This used to be regular news with respect to K-drama filming but in recent two years it doesn’t seem to happen with such regularity anymore. Thanks to some dramas switching to pre-filming, and perhaps earlier filming commencement for live aired dramas, the tendency for drama production to send cast and crew to the hospital has decreased noticeably. Unfortunately the situation has reared its ugly head again as news from the set of tvN drama Goblin says the production is scrambling to finish episodes on the day it’s airing, and with many night scenes the cast and crew have been pulling all nighters. For the ending of episode 12, the production filmed from 8 pm until 8 am, with many crew members working nonstop for 48 hours adding in prep time prior to filming. Male lead Gong Yoo was scene at the hospital and left with medicine, and second male lead Lee Dong Wook reportedly needed an IV drip on set to finish filming.
Crazy live filming schedules are actually harder on the production staff who have to be there earlier than the actors to set up and stay later to pack up. For the acting staff the difficulty is producing great work product when one is exhausted as they are in front of the camera and trying to perform a scene is hard enough when one is rested imagine doing it on little to no sleep. And having to look good onscreen, to boot! Goblin has also lots of fantasy elements which need post-production adding back in the studio so those teams need the completed footage in time to add the finishing touches. Hopefully there are no glitches for the next four episodes, and best of luck to the entire cast and crew for working so hard to create such an engrossing drama.
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I just hope goblin n grim reaper ger enough rest for their health and safety.!!loving the drama
Tvn used to shoot at least half of their drama before airing to avoid live shooting and to stable the quality
Now they start to live shooting a lot like the main stations.
Consider a minus point!
Hopefully the remain episodes will end well
The casts and crew deserve a long sweet break after this.
some episodes are 1.5 hours long which put more time strain on actors & production team than the usual 1 hour drama. Why need to be 1.5 hours?
To insert more Subway and Baskin Robbins scenes?
Not only would sticking with the one hour format have made it a better drama, it would have helped with the efficiency of the filming. I mean do 20 episodes if you feel you need them but this way was not beneficial at all imo. Hope the actors and crew get a nice vacation out of this deal.
Agree. I am happy with one hour episodes. The 1.5 hours length is too draggy and I fast-forward all of ET scenes, too cringy and I totally dislike her so-called-aeygo-ness.
Cut out all the scenes solely structured for the inane product placement and they could cut those workdays in half.
I think most of the time they cut so close to finish filming on the day they air is do to the changes in direction or script, is been known that kdrama tend to change during filming based on viewers comments, in this case expectation are high for this drama to keep the momentum end in a bang so it will not surprise me if behind the scenes have been many changes that we the viewers dont know.
I hope everyone from staff to actors take care of themselves and stay healthy through out filming.
I knew they were already in live shooting mode!
They stopped giving us previews for the next episode about 2 or 3 episodes ago. That's when you know they're in trouble with the schedule.
I hope none of the actors have an accident and the story can be finished as originally planned.
I really hope they aren't hanging onto viewer comments. I think some of rhe worst plot decisions in KDrama have been as a result of rewriting based on viewer comments. I hope the production team will ignore viewer comments and just let the writer's story play out as intended. The show is getting great ratings for TvN, and is popular streaming around the world.
Well if the episodes weren't an hour and a half long maybe this could have been avoided.
Here is praying all the actors and production crew stays healthy and will take good care of themselves for the rest of the filming. Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook please get enough rest ,stay healthy and accident free. Love you guys and your work as the goblin and grim reaper! Fighting!!!
pray for Gong Yoo, Lee Dong Wook and the entire cast and crew to be healthy!!