Cinematization of the original works is one of the primary methods in film production at the planning stage. And it makes commercial movies’ production more stable. Film production begins with finding good stories. One of the ways of writing good sc...
Cinematization of the original works is one of the primary methods in film production at the planning stage. And it makes commercial movies’ production more stable. Film production begins with finding good stories. One of the ways of writing good scenarios is editing the original art works.
The original works are to be reproduced into the certain frame that the film requires due to its difference in its medium, where they are cinematized. This paper analyzes as to how the original work is different from the film scenario. Thorough deep investigation, it exemplifies the adoption of original works of film scenarios found in the Korean-movie, “화차”, produced by, Yongju Byeon, from the point of view of film planning.
The examination on Korean-movie, <Hwacha> is carried out, not by comparing the original work and its filming scenario according to their differences in Narrative Structure, but by comparing the two from the point of view of filmmaking.
This study's analysis elements are plots, characters, conflicts etc. And the analysis on the structures of the scenario of this paper is carried out according to the methodology presented by “Syd Field” from his scenario paradigm.
The Korean movie, <Hwacha> shows well-structured plots with profound understandings on the differences in characteristic of medium, when reproduced from original works to film scenario. Also it extends its theme according to the recognition of cultural differences between in which the original work is written and the present, and of the today’s controversial issues so that the audience can understand this movie without feeling alienated from the content.
The Korean-movie, <Hwacha>, demonstrates characteristics of writing scenarios from original art works as one of the most important examples showing that only well-systematized planning and sufficiency in term of developing films, can help reproduce a big hit movie containing current cultural trends and controversial issues.