Special 8 Photo-Folio Reaction Film #1
The world of pictorial is tough Behind one brilliant and beautiful photo lies the hard work and
anguish of numerous people In 2021, seven men jumped into
the tough world of pictorial Why and how did they jump into the world of pictorial?
[The reason why the seven men
joined the world of pictorial] What will the photos look like?
We'll see them right now
[And the photos will be revealed now] Nice job That sounded like "Unanswered Questions" I'm at the edge of my seat Along the years we shot a lot of pictorials Do you remember them all? Sure, there were a lot The winter package, summer package -Something else
-We did some overseas
[Shot pictorials all over the world] But compared to the ones before
our shoot this time is very very very very different! From coming up with the concept
to selecting the photos the members were directly involved in creating this special photobook
[A photobook project with
the members' personal touch!] The so-called Special 8 Photo-Folio Photo-Folio Photo-Folio! Fofo Fofo! fofo? It was our first time doing this
How did you find it? A fofo! It was fun We each decided on a concept and took pictures according to that I have no idea -what the other members did
-Yeah, I'm curious
[(Curious)] I prefer it when others plan it for me Alright It's time to introduce our photos
[Time to reveal each other's photos!] The first set of photos
we'll reveal to ARMY is our group photoshoot
[First set of photos is a group version] Do you remember the group photos we took? -Of course
-Yeah! It was a pretty long time ago We took the group photos a long time ago -It was almost two years ago
-We took them across a year
[1.5 years ago from when this clip was up] We were directly involved in it so we're even more fond of it and I'm very excited at
the thought of showing them to ARMY Yes, I'm looking forward to it as well -It's time to show them to ARMY now
-Let's go!
[A picture is worth a thousand words] -Let's reveal the first concept photos
-Let's go!
[Revealing the first group shoot concept!] We look so close There was a shutter button, right? Yeah, we pressed it ourselves This looks like photos from a photo booth The one taken from above looks great -It looks great
-It's like we're friends at a photo studio The concept for these photos was a "self photo studio"
[The "self photo studio" concept
captured their natural selves] We took it like we were
taking friendship photos so the photos look very natural We took them before photos
like these became the trend We did it first! It's like BTS led the trend But ours is the latest to be revealed Are you watching, Gen MZ? We took one where we entered the cut in
order of who entered the company first Yeah We took individual cuts too, right? Check out the individual photos in the photobook!
[Check out more photos in the photobook!] I'm really curious about
the next concept photos I think this contains a lot of
pretty photos that people would like Oh, that one? I'm really looking forward to that one It was great It smelled of cow manure (?) It reminded me of my childhood days
[What's the concept they all related to?] Let's see the photos!
[Reminiscing / Revealing the next photos!] The soccer field! This concept is called
the Cheerful BTS Sports Day How cheerful Sports day! The sky was overcast that day That was a bit disappointing…
We went there around three times We went there several times We played tug of war really hard But doesn't the cloudy sky make it look more like a real sports day?
[Realism 613% /
The cloudy sky made it realistic] Yeah, it was never sunny on sports day -That's true
-It was always cloudy We actually did a sports day back then We did Yeah, we played ball too The font and all that Aren't they kind of old school? -No
-Isn't that from the mid '90s?
[Is that from our generation?] "Victory" I think we had that
when I was in grade school -We had than in grade school
-"Gather, unite"
[Sudden trip down memory lane] Yeah? I don't think I did But the main event during our sports day was the class T-shirts
[We had class T-shirts!] Yeah, class T-shirts in middle school
[The sports day reminded them
of their student years] So we took some group photos How was it? Did the photos
turn out they way you imagined?
[Q.
Did you like the group photos?] I'll remember it forever The studio photos look nice -The studio photos look great
-The studio photos look nice
[Especially liked the "self studio" concept] But, guys! It's not over yet! If there are group photos
there are individual photos too! I can't wait to see them! This is the main event -I have no idea how the members photos are
-Me neither
[Haven't seen each other's concepts and photos] We know nothing about each other's
individual photoshoot concepts -They wouldn't show us!
