#Seo Bum June

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240125 seo_bumjune Instagram story update

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Hierarchy

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hierarchy (2024, South Korea)

Director: Bae Hyeon Jin

Writer: Chu Hye Mi

Mini-review:

Oof, what a disappointment. I feel like this wanted to be one of those transgressive teen shows we get in the West, but then it didn't have the guts to go all the way and ended up being like any other kdrama about the rich and the poor. And even then, it's just not good at that either. The writing leaves a lot to be desired, and it gets more boring with every episode. The acting is also all over the place; some of the actors do a solid job, but most of them are mediocre or downright terrible. Tbh, there are two things that save this drama from disaster: firstly, the director adds a lot of style and flair to the proceedings; secondly, sometimes it's fun to see a bunch of super pretty people all together in one place. But still, there are a lot of shows where you can find those things with much better quality. I wouldn't recommend Hierarchy, unless you really love someone in the cast...

[lgcmedia]

     V&A’s AJ to star in new web drama ‘Rookie Cops’

News reports announced today that V&A’S AJ will be appearing in a supporting role on Disney+’s newest web drama ‘Rookie Cops’. The coming-of-age story follows the life of two students at the Korean National Police University as they work through life’s ups and downs in their quest to become cops. 

AJ will star as one of the Korean National Police University Students, Seo Bum Ju. At the start of last year, AJ starred in another web drama, ‘D.P’, in a guest role. The first script reading of the drama is set to take place on April 28th.

‘Rookie Cops’ will be airing every Wednesday from June 14th through August 2nd of this year. 

[ + / - ] can you believe it’s already been over a year since he was in D.P.? i’ve seriously been waiting for him to have a larger drama role and it’s finally here! can’t wait to watch! he’s going to be great! [ + / - ] another idol trying to be an actor .... zzzzzz .... why can’t they just stick to their actual jobs?

#LGCENT #VNA #VERSUS #LGCBOYS #AJ #AHNJAESUN

(A/N: This was originally posted on April 20, 2023.)

[cultct]

key said his favourite juniors in the industry are (and this is in order btw):

1. renjun (unexpected but sure)

2. seo bum june

3. ten (well duh, of course)

4. chenle (??? completely out of left field to me)

you think you know an idol then they say they’re friends with the most random person

[baijingting]

SEO BUM JUNE & CHOI YE BIN as LEE SOO JAE & NA YU NA IT’S BEAUTIFUL NOW (2022) dir. Kim Sung Geun; E01 — My heart skipped a beat earlier. Because of who? You. What? Hear me out until the end, will you? I don’t have feelings for you either.

[dramastream]

Seo Bum June 서범준 Ph. by Kim Yeong Jun for Dazed Korea (June 2022)

[shawolseurope]

(230219) @shinee Instagram update

Caption: Sugar Killer Ride🏍 우리는 아름다워✨

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Seo Bum June - Dazed Magazine June Issue '22

[ultrakdramamama]

230305 bumkeyk 집들이 선물 잘 골랐니 연진아? 아니... 범준아?

[trans] Did you choose the housewarming gift well, Yeonjin-ah? No... Beomjun?

[tomorrowxtogether]

231016 yawnzzn Instagram story update 

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Review dan Sinopsis It's Beautiful Now (2022)

Review dan Sinopsis It’s Beautiful Now (2022)

It’s Beautiful Now adalah serial drama Korea yang dibintangi oleh Oh Min-Suk, Shin Dong-Mi, Yoon Shi-Yoon, Bae Da-Bin, Seo Bum-June, dan Choi Ye-Bin. Drama sepanjang 50 episode ini ditayangkan KBS2 menggantikan slot drama Young Lady and Gentleman. Berikut sinopsis dan review drama Korea It’s Beautiful Now (2022). Plot sinopsis It’s Beautiful Now (2022) Lee Yoon-Jae (Oh Min-Suk), Lee Hyun-Jae…

[laladellakang]

Della (ENHYPEN) Profile & Facts (Updated!)

! this has been revamped !

masterlist | wattpad 

Della (델라) is a member of the co-ed group ENHYPEN who debuted on November 30, 2020.

Stage Name: Della (델라)

Birth Name: Kang Della (강델라)

Position: Centre, Main Dancer

Birthday: March 16, 2003

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Chinese Zodiac Sign: Goat

Height: 173 cm (5'8")

Approx. Real Height: 175 cm (5"9)

Weight: N/A

Blood Type: O

MBTI: INFJ

Representative Emoticon: 🐻‍❄️

Nationality: Korean

Solo Fandom Name: Callas

Della Facts:

—Della is from Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

—Della has a younger sister (born in 2010).

