영화 <올드보이>에 나타난 외화면의 활용: 롱테이크와의 결합을 중심으로

Abstract

Old Boy is Park Chan-wook’s third film, made in 2003, and is considered to have balanced between artistry and popularity. Although this film cannot be defined as a long-take film, the director attempted to portray the character and the environment surrounding him more realistically through the continuation of shots that go beyond the limits of custom at every critical moment. The film, which belongs to the mystery thriller genre, has a story structure that gradually reveals the truth, which is intentionally hidden in a sophisticated plot structure, and is also helped by hiding and exposing it in terms of visualization. Long takes cause the effect of activating ‘Off-screen space’ even more compared to ordinary montage scenes with short shots. In a long take, the main subject is obscured by off-screen space, the realm of imagination and speculation, and then revealed at the right moment Old Boy is a film with a mixture of various directing techniques, but in some scenes, Long takes and Off-screen space are exquisitely used. Regarding the scene of a private prison fight called “Jangdori Fighting Scene” the director said that he filmed it with a long take to show the character slowly getting tired. This paper analyzed the effect of the director using of long takes and off-screen space through a total of five scenes. In modern films, the use of long takes and off-screen space is an extended directing technology beyond classical editing. Director Park Chan-wook also used them as materials of style for cinematic expression.