“Everyone is happy when the’daughter-in-law’ sacrifices? Need to practice changing positions”

“Why did we become spontaneous daughters-in-law?”
This is what PD Lee Kwang-young, who directed the Kakao TV drama’Daughter-in-law’, first came into contact with the original webtoon by the author of the destination. When he received the capture scene sent by a friend in the early days of marriage, he strongly sympathized. In the play, Sa-rin Min (Park Ha-sun), who had just married, took the lead from “because I think everyone will be happy when I sacrifice”, and took the lead from the in-law ritual to the marriage anniversary of my father-in-law, and “I don’t think my parents will be cursed if I do this.” It’s because he overlaps with himself, “No one said anything to me, but he is stressed out by himself” while watching his unwillingness to go to the jjimjilbang. The drama also draws sympathy with its delicate direction and records about 1.5 million views each time a new episode is released.

This PD, who met in writing on the 21st, said, “I wanted to do it too much as a fan of the original work when a collaboration proposal came in.” He directed SBS’Lee Judge’ (2017~2018) and’I love you in the first place’ (2019). He said, “I always had an interest in digital content and platforms. It is not possible to turn the channel, but you must come and see it. So I had to make sure the target was that much.” While making it a 20-minute 12-part digital drama instead of the existing 60-minute TV drama, he decided that “there is a need to make the story less boring while emphasizing the inconvenience of the original.”

In order to maximize the contrast effect, the production crew chose a method of putting in the dating period compared to the present after marriage. PD Lee said, “In normal dramas, the saturation of the past reminiscence scene is lowered to express the feeling of the passing of time.’Daughter-in-law’, rather, the past scenes are color corrected with high saturation, and the present is more faded due to the shiny CG. “ “There must have been a beautiful time when Min Sa-rin and Mu Gu-young (Kwon-yul) were exchanging only love with each other, but how did they come to this?”

“I didn’t want to give an answer that certain values ​​are right or wrong through the drama. However, I thought it would be nice if a scene from’Daughter-in-law’ could pass through my head when we met people with different ideas from me. ‘Oh, there was such a scene at that time,’ and if I can more objectively look at my situation, why I am frustrated and sad now, or change positions and understand the other person’s thoughts a little, that alone will be a meaningful work. .”

As such, the fact that Min Sarin is the main character remains unchanged, but he tried to “not make someone who is unconditionally behaved like a stepmother or a new sister in’Cinderella’ or who unconditionally helps him like a mouse or a fairy.” For example, each story has been added so that the grandson Dong-seo Jeong Hye-rin (Baek Eun-hye) who draws a sharp line in everything, and the sister-in-law Moo Mi-young (Choi Yun-ra), who are prone to procrastinating hard work for Olke, do not look too nasty. In contrast to the’Sea World’ experienced by Min Sarin, Mu Gu-young’s’Cheer World’ appears. PD Lee said, “Each person has their own reasons in their lives, so I think that not taking either side will gain greater empathy.”

This PD, who also enjoyed Gon, the sequel to the author of the subject of abortion, expressed his gratitude for the increasing number of women-centered narratives. “It’s a story that breaks the frame that you can only be a protagonist if you’re pretty like the Netflix movie’Sometimes Romance’, and the so-called ugly and fat characters appear and don’t look pretty until the end is gaining popularity. The change that stems from the desire for something new is actually taking place. I think there will be more stories to tell about a woman made by a woman than a man story from a man’s gaze that has been made for too long.”

He said, “I have a lot of stories I want to make in the future, but I am particularly interested in the’modern girl’ material.” “Everyone can say it now, but there were many things that could not be said back then. I think the story of women who were able to tell a story that felt so radical and uncomfortable was so interesting. Recently, I studied while searching for stories about the artist Na Hye-seok. I think the time has come to tell a different story.”

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