—Training Period: 3 years, 8 months.

—She ranked 4th in the final episode with 1,152,088 votes.

—Della trained at YG before joining BE:LIFT.

—Della went to Dwight School Seoul.

—She is nicknamed as 'South Korea's Siren' because of her ability to lure people in and fall in love.

—Della is fluent in English because she has been attending international schools since she was young. She said that she's more comfortable speaking in English.

—She performed EXO's Obsession in the first episode of I-LAND with former member, Alice, and two eliminated contestants, Haneul and Binna.

—The other members thought she was very charismatic and pretty the first time they met her. They said that her presence was intimidating.

—She was chosen as the one who is most different from their first impression.

—She used to train at X Academy, specialising in hip-hop.

—Della likes exercising. The members say she works out the most out of everyone.

—She used to dream of being a badminton athlete but decided she likes performing more.

—She likes journaling (Behind the Profile Shoot).

—She doesn't like to be called noona and unnie, but she is okay with other honorifics (I-LAND ep. 2).

— She was a theatre kid for most of her life.

—Della's favourite colours are beige and baby pink.

—Her favourite season is autumn.

—Her favourite ice cream flavour is My Mom is an Alien.

—She has been nominated for TC Candler's Most Beautiful Faces since 2020. Her highest rank was 7th in 2023.

—Della says she can do a lot of things but does not have any talent apart from performing (I-LAND ep.9).

—Della has 3 cats named Simba, Nishi and Koya.

—She starred in Bang Yedam of TREASURE's "WAYO" MV.

—Specialty: Expressions, rap, dance, all-rounder (Self-Revised Profile).

—Hobbies: Daydreaming, dance, romance stories, eating, working out (Self-Revised Profile).

—Charming Point: RBF, confidence, girl crush, expressions, swag, hip hop, being the only girl (Self-Revised Profile).

—She was confirmed centre and main dancer through her self-revised profile.

—Her nicknames are BE:LIFT Lab's princess, Lala, Ice Princess, Baby (애기) (Self-Revised Profile).

—Likes: Jake, ENHYPEN, all members, ramen, chocolate, strawberry milk, journaling, cats (Self-Revised Profile).

—Dislikes: Carbonated drinks, lightning and thunder, the dark, being alone, extreme silence (Self-Revised Profile).

—She was an MC on Inkigayo alongside TXT's Yeonjun and actor Seo Bum June.

—Motto: "You are your own main character" and "No pain, no gain" (Self-Revised Profile).

—Della's Ideal Type: She stated in an interview that her ideal type used to be Bang Chan from Stray Kids.

!!THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION AND IS ONLY DONE FOR FUN. I DO NOT OWN ENHYPEN OR ANY PICTURES!!

soyeon is not actually della's face claim, the picture just suited kprofiles' profile pictures. i will leave her visuals up to the readers' imagination

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FABULA’s LILLY to return to “Inkigayo” as temporary MC

Former “Inkigayo” guest host LILLY of FABULA is grabbing the mic again to be a special MC this month! On August 20, SBS confirmed on its website that LILLY will take part in the Sunday broadcasts as a temporary MC, alongside regular hosts Noh Jung Ui and Seo Bum June.��LILLY, who has appeared on the show as a special MC twice on Inkigayo, will be making her hosting comeback. She will be co-hosting the show from August 21 to September 18 which fans will be able to see more of her bright smile and bubbly personality that she has shown briefly as a co-host. 

On the other hand, LEGACY ENTERTAINMENT recently dropped the first episode of ‘Time to Fabula’ on their YouTube channel so check it out after Inkigayo!

[ + / - ] yessssss! we manifested for this to happen and it’s finally here!! catch me showing up each week to be there in the audience just so i can see lilly in person! my ultimate bias is finally getting her time to shine!

[ + / - ] i’m so tired of these music shows using idols as hosts instead of those who have no talent in hosting AT ALL! i saw absolutely nothing special about her either of the times that she co-hosted for inkigayo and i’m pretty sure it’ll only be a big snooze-fest. zzzzz

#LGCENT #FABULA #LGCGIRLS #LILLY #LEEARIN

[baijingting]

IT’S BEAUTIFUL NOW (2022) dir. Kim Sung Geun — Did you fall for me today?

