• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.99-112
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• 2021

This paper aims to explore the glocal storytelling strategy of hero's journey content. Many digital games use hero's journey as a framework. However, it is also true that game storytelling is so common that it is soon recognized as a hero's journey. Therefore, this paper paid attention to the new hero's journey application method of the webtoon . The story created an atypical and Korean character on a typical hero's journey plot. It implements an alternative glocal storytelling aiming at harmony between the region and the world by presenting a regional character on a global universal plot.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.175-186
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• 2010

The development and expansion of American style mass media in 1938 created contemporary narratives comparable with the Greek narrative in the past, and one of the leaders is comic book 'Superman.' Although American hegemonism or expansionism was rejected by autonomous independent countries including the Third World nations, the heroic narratives transcending the diverse races and peoples in the U.S. were supported by mass cultures and media and had huge impacts on heroic narratives and various media in many other countries. In particular, 'Superman' occupies an epochal position in the history of comic books as it reinterpreted a universal and contemporary heroic narrative model into a Greek hero and a Christian hero and suggested it visually.

• Review of Culture and Economy
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.81-104
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• 2017

This study aims to examine the transformation of the heroic narrative in the successful Korean Wave drama. In this study, TV drama "Descendants of the Sun" which gained tremendous popularity at home and abroad was considered to be an example of the heroic narrative model proposed by Vogler. Further, two analysis points were identified as the critical factor of success: modern transformation and global transformation. Modern transformation is about distinct characteristics of Korea, found in three primary factors of the work: the setting up of a character, the development of events and the background set-up. Global transformation features universal value to attract foreign viewers by lowering cultural discount. In "Descendants of the Sun", humanism is considered to broaden the horizon of the work by affecting above three factors. In conclusion, It is the proper combination of these dual transformations that globalize Korean drama. In this regard, this study will be a meaningful attempt to shed light on the storytelling strategy of Korean dramas in terms of the heroic narrative.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.163-172
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• 2012

The hero is in the TV drama's long. TV drama Heroes historical blip on the public's desire to delegate to the body and its functions as an intensive, which have a specific period drama that soars like a hero's welcome and it is the communication between the viewer a sense of contemporary popular devices that can be separated. This study today, the various cultural areas which are becoming popular in Japan's historical hero 'Yoshitune' a heroic drama, the hero's narrative research stories In the analysis occupies an important place in the Joseph Campbell's 17 steps of heroic narrative, based on analysis achetype and adaptation. Campbell, 11 of the 17 stage dramas to apply different levels, and the omission of two steps, and shows a variation of the four stages, in order to relaunch the popular culture as the content selection and a constant strain was able to find out that you need.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.76-84
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• 2014

Despite the fact that culture and the industrial market is growing rapidly and becoming competitive, Disney animation studio has kept its reputation. They have their own know-how accumulated for a long time to stimulate the audience's sensibilities beyond time and space. This study is looking for the strategy of Disney animation using effects and forms of Hero's narrative. As a result, the original works have been adapted by 3 spaces of hero's narrative and songs was prepared according to the journey. Characters was constructed by combining original and it made an antithetical Antagonist and the triangle of helpmates. These strategies satisfy contemporary needs, as well as Disney's ideology using transformational resilience. Research will be needed to utilize the elements of culture through the analysis of the common strategy for success in spite of the time change.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.181-190
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• 2020

Asura: The City of Madness, which was released in 2017, attracted great attention even prior to its release with the combination of Director Kim Sung-su, and actors, Jung Woo-sung, Hwang Jung-min, Ju Ji-hoon and Kwak Do-won. Faithful to its genre as a crime film of film noir, Asura: The City of Madness created multi-layered issues by the overthrow of the archetypal hero character and variation of the heroic narrative structure drew diverse interpretations among both critics and viewers alike. This study aims at analyzing the heroic narrative structure of Asura: The City of Madness based on Christopher Vogler's "The Hero's Journey" and examining how the universality and typicality of narrative structures as mentioned by Vogler are applied to this film. Although the universal and typical characteristics of all narrative structures cannot be analyzed through Christopher Vogler's The Hero's Journey, five atypical characteristics could be derived from this film that deviate from the universality mentioned by Christopher Vogler by looking at the characteristics of the heroic narrative structure implemented as Han Do-kyung, the leading character and a "hero," proceeds through the 12 stages. This study examines which variations such atypical characteristics brought to the heroic narrative structures in crime films what has changed in audiences' expectations, and how it could work as an alternate narrative.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.315-320
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• 2013

The content of emerging hero is a material of many roles in the development of video content. In recent years, the hero story taking advantage of the powered suit are appearing, and the popularity is also high. The powered suit was first advocated by Robert Anson Heinlein called science fiction writer, and he contributed to creation of diverse and numerous powered suit content. In particular, the powered suit content combined with epic heroes has become popular with many crush to audiences. In this study, what is the powered suit content and analyzed characteristics within the content of the powered suit by content analysis of utilizing the powered suit materials. It is thought that the powered suit content is gaining popularity to a large audience because it focused on realistic, scientific storyline than a traditional hero narrative.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.63-70
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose a globally successful animation rhythm type. Based on the study of spatial variables in Campbell's heroic narrative and the study on the duration of shots in the video, the rhythm of the shot according to the spatial narrative of was analyzed. Through this, three conclusions were drawn. First, the basis for the visualization of narrative intensity is possible through the shot density of narrative, Second, a shot rhythm type was presented, which was presented as an ascending type, a descending type, a mountain type, a depressed type, and a complex type, and the characteristics of the narrative were analyzed. Third, the strength of the shot rhythm shown in the hero narrative spatial map model was divided into top, middle, and bottom, and the measurement criteria of narrative strength were presented. This study is meaningful in that it visualized and typified artistic emotions as objective data in the flow of animation content focused on philosophical and qualitative methods.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.85-95
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• 2015

This study examined adaptational aspects by analyzing culture contents, which use Jeju myth "Chasabonpuri" as a writing material. "Chasabonpuri" has a heroic narration of Ganglim, who becomes the grim reaper by solving the serious problem through a journey to the world beyond. Also, it has a value as an archetypal narration because of its reflection on Korean world view of afterlife. Culture contents, which use "Chasabonpuri" as a writing material, have features of 'accurate reproduction of heroic narration' (Ganglim who becomes the grim reaper), 'tragic conversion of narration through humanization' (The way home), 'extension of narration through merging with traditional and modern elements'(Together with God), 'Unique view of the world that reflects the contemporary trend' (Ghost Messenger).

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.149
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• pp.70-75
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• 2005

디지털 스토리텔링은 활자 속에 묻혀 있던 인문정신이 과학기술과 결합해 만들어진 새로운 문화 콘텐츠기법이다. 어려운 고전문학도 디지털 스토리텔링을 통해 쉽고 재미있고 다양한 이야기로 다시 태어난다. 디지털 스토리텔링 기술 중 특히 많은 사람에게 회고되는 것은 '영웅 스토리텔링'이다. 특히 게임의 경우 '영웅 서사'에 대한 이해만 확실하게 되어도 스토리텔링을 하는데 문제가 없다고 할 정도로, 스토리텔링의 기본을 '영웅 스토리'에 두고 있다. 영웅의 여행에 대한 스토리 텔링은 디지털콘텐츠에서 많은 이들의 사랑을 받는데 한몫해 왔다. 이번 호에는 많은 이들의 사랑을 받는 영웅 스토리텔링에 대해 집중적으로 살펴보고자 한다.