Something I've noticed while watching American Television, Chinese Dramas, Spanish Dramas, Telenovelas, and Lakorns is that South Korea has A LOT of amazing actors. Does anyone actually have some insight as to why this might be? In Chinese dramas, I'll run into bad acting, Lakorns and American shows are the same thing. But I rarely ever see bad acting in South Korean dramas. And even from brand new or unknown actors I'm consistently impressed by Koreans acting. From idol to actor as well (although granted watching IU the first time she acted was painful).
Is there some school or something that churns out amazing acting skills? Can I go? Like someone shed some light on this for me please rofl.
In South Korea I think the state invested in the entertainment industry, they can study drama at university. You can look it up on wiki. The agency system seems to provide a way for young entertainers to be supported, a bit like the old Hollywood system where you started out in B movies. There are some interviews on Youtube of entertainers that describe their experiences, positive and negative.
In the UK actors may do a degree, but a lot go to acting schools and then do theatre, if they are lucky they get in one of the big companies, so by the time they get on film they often have years of experience. It is only my opinion, that although sometimes you need someone who look the part, often US, Chinese dramas only want someone who looks good on camera, and often the scripts are poor, and they are doing them cheaply. Netflix spent about $14million an episode on The Crown.
The South Koreans seem to have found a balance of quality and quantity of output. It's going to be interesting to see how the world market affects their output. I like K drama because the scripts/stories are so diverse.
Yeahh, like what the other commenter said: South Korea seems to have more support for the entertainment industry. They have many training programs and there's also a bunch of schools (high schools and colleges) dedicated to the arts. They also seem to have a bunch of companies and places where you can learn and train professionally. Often in the US, I feel like they have places to go learn but unless it's like one of the top in the country it doesn't really come off as professional (at least to me). Also in the korean entertainment industry, I see more people starting off young or as a child actor/actress. I also think that often korean actors do a variety of movies and dramas, and dramas tend to be only 16 episodes long. I feel like they're getting much more experience from that versus the US where they often do years of a show or take years doing one project.
