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Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed those articles :).

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed them! "The Visual Mastery of Come and Hug Me" while it's technically an analysis of the visual cues implemented in that drama, has a some information regarding colors (light temperature) as well as some points about color psychology. You might find that one interesting as well :)

You can find all my other articles here: https://kisskh.at/profile/3GGG

Or, to bring it back to startup, "to get lost without a map" (I'm paraphrasing because i dont remember the actual quote lol).

I'm happy if my response helped you in any way. To be frank, most people end up working in different areas than what they intended to when they picked up their careers. So, rather than pressure yourself to decide something, know that there's always wiggle room to do other things. The most important thing in life is that you feel fulfilled :).

Perhaps that's why I'm liking Start-Up so much. Although they aren't heavily focusing on the work aspect, I enjoyed the overall message. That no matter your background, no matter your failures or your accomplishment, it's never too late to try something new. And it's never too late to also change your dream and shoot for something else.

In fact, a close friend of mine tried to do a career in the food industry for years. She loved it, but the pay was horrible and the workplaces left a lot to be desired. Then one day... she decided she was going to learn coding (and this is years after she'd finished her undergrad). She was scared but she was willing to plunge into that unknown. The result is that she's happy now. Happier than when she was working at the food industry. So you never know what's going to happen until it does. :)

If you want to work in advertising (as in an advertising agency) I'll share something I was told again and again by my professors while doing my masters in San Francisco... which is that the burn out rate is quite high.

In my experience, I'd say you really need a though skin too to deal with clients and accommodate them. I ended up preferring branding over working on advertising campaigns because it was much easier to find clients and it was easier to deal with them while helping them build their brand. Having said that, as I was independent, I always had to struggle to get the last payment which was a stressful experience. No matter if the client was big or small, this was always an issue.

From those I graduated with, I believe only a few continue to work in advertising while the rest ended up working in other things.

For me, my choices were excellent. Because while I no longer work doing advertising for others, I approach creating the products (3D assets) my brother and I sell as mini-branding projects (noticing trends, listening to customers, and building our promos/copy geared towards sending out our most important message).

Apologies for the incredibly long response, but the important thing is to make the best of whatever you decide. What you study may not end up becoming yout career, but that's okay. You should approach your studies as tools in your arsenal, knowing that they will help you no matter what you end up doing once you finish school.

PS: you can always shoot me a PM if you ever feel lost and feel I could offer some respite :)

I think if this drama was released 5 years ago, perhaps you'd be right about NDS being the endgame (because dramas back then allowed the ML to get away with A LOT). But i don't think rewarding someone who lied and reaped what someone else sowed while simultaneously being dishonest with his own sense of self, would work with today's audiences and expectations.

We shall see what happens, but I don't think HJP is out of the game just yet! :)

I LOVE everything and everyone in this show! Such a hidden gem!

I really liked mastering in art direction and i learned a lot on how to build visuals with a concept. I think the strongest this is that in advertising you are shown to think conceptually and build everything in favor of relaying the client's most important message. However, my undergrad merged excellently with my master ; as it was my undergrad that gave me the bases to think conceptually.

That said, i worked very little in advertising and did branding instead. Then, out of nowhere, an opportunity to design, create and sell 3D assets appeared. I gave that a shot, teaming up with my youngest brother, and I've never looked back. I LOVE what i do currently. It's creative work with good, stable pay that never feels boring.

Are you wondering what you will study by any chance?

Aww thank you. I might give it a shot as a hobby. Though i would have a hard time trying to update it daily. So perhaps i could use it to share my view of certain dramas as they air. We shall see :)

Thank you for reading! I'm happy you found the information useful. I'd be interesting on finding the example where you felt the cinematography was overdone and overpowered the actors. Do you recall which drama gave you that impression?

Sure :)

Except that Dal Mi can grow more with HJP (who is a self made man and who, once upon a time, stood where she is now). And NDS has more room to grow with Alex. That's simply the nature of growth. You need someone to push and guide you. HJP does that with Dal Mi. Whereas NDS only gives her praise, which will make her feel good but wont necessarily help with her growth.

Thank you for your kind words! I never thought about creating a blog, tbh. I would probably be terrible at advertising it, though, since i dont really use social media.

You can already read some of them if you check my profile. I think you may really enjoy the visual cues ones, as they will show you want certain type of framing and shots mean :).

Hahaha what we do for greatly written characters!

So many interesting things! I've never really given much thought to how much impact a drama's marketing and real-life culture could and might impact a drama. Though I still think that if they didn't plan this, then they need to have a word with their writer because everything points to HJP if we only look at the drama's plot.

I indeed took some film classes but I majored in communications and then mastered in advertising (art direction), so I tend to like analyzing not only the visuals but the writing as well. In my undergrad I took a lot of literature, writing, design and film classes so I've been trained to look at the details and see the big picture.

If you enjoy the way I write and you've seen "Come and Hug Me", I invite you to read the article I wrote a while back "Visual Mastery of Come and Hug Me" as I analyzed everything about that beautiful drama. I also have some articles where I explain common visual cues found in K-dramas that I wrote a year ago here. https://kisskh.at/profile/3GGG

I've always felt that Do San's endgame was to go with Alex to San Francisco, as that's the only way he'll get more growth in his area of expertise. I do think he may come back after 3 years and he'll be more honest and mature about his own feelings. But, at that point, I think he'll have established a friendship with both Dal Mi and even HJP.

Interesting! I didn't see the preview, so it may very well tie in with that. I really want to write an article regarding food scenes in K-dramas and what they signify, but I'm currently trying to finish Analyzing Tags and I have some Motifs in K-dramas articles already planned, but I'm thinking I can certainly add the food topic to that one.

If you analyze the sort of relationship Dal Mi and HJP have established, you'll notice it's one of nourishment. So the exchange of food falls in line with that. Even with grandma, HJP's relationship with her was established through nourishment.

I'll see if I can dig up all my comments and maybe add them to my feed? Mmmm or maybe I can put them all together in a discussion, so it would be easier to track lol. Tomorrow is a free day here, so I'll see if I can get it done :).

I agree that NDS is written very immature. Even his love towards Dal Mi feels a bit more like infatuation. I can't see him as the end game because staying with Dal-Mi would stunt his growth. We still see him making rash decisions based on the fear of losing her coupled with his insecurities and almost an identity crisis. Until he figures out who he is, he will always try to accomodate others and never pursue things for himself.

I also feel it was very deliberate that HJP's scene with Dal Mi happened in a restaurant. And that he was considerate enough to mix her noodles. Because in K-dramas eating food = nourishment. And it's always an important scene when two characters share a meal. And it was in that scene that HJP also thanks her for when she gifted him food and remarked how delicious it was. In a way, they are nourishing each other.