영화 「모던보이」의 의상 연구

A Study on the Costumes of the Movie「Modern Boy」

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characters' expression with clothes and the problem of creative interpretation of a historical play as a historicity and the movie costumes. This was done by comparing the role models and the situational clothes according to characters of Lee Haemyung(actor, Park Haeil) and Cho Nansil(actress, Kim Hyesoo) who were the representatives of modern generation of 1930s. The methods of this study were comparing the characters on the basis of the original novel and using the literatures, proceeding papers, internet data related to the Korean modern history and history of traditional costumes. Analysis of the costumes were divided into the scene analysis and comparing with role models. The scene analysis was done with 'Modern Boy' DVD choosing the important scenes and evaluating the costumes and the expression. The comparison with role models was done with poet Baek Seok and dancer Choi Seunghee who were introduced to the official role models by film producer. Lee and Baek wore the formal suit but they have differences in silhouette and hair style. Lee had a modern sense in slim silhouette and emphasize the whimsical character with more waved style. Cho and Choi had something in common, hair style, linear silhouette, accessaries like gloves and hats, but Cho's design was more fashionable and similar as Chanel style images. Though the costumes in 'Modern Boy' were made by historical researches, they were reinterpreted by the characters and images with modern feeling to raise the cinematic meanings and effects.