South Korea's "PD" is a composite word composed of producers and directors, mainly appearing in traditional Korean drama crews, and has gradually been expanded to apply to many production industries.
Unlike china or most of the world' production and broadcasting separation, South Korea's early TV dramas mainly used the production method of filming and broadcasting.
Because of South Korea's small territory, the broadcasting industry has reached relative saturation very early, so the number of TELEVISION stations is very small. As a result, the early production and broadcast of TV dramas were mainly monopolized by the three major radio stations KBS, MBC and SBS, which made it unnecessary for producers to consider financial preparation and marketing.
Therefore, in the traditional Korean drama production model, the responsibilities of producer and director are often held by one person, called PD, that is, the initial combination of Producer and Director. As can be seen from the work content, the "PD" of the early TV drama industry can only be more inclined to the director .)
PD is a core leader in Korean drama production
PD, who is both a producer and a director, is the core leader (number one) of Korean drama production, responsible for the formulation of the story outline, the arrangement of roles, the determination of actor remuneration, in addition to being responsible for scene setting, camera division, directing performances, and taking into account the financial budget, shooting schedule, equipment status, technical level, etc., and coordinating the management of many work of the crew - in summary, it is the big things and small things in the crew that must be managed.
Although the PD is a heavy work, PD, which combines all the power of the crew, is the only person in charge of the crew, and generally the majesty cannot be challenged. The advantage of this is that it can effectively avoid the impact on the crew due to the contradiction between the director and the producer; the disadvantage is that there will be a problem of arrogance due to the lack of checks and balances, and it is easy to overlook the supervision.
Screenwriter with PD
(One might ask, in South Korea, where screenwriters are central, screenwriters are often able to challenge PD authority.) In the Korean entertainment industry, any screenwriter is collectively called a writer and is a well-respected profession. In the Korean TV drama crew. Screenwriters don't start out in a pivotal position. In the early Korean drama productions, PD also served as a screenwriter, although it was mainly a combing of the outline. At that time, screenwriters were generally writers who filled in the plot, in a dominant position, and their status was far inferior to that of the real-power screenwriters after the screenwriter-centered system. ）
The PD of Korean TV dramas is selected by tv stations through examinations. The examination consists of four parts: interview, drama review writing, creative planning and impromptu creation, and the pass rate is about 5%-10%, which is equivalent to the admission rate of China's graduate school.
Kim so-hyun
After the new recruits, they generally start with AD (Associate Director, that is, assistant producers) to help PD manage specific matters such as financial expenditure and the determination of shooting locations, and after working for several years, according to their abilities and performance, talented people can be promoted to PD. Although there are many affairs managed by PD, it is more of a global co-ordination, and the details and affairs will basically be handed over to multiple ADs in the crew, so as to concentrate on the shooting work.
PD for documentaries usually requires 3-4 years of assistant work experience, while PD for TV dramas takes longer, basically 6 to 7 years.
Che Taixian
Unlike film directors, most of the PDs of Korean dramas are liberal arts majors, and not many people have graduated from film and television majors or other arts majors. Many practitioners believe that television production technology and art can be obtained through on-the-job training, and comprehensive humanistic qualities are more important for television program practitioners. Recently, there has been a growing objection that television arts talents need more professional training, but there are currently fewer such professional colleges in South Korea, and they were established later.
IU Lee Ji Eun
In the general view of the industry, the artistry of TV dramas cannot be compared with movies (I do not fully agree that there are TV series with high artistic achievements). It is also true that TV dramas need to reduce the number of programs in pursuit of artistry, but this will lead to a decrease in the income of producers.
Kong Xiaozhen
Most film and television students prefer to develop in the film industry. Although the average income of PD in South Korea is higher than that of film directors, it is rare for people to switch from movies to TV series, but there are many people who switch from TV series to movies. In the eyes of entertainment practitioners, movies in the entertainment industry represent the right to speak and status.
With the increase in the variety of programs broadcast by tv stations, this practice of PD integration has also appeared in the production group of other tv programs such as variety shows and documentaries. Even in other entertainment industries in South Korea, producers are increasingly being dubbed "PD," such as "Gorilla" Park Chun-young, who is called "PD" by the company's Idol.
Bae Yong-jin and Park Jin-young
There are also a large number of good works with the "PD" perspective as the main line in Korean entertainment novels, such as "The Legend of the Producer of Korean Entertainment", "Korean Entertainment Producer" and "Making Korean Entertainment"
Produce Korean entertainment
Chilled chocolate
Not only are we interested in "PD", in fact, native Koreans are also very curious, a few years ago, there was a Korean drama "Producer" that was dedicated to telling the story of "PD", which was a KBS golden earth drama co-starring Kim So-hyun and IU Lee Ji-eun, Cha Tae-hyun and Kong Hyo-jin.
Kim Tae-yeon
There is also a wuli Tae-yeon friendship cameo in it, and the favorite part is the clip of IU and Gao La's plastic sister flower tearing up, which is both funny and touching.
IU Lee Ji Eun and Gao La