Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Analysis of the female character and modeling design features of 'Frozen 2'

'겨울왕국 2' 여성 캐릭터의 성격과 조형 디자인 특징 분석

  • JIANG, QIANQIAN (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk University) ;
  • Chung, Jean-Hun (Dept. of Multimedia, Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents, Dongguk University)
  • 강천천 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과) ;
  • 정진헌 (동국대학교 영상대학원 멀티미디어학과)
  • Received : 2021.03.16
  • Accepted : 2021.06.20
  • Published : 2021.06.28
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Abstract

Disney animation can be said to be part of American culture and art. With the changes in American society and culture, we can see the changes in the personality and social status of female characters in Disney animation. Especially in the Disney animation works published after 2000, many works showing equality in the social abilities and status of women and men have been published. In this study, the characteristics of female characters of the 20th century and the 21st century is compared and analyzed the characters of Elsa and Anna, who expressed the female image in a metaphorical way of 'Frozen 2'. And studied the characteristics and meanings of clothing and colorful shapes. This paper reveals the design elements needed to construct a gender-equality image of female characters, and hopes that it will become a useful research material for the animation industry and academia in the future.

디즈니 애니메이션은 미국의 문화와 예술의 일부라고 할 수 있다. 미국의 사회·문화의 변화에 따라 디즈니 애니메이션에 등장하는 여성 캐릭터의 성격과 사회적 위상의 변화를 볼 수 있다. 특히 2000년 이후에 발표된 디즈니 애니메이션 작품에서는 여성과 남성의 사회적 능력과 지위에 대하여 대등 또는 평등하게 표현된 수많은 작품이 발표되었다. 본 연구에서는 20세기와 21세기 여성 캐릭터의 특징을 비교하고 <겨울왕국2>의 은유적인 방법으로 여성 이미지를 표현한 엘사와 안나의 캐릭터를 분석하였다. 또한 의상 및 색채의 다양한 스타일링의 특징과 의미를 연구하였다. 본 논문은 여성 캐릭터의 성평등 이미지 구축 시 필요한 디자인 요소를 제시하였으며 향후 애니메이션 산업계와 학계에 유용한 연구자료로 활용되길 기대한다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea. (NRF-2020S1A6A3A01054082)

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