A plethora of formats and production techniques were highlighted during the Korea format showcase at Mip London on Monday.
The Studio Meta-K presentation was heavily AI-focused. CEO Kim Kwang Jibn said that the costs of K-drama has tripled in the past three years and setting up an AI production pipeline has dramatically reduced production costs. The company is deploying different technologies such as digital doubles, game engine, deepfake and generative AI to create worlds and characters that are entirely AI generated. Kim highlighted the companyโs โSeasonโ project that features AI virtual music artists based on the four seasons.ย
The formats showcased by Studio Meta-K at Mip London include โCompetition for Queenโs Throne,โ a historical musical romantic comedy, based on a hit web novel; โGrand Master Hani Park,โ a dimensional shift fantasy on the lines of โThe Witcherโ; and thriller โWave of Fate.โ
The highlight of Sangsang Bandโs presentation was science factual format โMonster Space,โ that looks at architectural spaces around the world โ like concentration camps, torture chambers and suicide forests โ that drain the life out of people with their violent, dangerous and chilling atmospheres. ย
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Studio CRโs โNanny Online: Flower Kids Projectโ follows a worldwide parenting communication program powered by collective intelligence and the companyโs โPark Your Prizeโ format will see contestants complete five stages of parking missions and answer five quiz questions within a limited time to win $50,000.
Apollo Picturesโ โTime Traveler: Timeless Legacyโ has a protagonist seeking the key to a box containing his grandmotherโs will who meets a time traveler and slips back to the 1930s. Boda Media Groupโs factual series โHouse of Crimeโ tackles animal crime, animal rescue and animal rights.
โDivorce Attorney Shinโ company HiGround presented historical drama โFlower Blooming on a Bladeโ; a Korean remake of Ted Danson and Kristen Bell series โThe Good Placeโ; occult horror โVigilatio: Awakeningโ; and โThe Age of Filiarch,โ which is a drama-comedy.
BigHouse Entertainment highlighted children only survival format โThe Little Summitโ; music/travel reality show โSymphony on the Roadโ; and Season 3 of gastronomy documentary series โRoyal Table.โ
From Imaginus came sci-fi thriller โFaustersโ; historical fiction โMadame Jadeโ; and โRomance Scam,โ which is a drama-thriller-expose. AStory presented โIdol + I,โ a thriller where a K-pop idol is accused of murder; action-comedy โThe Badge Brother: Bounty Hunterโ; fantasy-romance โ340 Daysโ; and wrestling-themed period drama โRiki.โย
These presentations were followed by a session where 17 trailers from Koreaโs top studios were played across a gamut of scripted and non-scripted genres.
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A plethora of formats and production techniques were highlighted during the Korea format showcase at Mip London on Monday.
The Studio Meta-K presentation was heavily AI-focused. CEO Kim Kwang Jibn said that the costs of K-drama has tripled in the past three years and setting up an AI production pipeline has dramatically reduced production costs. The company is deploying different technologies such as digital doubles, game engine, deepfake and generative AI to create worlds and characters that are entirely AI generated. Kim highlighted the companyโs โSeasonโ project that features AI virtual music artists based on the four seasons.ย
The formats showcased by Studio Meta-K at Mip London include โCompetition for Queenโs Throne,โ a historical musical romantic comedy, based on a hit web novel; โGrand Master Hani Park,โ a dimensional shift fantasy on the lines of โThe Witcherโ; and thriller โWave of Fate.โ
The highlight of Sangsang Bandโs presentation was science factual format โMonster Space,โ that looks at architectural spaces around the world โ like concentration camps, torture chambers and suicide forests โ that drain the life out of people with their violent, dangerous and chilling atmospheres. ย
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Studio CRโs โNanny Online: Flower Kids Projectโ follows a worldwide parenting communication program powered by collective intelligence and the companyโs โPark Your Prizeโ format will see contestants complete five stages of parking missions and answer five quiz questions within a limited time to win $50,000.
Apollo Picturesโ โTime Traveler: Timeless Legacyโ has a protagonist seeking the key to a box containing his grandmotherโs will who meets a time traveler and slips back to the 1930s. Boda Media Groupโs factual series โHouse of Crimeโ tackles animal crime, animal rescue and animal rights.
โDivorce Attorney Shinโ company HiGround presented historical drama โFlower Blooming on a Bladeโ; a Korean remake of Ted Danson and Kristen Bell series โThe Good Placeโ; occult horror โVigilatio: Awakeningโ; and โThe Age of Filiarch,โ which is a drama-comedy.
BigHouse Entertainment highlighted children only survival format โThe Little Summitโ; music/travel reality show โSymphony on the Roadโ; and Season 3 of gastronomy documentary series โRoyal Table.โ
From Imaginus came sci-fi thriller โFaustersโ; historical fiction โMadame Jadeโ; and โRomance Scam,โ which is a drama-thriller-expose. AStory presented โIdol + I,โ a thriller where a K-pop idol is accused of murder; action-comedy โThe Badge Brother: Bounty Hunterโ; fantasy-romance โ340 Daysโ; and wrestling-themed period drama โRiki.โย
These presentations were followed by a session where 17 trailers from Koreaโs top studios were played across a gamut of scripted and non-scripted genres.
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