Although the SBS drama ‘Kim Bujang’ ended last July, its roughly three-minute action scene has become a topic of discussion again.
The reason is that a case study on the production of this scene was presented at the Broadcast Media Artificial Intelligence Seminar held in Seoul on September 10.
The important point is that artificial intelligence was used not to add a few shots, but to produce the entire action sequence that forms a continuous story.
3-Line Summary
1. The 3-minute action scene in ‘Kim Bujang’ was produced with AI.
2. The team created 1,000 images and 2,000 videos.
3. The key was the verification process after generation.
How the Entire 3-Minute Scene Was Created
The Korea Communications Commission and the Korea Radio Promotion Association held the ‘2026 Broadcast Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Talent Development Seminar’ in Seoul on September 10 and introduced a case study on the composition of artificial intelligence action footage for the SBS drama ‘Kim Bujang.’
According to an SBS report, the entire scene, approximately 3 minutes long, was produced with artificial intelligence in ‘Kim Bujang.’ This differs from adding individual effects shots. The explanation was that the flow in which the protagonist, Kim Bujang, recalls a past mission was created as a single sequence.
Solution News reported that the production team created approximately 1,000 artificial intelligence images and approximately 2,000 videos, then selected and used 289 cuts from them. The planning took 1 month, while production took 2 months. The resulting footage may be short, but this means that the team first created a large amount of selectable material and then chose the shots for the scene.
Verifying Characters Was More Difficult Than Generation
When creating footage with artificial intelligence, a face other than the desired character may appear. Solution News reported that the influence of training data caused the faces of famous actors to become mixed in, and that the production team established a verification process for each generated character.
The most noteworthy aspect of this case is not whether production time was reduced, but that verification was included in the production process. As the amount of generated images and videos increases, so does the task of determining whether they fit the characters in the drama and whether unwanted faces or elements have been mixed in.
Therefore, it is difficult to regard the statement ‘made with AI’ alone as meaning automated production. It is more accurate to understand the 3-minute scene in ‘Kim Bujang’ as a case in which the necessary cuts were selected from numerous generated results rather than used immediately.
Discussion Expanded to Broadcast Production Beyond Dramas
The same seminar also introduced cases involving the production of the MBC variety program ‘Rookie Director Kim Yeon-koung’ and real-time artificial intelligence subtitles and on-screen commentary for the 2026 North and Central America World Cup. Cases involving the production and transmission of AI voice-based radio news and the automation of video post-production were also included among the presentations.
The Korea Communications Commission stated that it hoped the event would serve as an opportunity to improve broadcasting workers’ understanding of and ability to use artificial intelligence technology. This is not a definitive announcement that all future broadcast production will change in the same way. However, the case of ‘Kim Bujang’ will remain an example showing how planning, generation, selection, and verification are connected, rather than merely supporting the single statement that artificial intelligence replaced filming.
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