Day 7 - KBS Drama Centre

How many times have you watched a Korean drama and wondered what it’s like on the set of where your /oppas/ and /noonas/ film?

Too many times, that’s for sure. Well, at least for me.

And for the first time in Kimchi history, I went to the drama set in KBS not as a side dish, but as a guest who got to take a look at where many dramas have been filmed before.

We were first brought to an indoor set where the morning dramas are usually filmed. Rooms of different kinds were built side by side in the studio, so much so that had it not been for the lights hanging from the ceiling, it would’ve looked like there was a mini village within those four walls. What’s special though, is the fact that the sets are smaller than what appears on screen. This is so as the cameras make the set appear much bigger than what they really are.

However, the movie magic does not stop there.

Injuries and wounds that you see in dramas aren’t just the product of incredibly realistic makeup. At KBS, they have their own props studio where they use silicon to make fake limbs or bodies. There, they also painstakingly craft the props that are needed for their shows.

Moving outside, we were met with an even bigger set. What looks like an entire town is actually made up of plaster, and rocks that seemed solid could be pressed in and squished. KBS Drama Centre even built towns based on different eras, even renting their sets to other broadcasting companies should they need it.

It has always been a dream of mine to star in a k-drama, and although this wasn't my shot to fame, to have stepped on the same ground as my /oppas/ and /noonas/, how blessed I must be.

Written by Nicole as ODAO