신카이 마코토의 이야기 세계

Abstract

This study is a comprehensive investigation of storytelling in films directed by Shinkai Makoto, and all of his works are the subjects. The common elements of storytelling in his films and unique characteristics of each film such as characteristics of protagonists, obstacles (antagonists), the presence of parents, absence, weather, transportation in the story and narration were analyzed. A common element of his films is that his film always has traces of his previous films. Another element is that his protagonists are mostly more than two characters who are immature individuals. His films usually feature characters with 'absence', and particularly, the presence of parents is not revealed clearly. Such a setting plays a huge role in transforming a protagonist from a child to an adult. In addition, protagonists in his films usually fight against obstacles rather than antagonists. The importance of narration in his film is imperative, and if two protagonists appear, the two's narrations are often merged. 'Weather' is used as a crucial role in his films, which connects the paths of two protagonists to cross each other, is the subject of nostalgia or sometimes creates an ordeal. On the other hand, the characteristics of each of his films are as follows. In <The Place Promised in Our Early Days>, the protagonist's pursuit of the goal results in the loss of the goal, and <Neko No Shukai> features an antagonist, which is unique among his films. <Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep below> deals with acceptance of 'absence' beyond its fact, and <The Garden of Words> is a film where the director who prefers light focuses on the reflection of light. In <Your Name.>, the images of sky and cosmos shown in his other films are overturned through a fall, and monologues are used in earnest. Furthermore, in <Someone's Gaze>. the story is uniquely narrated by one of the objects, a pet cat, not by the protagonist.