Genre Research
ACTION
In this film genre one or more heroes have to face a variety of challenges that require crazy fights and intense chases. There is usually an evil villain and lots of life threatening situations. The hero has to face incredible odds and after lots of violence and physically effort by the hero involving guns, death and explosions the hero is usually victorious, and defeats the villain. Action has been a major success
since the early twentieth century.
OVERVIEW
• Terminator• The Matrix• Rambo• Wolverine • The Expendables• James Bond• Robocop • The Dark Knight• Iron Man • 300
EXAMPLES OF ACTION MOVIES
During the 1920s and 1930s action based films were often also adventure films, in the 40s and 50s this developed into
war and western films. An example of this is ‘Run for Cover’, a western film that was released in 1955. As the 50s progressed the spy-adventure genre started to get popular
and in the 60s ‘James Bond’ easily dominated all other action films of the era. In the 1970s ‘James Bond’ had
competition when films such as ‘Dirty Harry’ were released. ‘Dirty Harry’ signaled the end of cowboy western films. The 1980s was a big era for the genre when famous actors such
as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis started appearing in films. In the 90s films budgets increased
dramatically and by the 21st century films such as ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Casino Royale’ were released.
ACTION FILMS THROUGH HISTORY
Typical props in action films consist of – • Guns• Hand grenades • Knives• Axes• Cars• Planes• Boats
PROPS IN ACTION
Typical locations in action films consist of –• Military Bases• Motorways• Car Parks • Cities • Banks• Sky scrapers • Office Blocks
LOCATIONS