Monday 27 March 2017
Genre Conventions
L.O/ explore genre codes and conventions.
Action and Adventure Genre Research.
- Conventions of action and adventure; big modern city, mission waiting to be completed, always a motive, goodies and baddies, hi-tech and big machinery, outbursts in settings, sinister up-beat nerve racking music, massive destruction, outbreaks in windows/doors/houses etc, killings and death of loved ones, cat and mouse chase, explosions and crashes, futuristic cars and motorcycles, fights, weapons- knives and guns.
- Action and Adventure directions: Martin Cambell (Casino Royale), Sam Mendes (Spectre) and James Cameron (Avatar).
- Movie stars associated with this genre: Daniel Craig, Jason Statham, Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Matt Damon, Paul Walker, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Movie posters from famous action and adventure blockbusters:
- Dark
- Mysterious
- Simple
- Title and picture only
- Man in suit
- Secret agent
- He's holding a gun
- Dark colours
- Few people
- Skull in background
- Man in suit
- Holding a gun
- Secret agent
- Films of this genre that teenagers may prefer: Suicide Squad, Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, Star Wars, James Bond's.
- 5 ingredients that make action and adventure movies popular: weapons, fights, technology/cars, humour at certain points and relationships.
- Action and adventure film that is relevant to social issues: London Has Fallen.
Recipe for an action adventure trailer.
Ingredients:
- A handsome man that is very capable.
- An innocent, pretty woman.
- An evil villain or group that needs defeating.
- Dangerous weaponry
- Fights
- Dramatic music
- A city and/or a third world country
- Technology
Method:
- Take your city or third world country and add a dangerous person or group into it.
- Add a man that wants to fight the person or group of people.
- Then take your weapons, technology and dramatic music to create a fight between them both.
