Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Codes and conventions

The codes and conventions for the action genre
 
  • Guns & violence, lots of killing
  • Chases
  • Powerful, violent heroes- proficient killers
  • Villains – externally strange and unattractive
  • Exotic/remote locations
  • Luxury items – fast boats/cars, nice clothes
  • Good triumphs over evil
  • Hero uncovers the truth/ resolves a problem
  • Hero is calm & never gets hurt
  • Hero has a cavalier attitude to life & death
  • Hero makes wisecracks
  • Risk taking
  • Danger to national or international security
  • Hero is a womaniser & adulterer
  • Sexist attitudes to women
  • Promotes promiscuity
  • Killing is presented as a solution

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    The are some codes and conventions that we may use for our film. We won't be using them all for the opening sequence as it is only 2 minutes long.

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