• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.635-651
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• 2022

This study focuses on the characters and spacial expressions from the film , one of the representative works of the Coen brothers. The esoteric narrative of the film could be analyzed by understanding the symbolic expressions present throughout the film. The unrealistic characters, spaces, and props that appear along with the main character contain a symbolic meaning and adhere to the artist's worldview. These expressions contribute to creating a unique world for the Coen brothers and significantly impacted later films. Coen brothers' other films and , similarly display the unrecognizable world that coexists with the real world and the powerful presence that dominates it within the world. This study examines the use of symbolic characters and spacial expressions shown in the representative works of the Coen brothers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.236-248
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• 2010

Through this thesis, I analyzed Coen brothers's directing style centering around Crime movies: Blood simple, Barton Fink, Fargo, The man who wasn't thers, No country for old man. About directing style of Coen brothers, plot is an epic depiction, habitual use of narration, refusal of happy ending. They concern subject matters about human original nature and tragedy by greed. And as motifs, they often use misunderstanding, crossing over, chase. Also they likes characters of ordinary people who is destroyed by greed. How about their technical style? They usually use steady-cam and wide lens in camera, and in his early crime movies he used expressionistic lights, but after that they usually used realistic natural lights. About sound, they likes more sound effects than music. Also they directed realistic acting and emphasized actor's personality. Coen brothers has been directed many crime movies and comedy films. But their unique directing style was particularly outstanding in the crime movies

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.275-280
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• 2019

Roger Deakens is one of the best director of photography in the world. He has been worked with Joel Coen & Ethan Coen since (1991). He was nominated for Academy award 13 times. At last, he won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Pictures of the Year. This article aim to look at his style of photography, which he has consistently pursued, and how he controls and implements light. Focusing on The Assassination of Jess James by the coward Robert Ford>,, .