Psychological and Occupational Study of The Labor of Film Korean Production Workers– Focus on Interviews

Abstract

This study aims to investigate what type of labor Korean film production workers actually experience in the film industry, what kind of occupational identity they form based on, and experience labor instability. In order to perform this, the researcher focused on the quality of the independent experience of film production workers. Furthermore, this study answered the question, 'How do Korean filmmakers actually accept their working lives?' As a theoretical model, film labor was examined based on good and bad labor presented by Hesmondhalgh and Baker. To this end, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 film production workers in different occupations. Through this, the researcher was able to derive the characteristics and meanings of good labor conditions and bad labor in film production.