Directing the lobby Jungwoo Ha? Seodanggae style, Park Chan-wook → Learn over the shoulder of director Choi Dong-hoon
Apr 02, 2025
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The Jungwoo Ha met with Sports Chosun at the Showbox headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 2nd and learned how to direct it over the shoulder behind the great directors in their own style.".
Released on the same day, "Lobby" tells the story of Changwook (Jungwoo Ha), the CEO of a start-up company who only knew about research, who starts his first lobbying golf to win a national project worth 4 trillion won (approx. Jungwoo Ha once again took the megaphone as a director, following 'Rollercoaster' (2013) and 'Heo Sam-gwan' (2015).
Previously, Jungwoo Ha was surprised by saying that it conducted 10 reading sessions in the entire 'Robbie' and 20 reading sessions in small groups. In response, he filmed Hong Sang-soo's movie 17 years ago, and he gave me a scenario in the morning. I'm not complaining, but I asked you because I was curious about the reason you gave me the script an hour before shooting, and you said you wouldn't give the actors room because you wanted to control the character to some extent in order for the direction and message of the work to go straight. I didn't do it so harshly. As I read the script with the actors, I filled it up more and more. Instead, I wanted to finish everything before filming. I was in a position where I had to act as well as direct, so I didn't have time to direct on the spot, and I tried to focus on filming according to the conti as much as possible."
Until now, Jungwoo Ha has worked with Korea's leading film masters, including Park Chan-wook and Choi Dong-hoon. He said "Normally, good directors have a deep affection for actors, but Choi Dong-hoon also loves the characters and actors he created. They try a lot to melt everything. Since I've seen how the director is filming the movie on the spot, I've also decided to have that kind of mind. Also, there is a lot of action scenes in 'Robbie', and while filming, I remembered director Ryu Seung-wan. Director Ryu flies every time he shoots an action scene. Other directors will film the 10th episode, but they finish filming in the 3rd episode. Looking at it, I learned 'I should shoot it in that way too' Then, through director Na Hong-jin and director Park Chan-wook, I tried to learn the pre-production process and through director Kim Yong-hwa's ability to conduct the field. Director Yoon Jong-bin said, "I've been watching it since I was so young, so maybe the friend who taught me the most when I was filming the movie was Yoon Jong-bin." He added that `I learned over my shoulder behind great directors in the style of Seo Dang-gae, rather than sitting at my desk and learning how to direct.'
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