존 화이트(John D. White)의 음악 분석 이론으로 본 중국 애니메이션의 음악 서사 기능 연구

Abstract

This study researched on Chinese short animation Three Monks as an example based on the functions of music narrative based on John White’s 3-stage model. First, it analyzes the influence of character images from the micro-analysis point of view and the influence of characters’ personality from the point of view of spatio-temporal scene and sound effect. Second, in terms of meso-analysis, it analyzes the core meaning and roles of music in the animation music narrative from the point of view of story theme and music melody. Third, in terms of macro-analysis, it analyzes the narrative development role of music in animation content development from the viewpoint of combination of story content and music structure. The result shows that music plays a very important role in the narrative of the animation Three Monks. In addition, traditional Chinese music narrative has become one of the features of Chinese animation style.