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Entertainment agency Jenstars CEO Wang Ki-jun is focusing his efforts on fostering new actors through the "Wang Acting Academy." As a veteran in the management industry, he is building his own acting education system with "media acting" that is directly connected to the field.
Star News recently met CEO Wang, who wants to be a "bridge to life" for aspiring actors, and listened to his firm acting philosophy as the director of the Wang Acting Academy. Wang Yeoyeon Academy, which opened in 2022, is an educational project launched by CEO Wang based on his long-term management experience and know-how.
"The Wang Acting Academy is about teaching real media acting. It's not stage acting, it's about educating acting optimized for broadcasting and video media. At audition sites, casting directors often say they are "really good at acting on the show."
Representative Wang reiterated the importance of 'media acting'. This is because they know better than anyone else the need for practical acting that can be used immediately in the field beyond academic acting education. The core of the media acting he defines is to show 'I'. It is different from the way only characters are shown on stage. Representative Wang said, "The media acting is different. You have to show me first and tell me what you think," he said.
The Wang Acting Academy places importance on the process of discovering one's own charm, not cramming education. This philosophy leads to the academy's own curriculum. Representative Wang explained the essence of acting in two words: "sympathy" and "sympathy." He said, "Acting requires empathy and communication. Empathy is one-sided. Communion is a two-way thing. The two sympathies are sympathetic," he said. Accordingly, the curriculum of the Wang Acting Academy is centered on empathy training through monologue and communion training through multi-person drama.
In order to maximize on-the-job performance, the instructors were also formed with current actors of supporting roles or higher. "Teachers are people with know-how and senses in the field," CEO Wang said. "They already know how to read and how to analyze characters."
In particular, CEO Wang is focusing on correcting the "hard acting" that new actors commonly experience. When actors wander without knowing the correct answer to acting, the Wang Acting Academy offers a clearer answer. This is possible because CEO Wang has accumulated know-how and data from the field.
CEO Wang said, "When acting, I often hear 'drag' a lot, but actors don't even know how to relax," adding, "Casting directors and directors use expressions such as 'drag' and 'excessive,' but they don't understand well." It is a know-how that can be found only after a certain amount of years of consideration. He expressed confidence, saying, "It is the Wang Acting Academy that relaxes that power."
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