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An Animated Study Based on Games - based on the 12 Stages of Christopher Vogler's heroic journey

  • Kim, Tak Hoon (Animation/Digital Contents, Chungang University Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science and Multimedia) ;
  • Jeon, Cheon Hoo (Animation/Digital Contents, Chungang University Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science and Multimedia)
  • Received : 2018.12.12
  • Accepted : 2018.12.22
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

The commercial success of the game has also led to animation of the original game, especially the live version of The Street Fighter II in 1994 and a variety of videos of the game-based version, 2D Animation and 3D Animaion until now. But animations are not always successful because they are based on popular and commercially successful games. That's because when the original game was remade into an animation, the difference between the narrative structure of the original game story and the setting of the game and animation is striking. Nevertheless, a feature-length animation based on the Angry Birds game, which was released on May 19, 2016, has also been a huge commercial success, with this paper analyzing the case applied to the 12th stage of Christopher Vogler's hero's journey, Aengibird the Movie, and discussing the way in which the animation developed based on the game compared with other animations. Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood playwright, analyzed the structure of popular-loved movies based on the common narrative of the myth as the main motif of the mythologist Joseph Campbell. His narrative style is a hero's journey, using a total of 12 stages of epic narrative structure to help the protagonist find himself and achieve what he wants. Foreign heroes, adventure films as well as animations from big studios like Disney, Pixar, and Ghibli are using the story-development method of this Christopher Vogler.

게임의 상업적 성공에 힘입어 게임 원작의 애니메이션도 제작이 되었는데, 특히 1994년 <스트리트 파이터 II>로 시작해 현재까지 꾸준히 게임을 원작으로 한 실사판, 2D Animation, 3D Animaion의 영상이 다양하게 제작되고 있다. 그러나 대중적, 상업적으로 성공한 게임을 원작으로 애니메이션이 제작된다고 항상 흥행에 성공하진 않는다. 그 이유는 원작 게임이 애니메이션으로 다시 제작 되었을 때, 원작 게임 스토리의 서사 구조, 그리고 게임과 애니메이션의 설정에 대한 차이점이 두드러지기 때문이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 2016년 5월 19일에 개봉된, <앵그리버드> 게임을 원작으로 한 <앵그리버드 더 무비> 장편 애니메이션은 상업적으로도 큰 성공을 거두었는데, 본 논문에서는 크리스토퍼 보글러의 영웅의 여행 12단계가 <앵그리버드 더 무비>에 적용된 사례를 분석하고 다른 애니메이션과 비교하여 게임을 원작으로 한 애니메이션의 효과적인 서사 구조 발전방향에 관해 논의하고자 한다. 크리스토퍼 보글러는 헐리우드의 극작가로 신화 연구자인 조셉 캠밸의 <천의 얼굴을 가진 영웅>을 주 모티브로 신화의 공통된 서사 방식을 바탕으로 대중의 사랑을 받는 영화의 구조를 분석했다. 그가 정리한 서사방식은 영웅의 여행으로써 총 12단계의 서사구조를 통해 이야기 속 주인공이 자아를 찾고 원하는 바를 이루어내는 과정을 시나리오 작법에 응용했다. 해외의 영웅, 모험 영화들 뿐만 아니라 우리가 잘 알고 있는 디즈니, 픽사, 지브리 등 대형 제작사에서 나온 애니메이션들도 이 크리스토퍼 보글러의 이야기 전개 방식을 많이 응용하고 있다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : Chung-Ang University

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