팀 버튼 영화 의상에 나타난 고스(Goth) 스타일

Abstract

This research aims to identify and analyze the expression elements and features of Goth styleobserved in clothing of unique characters in movies directed by Tim Burton, and to build thedatabase on diverse features movie costumes, so that such data can be used to develop new fashiondesign. The research-classified features of Goth style into romanticism overturns Satanism,grief, and sensuality. The results are as follow; First, Goth expressed romanticism by remindingthe gloom and fear of medieval times through the image of clowns, medieval knights, werewolvesand vampires. Second, The costumes in Tim Burton's movies overthrew the rules in reality usingflexible changes, ambiguity of gender, distorted human beings, half-man-half-beasts, and ghostimages. Furthermore, the positive expression on characters in gloomy and fearful costumesshowed the overturn of common idea and value system in a society. Third, Tim Burton createdfear using the image of a live dead body, shape of a devil, shape of death. Also, accessories suddenlychanged into arms in his movies. He expressed Satanism by positively describing satanicshapes and shapes meaning death. Next, characters in Tim Burton's movies are mainly losers, aliensor outsiders. Sorrow, alienation and darkness inside them expressed the sadness through embodimentof mean animals in darkness, masks, veils and extreme black costumes. Finally,Sensuality was rarely shown in Tim Burton's movies, but expressed in various ways includingpursuit of new beauty in excessive exposure, skintight silhouette, suggestion on sexualized violenceand frightfulness.