In today’s society, in which OSMU (One-Source Multi-Use) is a driving force to lead the cultural contents industry, the release of a movie based on a game with a sound may significantly affect people whose profession is in music. Out of the movies w...
In today’s society, in which OSMU (One-Source Multi-Use) is a driving force to lead the cultural contents industry, the release of a movie based on a game with a sound may significantly affect people whose profession is in music. Out of the movies which originated from a game utilizing OSMU, the study conducted research into a movie originated from a game which has been deemed as highly related to music and proposed a direction for Korean film musicians in relation to music through the research.
First, the study forecasted that an action genre that arose out of video games is frequently shown in the movies which originated from games chosen for the research into and the classification and the analysis of movies made from games, and even on-line games may be able to be produced as a movie according to their storylines.
Also, after researching current conditions through various statistical data, the study found that a game and a movie takes the great market share of the Korean market, and promotional policies have been actively pursued on a governmental level, including the outlook of the Korean game and movie industries, respectively, and the human resource structure and national policy supports. Accordingly, the study expected a positive outlook for the production of a game as a movie in Korea.
Also, the study analyzed related Korean situations through simple research into foreign composers as well as the current Korean game/movie music composers, identified problems, and pointed out solutions.
Finally, the study selected <Silent Hill>, a movie based on a game, for research and looked at the description of the movie and the procedure for the production of a game as a movie. In addition, the study’s conclusions concerning the production of a movie from a Korean game may propose a new direction for Korean game/movie musicians through research into Akira Yamaoka (山岡晃, 1968~), a composer of two movies.