Japan-Korea Joint Workshop in Jeju / August 26-30, 2024
From August 26 to 30, 2024, a joint workshop was held at Content Korea Lab Jeju for film students from Japan and Korea. The workshop aimed to promote human resource exchange and enhance the film culture and industry between the two countries. Through collaboration, the goal was to explore international co-production while fostering trust among young creators and contributing to the development of a rich Asian cultural landscape.
Prior to the workshop, 12 students researched the myths of Jeju Island and submitted character sketches. Upon arrival, students were organized into teams of four, with two students from Japan and two from Korea in each team. On the second day, after two lecture sessions—one by a Jeju mythology writer and another by an animation director—each team planned their project. On the morning of the third day, three teams presented their project plans, and during the final presentation on the evening of the fourth day, each team showcased a four-cut animation.
Organized by Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan) and Korea National University of Arts
Operated by: Korea National University of Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts
Secretariat: Korea National University of Arts and UNIJAPAN
PARTICIPANTS
Cheju Halla University
KIM Dong Hwan | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Industrial Design
SHIN Hyeon Seob | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Industrial Design
Korea National University of Arts
HEO Yunseo | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Animation
LEE Jeong Hyun | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Animation
KIM Gayoung | 2nd-year Undergraduate Student, Animation
KIM Nahyun | 2nd-year Undergraduate Student, Animation
Musashino Art University
SODA Futaba | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Imaging Arts and Sciences
UTSUMI Mei | 3rd-year Undergraduate Student, Imaging Arts and Sciences
Tama Art University
HYODO Ayumu | 4th-year Undergraduate Student, Graphic Design
OKADA Kazuna | 4th-year Undergraduate Student, Graphic Design
Tokyo University of the Arts
shi | 2nd-year Undergraduate Student, Intermedia Art
UETABIRA Aruki | 1st-year Undergraduate Student, Intermedia Art
STAFF
Guest lecturers
OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka | Animation Director
YEOYEON | Writer
Cheju Halla University
SUNG Woong | Professor
Korea National University of Arts
LEE Jungmin | Professor
KWAK Youngjin | Professor
LEE Kyunghwa | CAMPUS Asia Coordinator
OH Sang-a | CAMPUS Asia Coordinator
Musashino Art University
TAKAYA Tomoko | Lecturer
Tama Art University
HORAGUCHI Yusuke | Lecturer
Tokyo University of the Arts
OKAMOTO Mitsuko | Professor
HACHIYA Kazuhiko | Professor
EGUCHI Asako | Coordinator
ITO Keigo | Research Assistant
UNIJAPAN
KOMATSU Machiko | staff
JEJU CONTENTS AGENCY
Team A
Member: : KIM Dong Hwan, LEE Jeong Hyun, UETABIRA Aruki, UTSUMI Mei
Based on Jeju myth: “Seolmundae Halmang”
Final format: Promotional video
Animation technique: 2D digital drawing, Cut-outs
Outline:
What is believed to be Jeongbang Falls is actually Seolmundae Halmang’s skirt. As Seolmundae Halmang lifts her skirt and walks across Jeju Island, she urinates along the way. Wherever her urine touches the ground, flowers, trees, and crops spring to life.
Team B
Member: KIM Nahyun, HEO Yunseo, HYODO Ayumu, SODA Futaba
Based on Jeju myth: “An Interpretation of the I-gong Epic (Story of Seocheon Flower Garden”)
Final format: Promotional video
Animation technique: 2D digital drawing
Concept:
Promoting Jeju mythology by visually and audibly expressing the power of flowers that Hallakgungi possesses.
Outline:
Certain flowers have different effects: some make people laugh, some cause conflict, and others have the power to take lives. The flower with the power to save lives brought Hallakgungi’s mother back to life, reuniting them.
Team C
Member: KIM Gayoung, OKADA Kazuna, SHIN Hyeon Seob, shi
Based on Jeju myth: “An Interpretation of the I-gong Epic (Story of Seocheon Flower Garden”)
Final format: Short film
Animation technique: 2D digital drawing
Concept:
Daily life in the Seocheon flower garden.
Outline:
After everything is over, Hallakgungi becomes a flower inspector, we imagined his life in this new role. As a flower inspector in the Seocheon Flower Garden, Hallakgungi spends his days watering the garden, catching troublemakers, and punishing them.