1. action adventure year 11
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Aims: To introduce the exam topic To be able to define what the
Action Adventure genre is
ACTION ADVENTURE
• In this unit you will learn to:• Write a textual analysis of a
film extract• Writing a textual analysis
means you will:• Accurately describe different
aspects of a film extract• Explain why the people who
made the extract chose each of those aspects
• Explain what the extract says about the world
KEY CONCEPTS FOR TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
GENREMEDIA LANGUAGEREPRESENTATION
(IDEOLOGY & VALUES)
ACTION ADVENTURE
• Copy out the chart on slide 4. Look at the images of the films on slide 5 and try to place them in the right category.
• Pick 4 films from different categories and explain why you chose to put them there
• Pick two films that fit into more than one category and explain why its hard to put them in just one category
How many of
the films fit in
to one
category?
COMBAT/WAR WESTERN SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY
DISASTER TEEN MOVIE HORROR SWASHBUCKLER
EPIC SUSPENSE HISTORICAL ROMANCE
MELODRAMA COMEDY POLICE/CRIME MARTIAL ARTS
COMIC-BOOK ANIMATION THRILLER
What
elements
SIGNAL the
genre?
GENREA class or category of art recognised by it’s CODES & CONVENTIONS
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TASK: Analyse posters 1-3 say what genre you think the film is and explain how the poster has signalled that genre to you
The symbolic and technical codes that
make up a media text (it’s key ingredients)
CODES & CONVENTIONS
• Genre is made up of 4 typicals
Use denotation and connotation to analyse these 4 elements on two posters of your choice (see slide 9-12)
CODES & CONVENTIONS
NARRATIVEWhat’s the story?
ICONOGRAPHYElements we expect to
see
CHARACTERSPeople who drive the
story forward
sETTINGSThe locations used
What can you say about the
use of props and imagery? How can you tell
what the story is?
What can you say about the
setting and how it may link to the genre?
Can you comment on what role the
characters play in the film?
NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS
NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS
NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS
NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS
• Consider what these films have in common.
• Do you think you can come up with a definition for action adventure?
SO WHAT IS ACTION ADVENTURE?
• Action film is a film where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that requires physical feats, extended fight and frantic chases.
• Action Adventure can be hard to define because it includes ACTION and elements of other genres therefore we can refer to it as a HYBRID GENRE
SO WHAT IS ACTION ADVENTURE?
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