영화 <서치>의 연출 분석 -파운드 푸티지와 전통적인 장르의 융합을 중심으로-

Abstract

Aneesh chaganty’s feature debut film <Searching>, released around the world in 2018, is a billion-dollar low-budget film that rarely succeeds in both critically and commercially. The found footage movie <Searching> is also famous for its new screen format called ‘Screen Life’, and its creator Timurbeck Mambetov is also a work that shows its planning power. In the early days of filmmaking, Found footage, which was often tried in experimental films, has now been produced as a sub-genre of Fake Documentary. When a man (David) analyzes the movie <Searching>, which is a story that Internet search traces the whereabouts of his missing daughter, from the point of view of the director, it can be seen that found footage effectively fused the traditional genre, mystery thriller. Thanks to the PC-based story development, <Searching> is a narrative development that allows viewers to approach the film by watching all the clues like an amateur detective. The basic theme is “Family love”, but it is also special that the lives of modern people revealed through the Internet, their duality, and voyeurism are satirically depicted. In the meantime, the traditional found footage movies that were used mainly to maximize the reality in horror movies concentrate on showing simple narrative in a realistic way. <Searching>, on the other hand, has a dignified story due to the effective use of motifs and a close double line in addition to the advantages of existing pound footage. Unlike ordinary movies, <Searching> is centered on footage, so new concepts arise in traditional photography, editing, and acting. For example, you can express your character’s emotions with a simple little effect, such as blinking mouse cursor, typing speed, writing and erasing letters. Sometimes, the actors have to take the camera with their own hands. <Searching> is a movie with a special format that is replaced by a monitor that realizes a traditional screen in the 21st century online world. Thanks to director Chaganti’s outstanding directing, Found footage is now confident that it will gradually become recognized as one of the main genres from the sub-genre.