-We know nothing We haven't shared them
with each other yet… -I can't wait to see it!
-Now! Let's start with Jung Kook! Then I'll go first…
[Jung Kook is the first up for
the Special 8 Photo-Folio project!] Whoa! -You look like a rock star!
-Are you Dracula?! You're a vampire You look good -You look good!
-That's a very conceptual photo
[Receiving a flood of praises] You took the photos
like a music video jacket Cool, you're Dracula! You look like a vampire Yeah, that was the concept I heard you brought up the "RGB" keyword
[Selected the "RGB" keyword himself?] -Is it true?
-It is! You're a genius Oh, sure "RGB" is normally Blue, Green, and Red -But I went with Black, Grey, and Red
-That's nice!
[Jung Kook replaced
RED, GREEN, BLUE with RED, GREY, BLACK] RGB!
[Oh JK!] Where did you get your inspiration from?
[Q.
What inspired the keyword "RGB"?] I like dark monochrome colors And I was thinking about it and I thought
'What are some conceptual ideas?' And this is like an actual concept -I love how conceptual it is
-We don't usually get to do that So I thought it would be the most suitable
[Came up with "Vampire" while thinking
about concepts they don't normally work on] Alright! OK! Let's look at Jimin's photos next -I'm curious!
-I can't wait to see Jimin's photos
[Next up is Jimin's photos] -I took conceptual photos too…
-Wow! Are you an angel? I tried a lot of things What's your concept? -It's kind of…
-You even built a set
[Jimin is shy from all the attention] What is this! What's this! This really looks like an album jacket Like personas I wanted to express various emotions
[Jimin expressed his journey
of finding his own self] Hey, Jimin! Honestly, Jimin's the only one
who can pull this off among us Jimin, I really hoped
you would try this concept -You did?
-Yeah -It turned out so well
-It really suits Jimin -It really suits you!
-You look like a swordsfighter!
[All agree the concept suits him perfectly!] Thank you for the kind words -You wore a lot of clothes
-What do the mannequins mean? I just…
[Q.
What do the mannequins
in the photos mean?] wanted to express another me… -Aren't they too tall to be another you?
-I was pretty taken aback too
[Mischief mode ON] But that was the shortest
mannequin they had -It was?
-Yeah -You look like a cool boss down there
-Yeah, you look cool
[We could look into Jimin's various personas] Mine looks too natural Natural's nice too
[SUGA is worried after seeing
Jung Kook & Jimin's conceptual photos] It's not fun if all
the photos are conceptual Mine's natural too OK, that was cool
I loved the photos There's one more photoshoot I want to see Someone crossed the Pacific and did the photoshoot in
both Korea and the States -Who's that?
-That would be me Isn't that Namjoon? Wow, look! You look good! I took some at a park in LA and this is an art gallery in Korea Cool -You took them at an art gallery?
-Cool And that was in the desert That's so cool! Not bad! I took them in three locations
and my concept was just showing various sides of myself
as both Kim Namjoon and RM
[RM expressed "his genuine self"] They look like photos from a magazine Everyone looks great! Is that a bike? It's an electric bike Because I can't ride a motorbike
[Detailed selection /
Even the prop is so like Kim Namjoon] That's more realistic I actually rode the electric bike That's pretty This isn't natural at all Did you rent the location for the day? Yes, we rented the gallery -and the park for the day in advance
-The fans would really like it
[Participated in renting the location
and getting approval for the work himself!] That's cool Anyway, let's move on!
[RM's individual photos gave us
a peek into his personal taste] [Whose photos will we see next?] They all look like Yoongi You could make that face after a drink! How could you do that when you're sober! -They asked me for it
-They did? They must have asked me for it I can tell what Taehyung was going for Yes, that's a masterpiece! Isn't it so trendy? It's not obvious Oh, so that was when this was taken Oh, what's that?! That's it! That's so cool!
