As a communication arts student, I’ve had a glimpse of performing arts myself. I’ve a performing arts class for one semester during my sophomore year here in De la Salle University – Dasmarinas. I’ve experienced performing in front of a huge crowd for our final production in class. I can say that performing arts is something that can’t be eradicated. There are numerous amounts of people who values and support performing arts. Not just for us students who take communication arts or in the same field, but the ones who truly love performing arts. I can say that there are still people who do love performing arts.
Film may be booming at this age but performing arts is unavoidable. I’m also taking Media Production as my course track this semester, and my course track revolves mainly around the field of filmmaking. But I’m not saying that film has taken over the limelight of performing arts. My point is, that film and performing arts has their own audiences. They both have a different crowd.
I just don’t think that performing arts will lose its grip because of film. I don’t agree because I’ve had a chance to experience both even for a short amount of time. I just think that they both have different kinds of people who appreciate it, and clearly have their own way of appreciating it. Film supporters appreciate film by watching films available all over the place. While performing arts supporters appreciate performances by watching them in selected areas. Another thing that I can say is that all actors and actresses need to go through performing arts before anything else anyway. I guess performing arts is irremovable to the industry after all.
Spellbound is an exact example of this. It was a horror romantic comedy film. It is about a magician named Jo-goo, who falls in love with a woman named Yeo-ri, who apparently sees ghost and is being followed by one ghost from her past. Yeo-ri became an inspiration of all the magic performed by Jo-goo, and she eventually worked for their production. Yeo-ri is known to be an introvert in their workplace, she never socializes with anyone. She leaves alone in her apartment, with her family and friends separated from her.
But finally, Jo-goo invited Yeo-ri to go out to drink with their co-workers, and that’s when they started talking. Eventually, they fell in love with each other. As time goes by, they both discover that a ghost is following Yeo-ri from her past, her best friend who got killed in an accident. Her best friend was angry to Yeo-ri because during the accident, Yeo-ri was saved first by the rescue. She wanted to take revenge for having to die when they both had the chance to live. She hinders Yeo-ri from being happy by sabotaging all her happiness, even harming her loved ones.
For the rest of her life, Yeo-ri lived a quiet, isolated life because she didn’t want to harm others. But in the end of the film, she discovers that her best friend only wanted to get back what was hers, the necklace that Yeo-ri borrowed. After that, her best friend left Yeo-ri and Jo-goo alone with no danger and interruptions. They both were free to fall in love again.
I liked the movie. The camera works and technical jobs were amazing. I’m not even criticizing the film because the cinematography was excellent. I guess Korean filmmakers have that edge against other filmmakers. I just think that their cinematography works are very flawless and full of effort. They put so much work in to small details and scenes of the films that makes it even more appealing to its viewers. No wonder Korean films are thriving in the Philippines.
In regards with the plot or story of the film, it was very mainstream and basic to me. It’s just that films with plots like Spellbound are common and have become common to the eyes and ears in the film industry. Not even only in the Philippines, but all over the world.
I just think that the Korean film industry has their own edge in filmmaking for their efforts in filmmaking. If a film like Spellbound were to be produced here in the Philippines, it would clearly be not the same. I’m not saying that it would be bad; I just think that film viewers will see the significant difference of both films if it were produced in Philippines and Korea.
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