Analysis of Game Documentary - Focused on Indie Game: The Movie

게임 다큐멘터리 분석 - Indie Game: The Movie를 중심으로

  • Han, Sukhee (Department of Media Communication, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2018.12.12
  • Accepted : 2018.12.22
  • Published : 2018.12.31

Abstract

This study multi-dimensionally analyzes "Indie Game: The Movie", The game documentary film published in June, 2012. As game industry increases, game-related documentary films are also being produced. Previous game documentary films usually focus on the success of popular game or game users and deal with the reason of success. However, "Indie Game: The Movie" centers on Indie game developers who are not from famous and huge companies. Due to the development of the game engine, these days, Indie games become a new trend that game developers are able to develop their own game freely. Then, this study has a purpose to study the life of Indie game developers and explore how and why they want to make their own game. More specifically, this study analyzes "Indie Game: The Movie" by 1) Story 2) Conflict and Resolution 3) Form 4) Sequence. As a result, it concludes that "Indie Game: The Movie" has interview section mainly and represents that Indie game developers want to develop their own games due to their ego and identity. In other words, throughout the analysis of the documentary film, it explores the reality that Indie Game developers face and many features of Indie Game in the game industry.

본 연구는 2012년 6월 출시된 게임 다큐멘터리 "인디 게임: 더 무비"를 다각적으로 분석한다. 게임산업이 발달함에 따라, 게임 관련 영상들도 제작되고 있다. 기존의 게임 다큐멘터리는 일반적으로 유명 게임 또는 게임 유저의 성공에 중심을 맞추었고 그 이유에 대해 다루었다. 그러나 "인디 게임: 더 무비"는 유명하거나 거대한 기업 출신이 아닌 인디 게임 개발자에 중점을 두었다. 게임 엔진의 발전으로 인해, 오늘 날 인디 게임은 인디 게임 개발자가 자유롭게 자신만의 게임을 개발 할 수 있는 새로운 트렌드가 되었다. 본 연구의 목적은 인디 게임 개발자의 삶을 연구하고 어떻게 그리고 왜 그들이 자신만의 게임을 개발하는지에 대한 탐구이다. 구체적으로, 본 연구는 "인디 게임: 더 무비"를 1) 스토리 2) 갈등과 해결 3) 형식적 구성요소 4) 시퀀스 구성요소로 분석한다. 그 결과, "인디 게임: 더 무비"는 인터뷰가 주를 이루고 있는 점과 인디 게임 개발자들이 자신들의 자존심과 자아정체성 때문에 자신만의 게임을 개발하는 것을 보여준다. 다시 말해, 본 다큐멘터리 분석을 통하여, 인디 게임 개발자들이 겪는 현실과 게임 산업에서의 인디 게임의 다양한 모습들을 탐구한다.

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