, Olle Trail, Green Tea Field, and Folk Village.
Of course, they hid it without telling the participants. Since it was a hidden event that was only given to those who were lucky and had a keen eye.
No one found it on Olle Trail and Green Tea Field because the area was too wide.
An old actor who had been hired in advance asked for help carrying the luggage and led them past the box, but none of the participants saw it.
At the ranch, child actor Lee Gal-chae, who was experiencing feeding milk to a baby lamb, found the box.
Lee Gal-chae found the hint note with the location of the box tied around the baby lamb's neck right away and quietly found the box on his own.
[I think my observation skills are... good. I mostly observe people for acting, but I thought it would be helpful if I observed and remembered anything... ]
In the case of the Sheep Ranch, it was relatively easy to find the box. However, the Folk Village was difficult.
The place where Neoul found the box was a place that the production team had put a lot of effort into hiding.
The first condition. In order to find the box, you had to choose a dark and narrow path instead of a wide and bright path leading to the exit from the fork in the road.
So, they used a trick to lure the participants.
Help me!
However, many participants chose the wide path and passed by.
As with the screaming effect that was constantly heard in the horror experience area, they thought it was just a sound effect to scare them.
Some of the smart ones realized that it was a trap prepared by the production team. They willingly stepped into the narrow and dark path to get the amount of footage.
The second condition was to overcome the fear.
However, most participants were so confused and ran away on their way in and out that they didn't see the box.
The third condition was that they had to have good night vision.
The path where the box was hidden was very dark with minimal lighting.
But as soon as he heard the sound of 'Help me!', Neoul ran into the dark path without a second of hesitation and easily found the box on his way out.
"How could that be?"
What a strange guy.
Anyway, thanks to that, they got a decent scene. Even though Neoul's selfie camera was crappy, as if it was taken with his feet.
PD Seok Oh-young wrote a note saying that he has to interview them about this part and handed them over the video.
***
The interviewer who received the note from the PD called out the participants one by one during their break or practice time and conducted interviews.
"When you heard a cry for help in the folk village horror experience area, Gal Neoul participant went into the dark alley."
"Yes."
"When I checked later, the Gal Neoul participant had the fastest reaction speed. There were some participants who didn't go in, and some who hesitated and went in, but is there a reason why the Gal Neoul participant jumped in without a second of hesitation?"
Neoul thought back to that time and tilted his head. He didn't even understand why such question was asked.
"You shouldn't hesitate."
'Oh. What reason do you need to save someone in danger? Why are you hesitating?'
The way he spoke as if it was obvious sounded innocent and full of loyalty.
'It may be a broadcast answer, but...'
Looking at his serious eyes, I wanted to believe that he was sincere and not lying at all. But the answer that followed was strange.
"If you hesitate for a moment, you might get eaten."
"Huh? Eaten? Haha, by a ghost?"
The interviewer laughed at the unexpected answer, looking at Neoul cutely. However, Neoul shook his head seriously.
"By a top predator on land."
Ugh...… ? Top, what?
Is the concept a four-dimensional one...? Or is it a joke? Your expression is too serious?
[*In a slangy way, if someone is 4 dimensional, then this means that he or she has somehow strange, alien, or off-beat sights or mindset.]
The writer didn't know how to react, so they moved on to the next question.
"Did you not expect at all that it was a trap prepared by the production team?"
"Was it a trap?"
Neoul's eyes widened, then nodded as if he realized something.
"That was a trap...! I see!"
The interviewer was embarrassed. 'What, what, why are you realizing it now?'
The production team prepared so hard!
Was it so trivial that the Gal Neoul contestant didn't even realize it was a trap...?
Somehow. I watched a bit of the video, and he seemed so calm and alone in that scary place. He seemed completely unafraid.
"It was so dark that you couldn't see it well, how did you find the box?"
Neoul answered, puzzled.
"It wasn't dark at all. I could see very well."
"Huh? You could see well?"
This time, a question appeared on the writer's face. It wasn't dark? Are you so good at night that you have supernatural powers? Carrots are good for night blindness, do you eat a lot of carrots?
In many ways, this was an interesting participant.
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