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ACTION ADVENTURE
Lo: To understand the requirements of the new exam topicTo define action adventure as a genreTo explore the conventions of action adventure
TASK:Look at the film posters – which films are Action Adventure?Ext: How are you deciding? What do you denote? What do you connote?
ACTION ADVENTURENEW EXAM TOPIC
1.5 hours exam
Pre released brief (4 weeks prior to exam)
Monday June 13th 2011
Unseen tasks
Simulation in role / production skills
What will I be tested on:
Knowledge and UnderstandingTextual AnalysisProduction Skills
The good and bad news
This exam used to be 3 hours and is now one and a half!!
You have a month longer to revise than last year
You have a choice of two design tasks-so no storyboarding if you hate it!
You can write your responses in a wide variety of ways-spider diagrams/annotations etc
We have a brief but will not know the exact questions till the day of the exam
You must prepare and plan out several answers before hand and get in lots of practice
You must come to and work hard in all your lessons as we only have 6 weeks to prepare
Which of these films are Action Adventure?
What elements helped you decide? Choose 2 posters to analyse
What is representing action or adventure?
What elements helped you decide? Choose 2 posters to analyse
What is representing action or adventure?
Consider colours, mise
en scene, characters, setting…
Watch this scene
• On separate post its – write down anything that you think is ACTION and anything you think is ADVENTURE
• Keep them in two piles
ACTION ADVENTURE
So what are the CONVENTIONS of Action Adventure:
What are the conventions of the action/adventure genre?
Try and group them under the following headings:
Setting:
Narrative:
Mise-en-scene/props/iconography
Characters:
So what are the CONVENTIONS of Action Adventure:
SETTING:
Isolated, Mysterious, Dark, Exotic, Dangerous, Vast. Natural, Caves, The sea, The jungle.
Allows for danger, fights, chases, questExample:
NARRATIVE:
A single hero on a journey or quest in search of something or someone. Has tasks and challenges to complete that move the story forward. In the end they are usually victorious.Example
So what are the CONVENTIONS of Action Adventure:
Characters/Representation: Typical characters such as the hero/villain and the side kick/love interest.Usually follows a single hero and must have a good and bad conflict to drive the quest forward.
Example:
Iconography/mise en scene:
Props that we associate with the genre- swords, guns, bows and arrows, torches, mines, natures.
Do you still class all these films as Action Adventure?
• There are many hybrids of the action adventure genre:
ThrillerDisasterFantasyHistoricalQuest
Do you still class all these films as Action Adventure?
Plenary?
Fill in your progress tracker sheet:
What was the learning objective?What did you learn?What would you like to know more about?
ACTION ADVENTUREWhich of the following conventions fall under the action adventure ‘quest’ hybrid of the genre?
ThemesRevengeWarRomanceSolve a MysterySearch for an artefactDefeating a villain
PropsGunsBombsCar ChaseExplosions
CharactersExplorerPrincessPolice officerChild
LocationJungleCaveShipDesertMountainsPyramidsCity
Representation in Action Adventure Films
In most action adventure films the narrative is driven by a single ‘hero’ who is in conflict and opposition to a villian
This is also known as binary opposites where opposing influences create drama and conflict- eg. Good VS Evil, Man Vs Woman, Rich Vs
Poor, Man Vs nature, Water Vs Land
What do all these Heros and Villains have in common?
Representation of Masculinity
What stereotypes of men and women in action adventure films do
we have?
MALE FEMALE
On your post its – write stereotypical words associated with the 2 genders…at least 3 for each and come and stick them up…e.g. strong, caring…
How is masculinity represented in these films?
Vladimir ProppClaims that all storys have the following character types they help to move the narrative forward
The Protagonist
The Antagonist
The Helper
The Donor
The Princess
The False Hero
Can you identify the following on this poster?
Design an action adventure character in threes
Use one of Propps character types and create a new character for an action film, you may conform to stereotypes or may choose to challenge them.
The Protagonist
The Antagonist
The Helper
The Donor
The Princess
The False Hero
Consider:
CostumePropsPhysical appearanceGenderand ethnicity in your sketches
ACTION ADVENTURETextual analysis skills are important when discussing character types.
Watch this clip and write 200 words to analyse the two character types
Watch the clip –
Who is the hero? – Give evidenceWho is the villain? – Give evidenceHow are binary opposites used?
Link to mise en scene, sound, cinematography…
Ext: Do either challenge conventions?
How has the role of the ‘princess’Changed in action adventure films?
Representation of Women
How do they still have conventional aspects of a female character?
Design a HEROINEfor either kids, teens or adults
Lo: To analyse the representation of women in action adventure films
Fill out your profile sheet
Name:Age:Gender: FEMALE
Target audience:
Character qualities:
Catchphrase:
And DESIGNED character
How is gender represented in this scene?
Lo: To analyse the representation of women in action adventure films
EXT: Link to media terminology: Mise en Scene, sound, cinematography…
ACTION ADVENTURE
Lo: To analyse the representation of women in action adventure films
Answer the following:
Who is the main character? How do you know?
Ext: How is the composition within the shot helping to represent the main character?