영화기획적 측면에서 본 각색영화 연구 -소설 『살인자의 기억법』을 각색한 영화 <살인자의 기억법>을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the method of delivery of a novel and a film and the issues to be considered in adaptation for film planning development through comparison between the novel <Ma Memoire Assassine = Memoir of a Murderer> and the film <Memoir of a Murderer>. There are three different types of the relationship between a ‘novel’ and a ‘film’ in the manner of developing a ‘story.’ The first type is when a film faithfully represents a novel. The second type is when a film and a novel are harmoniously advocating each other. The third type is when a novel is only a starting point for a film. This research considers the interrelationship between the novel <Memoir of a Murderer> and the film <Memoir of a Murderer> as the second type, and demonstrates its thematic consciousness and aesthetic value. While the novel <Memoir of a Murderer> explores ‘the existential fears facing in two-fold nightmare which consists of the world around the protagonist and the world that he believes he has destroyed,’ the film <Memoir of a Murderer> simplifies it to ‘paternal love to save his daughter from the murderer.’ The novel <Memoir of a Murderer> abstracts protagonist narrator ‘s inner fear based on his memory and description, whereas the film <Memoir of a Murderer> spreads fear through the conflict behaviors between the hero and the serial killer. The reason why memory is adapted as a delusional behavior and the monologue as conflict is because novel has the power of narrative while film has the power of scenic composition. In this thesis the plot composition of the film <Memoir of a Murderer> is analyzed to present the practical considerations when adapting a novel to a film at the early stages of film planning.