[dramaruni]

@bpdaf so this answer opened a can of worms (that I can call procrastination) and I wanted to address it, but with the limited characters in the reply function, I decided to answer it with a new post. Also sorry if this come as an attack, I promise it's not. I just became really curious if I had the wrong idea about the live-shooting system as I was ready to refute your points, but realized I didn't have enough knowledge to do so.

*also tagging @jahe, @yasmini24, @le-amarant as they also replied to my post and I figured maybe you were also interested in this (although it's really long and rambly, so I don't blame you for ignoring the post entirely). So yeah warning, this post is really long.

So I'm well aware of kdrama's live shoot system. But I did wonder if it was normal to start shooting 6 months before the first airing episode, as I was under the impression 6 months of shooting exceeded the standard duration of filming. But I couldn't actually refute it without some data to back that up. So I went to find data.

According to Wikipedia's page on Korean Dramas, they write: “As producing a series involves high expenses, production companies seek to shoot the episodes in the shortest time possible. In contrast to practices elsewhere, the first four episodes of Korean series are usually shot in advance, but the rest are shot continuously as the series is being aired.”

This fits in line with what I believed about Korean dramas live shooting system. They film a couple of episode ahead of time and then rest comes while it's still airing to fit with the audience response to it. Even preproduced dramas are sometimes reshot and re-edited while it's airing. But it didn't really say anything about the average filming duration for a drama or what shortest time possible was defined as. Probably because all dramas will aim for different things and given the content it can vary a lot how long it takes to film.

But I highly doubt it took Vincenzo 6 months to shoot something around 4 episodes and then crammed the rest into the 2 remaining months, as they knew from the start they had 20 episodes to fill.

So let's go through some other drama's shooting schedule to compare with Vincenzo.

I chose to limit the list to 2020 dramas (as they were likely affected by the pandemic) and tvN dramas, so it's the same broadcasting company as these dramas will likely share the same practices. Obviously with the amount I have included, I can't make any definite conclusions, but it does show a pattern.

*disclaimer I tried my best to accurately determine the shooting duration from when filming started to when it ended, but not all of these dramas had that information readily available, so I made do with the information I had at hand. This means some of these are just estimations.

So without further ado, here's the list:

Vincenzo:

May 2020, Director Kim Hee Won and writer Park Jae Bum teamed up.

July 2020, Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeo Bin were considering the drama, while Ok Taecyeon had confirmed

September 2020, filming started

February 20th, 2021 first episode aired

No episodes April 17thand18th

April 17th, last episode script delivered

April 23rd, filming wrapped

May 2nd, 2021 last episode aired

Shooting time: 8 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 8 days

1. Crash Landing on You

*not affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic * includes overseas filming

July 31st, 2019 – first script reading

End of august 2019, filming overseas begin

December 14th, first episode airs

January 12th, filming wrapped

February 16th, 2020 last episode airs

Shooting time: 5 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 4 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 1 month + 4 days

2. It’s okay not to be okay

I couldn’t find the exact time shooting started, so these numbers are based between March and May, as I assume they didn’t shoot without Oh Jung Se being casted and while the table read photos were released in May, it could very well be they had started shooting before this.

February 2020 Kim Soo Hyun and Seo Ye Ji casted

March 2020 Oh Jung Se casted

May 8th 2020, first script reading photos released

June 20th 2020, first episode aired

July 31st 2020, filming wrapped

August 9th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 3-5 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-3 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 9 days

3. Start-up

August 4th, all the leads are confirmed for casting

September 2020, promotional starts to come out

October 17th 2020, First episode aired

November 21st 2020, Bae Suzy wraps up filming (assuming filming wraps up around the same time as her as she is the lead)

December 6th, last episode aired

Shooting time: 2-4 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-2 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: around 15 days

4. Hospital playlist season 1

*only aired 1 episode pr. week

October 2019, principal photography took place

March 12th, first episode aired

Late April 2020, filming wrapped

May 28th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 7 months (couldn’t find when they actually started shooting, so let’s just pretend they also filmed around October)

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 1 month

5. A piece of your mind

February 7th 2020, article of the first script reading

February 13th, first photos from drama unveiled

March 23rd, first episode aired

April 8th 2020, tvN announces that 4 episodes are cut due to low ratings

April 28th, last episode aired

Shooting time: 2-4 months

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 1-2 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: N/A (couldn’t find the exact time but they also axed four episodes and I don't know how much that affected filming)

