The recording went very smoothly, and all the recording work was completed within a few days. The audio and captured footage were brought back to CJ for post-production. The two OSTs are expected to be released on August 28th and September 4th respectively.
After recording the OST, I returned to the crew and continued working. The recent shooting tasks have been a lot heavier, and I basically have to shoot until the early morning every day.
However, due to the TV series's popularity, tvN and CJ are very happy, and the treatment of the crew has been improved a lot, at least in terms of food.
The crew members are also very enthusiastic about their work, and they are in full swing every day.
In the past two days, Apink's Park Cho-ryong and Yoon Bo-mi have also joined the cast. They will be guest-starring in "Reply 1997" as the mother of the hero and heroine when they were young, which can be regarded as an Easter egg.
The two of them wore clothes from the 1960s and 1970s, styled their hair in that era, ate rudely, and spoke in different dialects. Their whole image was completely different from their idol identities, which looked quite funny.
Their attitude towards Chi Jingyuan has not changed. They are still smiling and chatting politely. It seems that Zheng Eunji is really strict, or Sun Naen has strengthened confidentiality measures.
The two of them stayed on the set for two days and then left. They didn't have much role to play, and Apink also had a lot of activities.
The 18th is Jung Eun Ji's birthday, and the crew even held a small birthday party for her.
The crew gathered in a circle, clapped their hands and sang a congratulatory song, and then the lights were turned off. In the darkness, Chi Jingyuan walked to Zheng Eunji holding the prepared cake with candles.
The camera filmed the whole process and used it as an important part of the behind-the-scenes footage to be released later.
It could be seen that Zheng Endi was really excited. When Chi Jingyuan walked up to him holding the cake, she couldn't help crying. Her plump face was bulging into a ball, her lips were pursed, and she was sniffing.
But she quickly controlled her emotions, wiped away the remaining tears with her hands, grinned, and showed her signature smile.
Seeing this change, Chi Jingyuan sighed in his heart. Artists cannot show their true emotions in front of the camera. No matter what, they must show their good side.
The next step was to take photos, blow out the candles, and share the cake. Everyone was very happy and had a happy smile on their faces.
Except for Chi Jingyuan who was directly hit in the face by cake batter from Zheng Eunji.
I don’t know if she is celebrating her birthday or venting something else.
Fortunately, it's almost early in the morning, and today's filming is almost complete. Without Chi Jingyuan's role, having cake smeared on his face will not affect the rest of the filming.
Zheng Eunji should have done this because he knew this.
The quality is too low.
Chi Jingyuan thought this while washing his face.
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During this period, Sun Na-eun and Chi Jing-yuan were still texting each other frequently and talking on the phone several times. Their tone and wording became more and more intimate, and they often liked to act coquettishly.
However, the two of them have not seen each other since the last time they were on set.
Chi Jingyuan has a very heavy shooting task during this period. Unless he is in good condition and progresses quickly that day, the shooting will usually not end until two or three in the morning.
Moreover, he also has to take care of EXO-K's activities. Although there is no singing stage these days, after the broadcast of "Reply 1997", the male protagonist Ji Jingyuan gained a lot of attention, and even the K team also It received a lot of welcome, and several commercial performers took this opportunity to approach them. As long as the price was right, the company would accept the order, which made Team K, who had always been a bit picky, a lot busier.
It is worth mentioning that EXO-K’s previous commercial performance prices have always been average, lower than those of several other boy groups that debuted at the same time.
In addition, due to the popularity of the TV series, Chi Jingyuan's personal activities have also increased. In addition to the interviews he hates most, there are also some individual pictorials, personal radio invitations, etc.
It can be said that he was really busy during this period. Even if Sun Naen mentioned it several times, he could not spare time.
In other words, rather than staying up late and running out early in the morning after filming, he would rather take more time to rest.
And even if he went to meet him after get off work in the middle of the night, he wouldn't be able to leave the dormitory.
Or it can only be said that those who are favored are confident.
The ninth and tenth episodes were aired on August 21. The average and highest ratings were 3.9% and 4.9%, which was almost no increase compared with the last two episodes aired.
The crew is a little worried, but not very anxious, because the current results are beyond everyone's expectations. Even if the ratings are maintained until the end, this drama is already a very successful TV series.
Moreover, the OST "All For You" sung by Ji Kyung-won and Jung Eun-ji will be officially released on the next broadcast on the 28th. The crew is very confident in this song and believes that it will definitely boost the ratings by then.
What the crew expected was not wrong.
On August 28, part 1 of the "Reply 1997 LOVE STORY" project was officially released. As soon as the sound source of the single "All For You" was released, it occupied the top spot on all Korean sound source charts.
The ratings of episodes 11 and 12, which continued to be broadcast in the evening, also increased significantly. The two ratings reached 4.3% and 5.2%, which are about to break the highest ratings record of tvN cable TV station.
And in the evening episode, the OST "All For You" was also played, which aroused the interest of many viewers who had never listened to the song.
The release of OST has increased the popularity of the TV series and helped to increase the ratings.
The broadcast of TV series has also increased the attention of OST. With the popularity of "Reply 1997", the song "All For You" has firmly ranked first in the hourly and daily charts of major music source charts. For a while, it surpassed musician PSY's "Gangnam Style" which became an unstoppable hit as soon as it was released in July.
It can be said that a good OST and a popular TV series complement each other and promote each other.
After the episode aired on the 28th, the entire "Reply 1997" is coming to an end, with only four episodes remaining in the last two weeks.