Diffusion and Appropriation of Affect : Mode of Taiwanese Youth Romance Film Remakes - Focusing on Hear Me

As Taiwanese youth romance films become established as a genre in Korea, Korean film production companies attempt to remake Taiwanese films. This study aims to interpret the meaning of Hear Me, which is considered the starting work of the Taiwanese youth romance film remake era, by comparing the original and remake from the perspective of 'affect'. The style and sensibility of Taiwanese youth romances are based on "Xiao Qingxin" and are characterized by rapid plot developments and exaggerated reaction-oriented acting. The narratives of Taiwanese youth romances depict the traditional family ideology of the East. On the other hand, the Korean remake accepts the basic outline of the original story while also attempting to express the characters' affect physically. In this way, the bodies of the characters in the film resonate with the bodies of the people watching the film and thus build emotional impressions. the Korean remake depicts the experience of young people expanding their horizons of perception through love. This love is positive in the sense that it is a ‘transition to joy’, as referred to by Spinoza, as joy leads humans to greater perfection. By giving the characters social context, it also adds realism to the film. In this way, films have a vitality that affects and evolves as they cross countries.