6. Psychopath diary

*not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

August 2019, first script reading

November 20th, first episode aired

January 9th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: n/a

Shooting duration before first aired episode: 3-4 months (assuming they started shooting shortly after the first table read)

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: n/a

7. Stranger /Secret Forest season 2

* preproduced based on the information I found

January 2020, first script reading

June 20th, 2020 lead actors wrapped filming (But I only found this article that says this)

August 15th 2020, first episode aired

October 4th 2020, last episode aired

Shooting time: 6 months

Shooting duration before first episode aired: 6 months

Filming wrapped before last airing episode: 4-5 months

What does this mean?

So the drama that comes closest to Vincenzo's filming duration is Hospital Playlist, but they also did things a bit differently. According to their Wikipedia, they only aired 1 episode a week to comply with 52-hour week system and to avoid overnight filming for the cast's and crews' health. So that would extend their shooting time. They also had the same amount of shooting time as Vincenzo before the first episode aired, i.e. 6 months, but Hospital playlist was only 12 episode drama so they also had less content to fill.

The rest of these dramas has a shooting time with 6 months or less. I will say though a lot of these dramas are not action-packed (also I haven't checked the budget for any of these), so comparatively they probably have different needs when filming. The drama that comes closest in terms of action is Stranger/Secret Forest, and it's also pretty close in shooting time with only 2 month different (that's counting from the first table read though). This was however pre-produced so they wrapped up filming before the first episode even aired (if my information is correct). Also this was a season two so they were operating under a little different circumstances.

But with the exception of Stranger/Secret Forest (preproduced) and Hospital Playlist(tried to work with humane working hours), none of this drama has a 6-month filming duration before the first episode aired. In fact some of these dramas don't even exceed 6 months of filming. Meaning they had less time to shoot before the first episode aired. Their production was probably also lower and none them did CGI (although I haven't watched all of them so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) as that should also be accounted for.

So 8 months of filming is a lot to allocate to a drama, at least it's not the norm. There are other dramas that exceed that filming time that didn't make the list (Mr. Sunshine sorry too much research for at this point), but obviously that is not the standard.

Obviously I don't know how the filming was divided, how many of the episodes they had filmed before the first one aired. I don't know how many of the episode scripts were written before it aired. But I can see that even with the live-shooting, Vincenzo has some very uneven scheduling that doesn't align with how the rest of these dramas did their scheduling and airing. None of the mentioned dramas had any delays (in airing, I can't be sure about filming as some of them are probably affected by the pandemic), and yet Vincenzo did, even though they had spent more time filming before the first episode aired.

Also, most of these dramas wrapped up filming with more than a week to spare before the final airing, with It's Okay Not To Be Okay coming the closest to the airing date (with the ones where I know the date when they finished shooting), but they also only had 1-3 months of filming before the drama actually started airing so much less time than Vincenzo. And although they didn't have CGI, they did have the animations for each of the fairytales which I don't know how long it took but I can imagine it took some time.

So then I looked up another drama not by tvN but by Park Jae Bum:

Good Manager/Chief Kim

December 15, 2016 first script reading

January 25, 2017 First episode aired

March 30, 2017 Last episode aired

I couldn't find the date they finished filming, but given they only started a month before airing (honestly I felt super sorry for the cast and crew when I saw these dates), I am assuming the hit the last airing date pretty closely with filming, and that would give them 3 months of filming roughly. And they also had 20 episodes like Vincenzo.

I haven't seen this drama myself, so I can't say anything about the writing quality, but here Park Jae Bum was working under even more time pressure and was able to deliver the ending on time and as I hear, it was pretty a pretty good ending (but I haven't seen it, so feel free to refute me). And yet he couldn't do it for Vincenzo. So I do think something happened with ending, whether it was Park Jae Bum just took a long time writing it for whatever reasons, or someone/thing (be it something personal, writer's block, execs not liking the ending etc.) actually interfered and that prolonged the writing or entirely changed the ending.

Anyway this became too long, so let me just end it here.

I wish I had time to make a more comprehensive list so I could be more definite in the conclusion because obviously I can't base everything of the schedule of 8 dramas that also vastly different in production quality, genre and content.

So yeah I might have just wasted the last three-four hours making something that doesn't even make sense. But hey, at least I'm less prepared for the exams now, good use of time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