To Recognize the Whole Through the Observation of the Part, the Analysis of Animated Films’ Narrative of China and Korea

Abstract

China and Korea as a narrow strip of water neighbors, which are in the same Oriental culture system, have deep roots in the culture. Their animations are all produced under the influence of Western movies and developed under the background of learning from Japan and the US animations. But they all did not give up the pursuit of the unique personality in their process of development. China animation has been born for nearly 90 years, it has the honor of won several international awards in the period, but also has the sorrow of being quiet in the international animation industry. Korea animation started later than China, but the high speed of its developing was amazing. Korea closely followed the world trend in the film industry, while levels in the animated film whether technical or creative, all reached the level of international standards. In recent years, Korean animated film makers keep learning from other strong opponents in the production technology while maintaining the original, and produce animated films of their own unique style. In recent years, China and Korea all take some efforts in many aspects of policy to promote the development of national animation industry. Animation industry development paths of the two countries have many similarities. A good animated film, first of all should have a good story, but the most important is how to narrate. Computer software, special effects, etc. are used as technical means to service for the narrative. The narrative mainly get on from two aspects, the story and the narrative behavior of the story. In this paper we selected Korea animated film Leafie: A Hen into the Wild and China animated film Little Door Gods as examples. Mainly analysis from the two aspects of script creation and narrative art, discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Learning from them, and to provide a recommendation in the narrative for China and Korea animated film makers. Expect they can learn from each other to improve their animation level, and promote the development of bilateral animated film.