중일전쟁 이전 시기 한반도에서의 뉴스영화, 그 역사적 궤적 및 특수성 연구 ― 일본과의 관련성과 더불어

Abstract

This study focuses on empirical facts of the newsreels in Chosun from the Korean Empire era until the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese war: what kinds of newsreels were produced and screened, how they changed along with turbulent times, and how they were related to the Japanese newsreels of the same period. In the newsreels of the late 19th century, Koreans were a subject as ‘the other’. Later, Western ego who held the camera had been replaced with Japanese one in the course of the events such as Russo-Japanese War, Eulsa Treaty, the abdication of Emperor Gojong, the disbandment of Korean army, the deprivation of jurisdiction and police power, and Japan-Korea Annexation treaty of 1910. As Japan colonized Korean Peninsula, the Korean Empire was swung back to ‘Chosun’. At this time movie screening was systemized with Kyungsung as the center in Chosun. In the motion picture theatres which were segregated into Korean and Japanese by both nation and language, the newsreels of western countries and Japan exhibited specific facts and world views. In 1920s, when Japan’s Colonial policies against Korea were converted to cultural ruling, (silence) film production got quite active. Many documentary films began to be produced by the enforcement agency, Governor- General of Korea and also movie theater, Dansungsa. In the late 1920s, Koreans started to try newsreel production with the support from newspaper agency, the Korean newspaper, Donga- Sanggong -Film -News, Korean. However, this movement was to decline due to the Sino-Japanese war(1937) which broke out.