Second Source for the research paper

Second source I would be using is a movie by Kim Jee Won Called "A Bitter Sweet life". So now I have definitely decided that I would only focus on Kim Jee Won instead of also looking at Bong Jun Ho's film. Though I think they works are somewhat similar and successfully show korean style of melodramas, focusing only on Kim Jee Won's films would give more specific descriptions about korean melodramas. So for the second source I choose "A Bitter Sweet Life" which is one of his most well-known work. Though this films mainly consists of violent materials, the story line revolves around the basic melodramatic love line. Combination of violence and love story comes into place many times within Kim Jee Won's film. This source is useful because this film is one of Kim Jee Won's finest and most well known piece. This film brought his name up to the surface of film industry in korea. By citing this film, it helps me to give better examples of the characteristics of korean melodramas. These films are fundamental parts of my argument. This film, with other films by Kim, really shows his style of representing korean melodrama into the film.

First source for the research paper

The topic I choose to discuss is different characteristics and features of melodramas in Korea. Also I am going to specify one or two directors and mainly talk about their works. First source I am going to use is a movie called "I saw the devil" by Kim Jee Woon. This movie is really interesting because it contains many different features including those of melodrama. To briefly summarize this film, "I saw the devil" is about a husband chasing after a murderer who killed his wife. However, the interesting thing about this movie is that this husband is more of a psychopath that the murderer so the husband intentionally let the murderer escape just so he could recapture him and make him suffer again. However, the murderer eventually finds rest of this husband's family and does not go through as the husband planned. This source is useful because I am going to compare this film with some other films of the same director. I am also look for some melodramatic features of his films so evaluating "I saw the devil" is definitely an important process. This source is reliable because this film is one of the best representation of his works and I guess this is an subjective source because it is a work of art. This source will definitely fit well into my thesis paper because it would reflect the director really well and really show his style of presenting his thoughts into a film.

Possible Topics for Research Paper

My first option for my write up could be about melodramas and its style in Korea. Because Korean people love watching dramas, there are many different kinds of melodramas in Korea. I could write on different styles of melodramas in different countries focusing mainly on Korea. Growing up, I was not a big fan of melodrama because I was more of a action and robot kind of kid but since Korea was really big into melodramas, I was exposed to a lot of dramas and love stories nonetheless. From the experiences of my own, I could categorize different types of melodramas in Korea, and compare and contrast them with those of other countries such as ones from UK that we looked at. Also melodrama in Korea has changed significantly from time to time, so I could also divide melodramas by time frame and compare melodramas from different time span. A lot of the Korean dramas or songs and pretty much everything else centers around the theme of love. Almost every single Korean Dramas have melodramatic elements added to them. It is going to be easy to find many different examples of melodramas from Korean shows. Also I believe Korean melodramas are slightly different from American melodramas because they are extremely cheesy and focuses almost too much on romance. Also some of the twists and turns with in the characters of melodramas are absurd and so unrealistic. There should be a lot to say about Korean melodramas.