SECTION AREVISIONQUESTION 1:

Characters• Strong protagonist

(usually male)• Antagonist

• Love interest• Powerful villain (usually

foreign)• Underdog hero

Events• Fight Sequences

• Ticking-clock scenario• Chase sequences

• Explosions• Stunts

• Dangerous setting• Exotic setting

Mention if they include any of the following…

Remember to briefly comment on the effect and

use examples from the clip.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION• Clearly state two genre conventions• Explain the effect of the conventions• Support the points you make with

examples from the text• Use terminology (Antagonist,

Protagonist, Genre, Convention, Iconography)

CLIP RESPONSE

SECTION AREVISIONQUESTION 2:

The simplest approach here is choose the most appropriate examples that you see that have significant impact on the

audience.

Write using Point, Example, Effect.

The clip uses ………….. This is shown when………….. The effect this has on the audience/The connotation of this

effect/This effect signifies…..

The simplest approach here is to break up sound response into diegetic (natural) and non-diegetic (added).

Write using Point, Example, Effect.

The clip uses ………….. This is shown when………….. The effect this has on the audience/The connotation of this

effect/This effect signifies…..

The simplest approach here is to break up sound response into the style of editing used (possibly commenting on the pace) and the types of transitions you see explaining why.

Write using Point, Example, Effect.

The clip uses ………….. This is shown when………….. The effect this has on the audience/The connotation of this

effect/This effect signifies…..

The simplest approach here is choose the most appropriate examples that you see that have significant impact on the

audience.

Write using Point, Example, Effect.

The clip uses ………….. This is shown when………….. The effect this has on the audience/The connotation of this

effect/This effect signifies…..

Exam TaskYou will now watch a clip three times and will

have exactly 25 minutes after the final screening to respond to the question.

SECTION AREVISIONQUESTION 3:

and womenin

ACTION ADVENTUREFILMS

Representation of MEN

Write down a list of words under the heading, ‘Representation of men in film’ using the images below:

Representation is a very important term within the genre of Action Adventure.

Men and women are almost always kept within their very clear and stereotypical gender roles. These have been enforced over decades of films.

Notice what physical similarities all of these characters have.

All are exaggerated examples of masculinity. They are role models for the male audience to aspire to and want to be like. Although they seem over the top examples, look at the films coming out in the cinema this year!

Where does this leave the girls?In the past of Action Adventure films, if women featured at all, it was as the distressed, in-need-of-rescuing female who would often either get in the way or cause the hero to get into peril.

At the end of the film she would kiss the hero, and most often end up sleeping with him, ‘falling for his charms’. She was a walking, kissing stereotype.

Has this actually changed?The role of women in society has changed over the recent decades, and media has (arguably) moved with this change.

This is also true in Action Adventure films. Most audiences are over-familiar with the idea of the damsel-in-distress female character so film makers have adapted them.

HOWEVER

Look at the examples still on screen.

Do they rely on their brains to carry them through? Or are they built upon their looks, then on their strength as a woman?

On the surface females have changed, but the Action Adventure audience is still largely male. She will still fall into the man’s arms.

Modern females in film.

Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft was a strong independent woman. But was her purpose as a character to be admired, or is she still represented as an object for the male gaze?

Judi Dench as ‘M’ in the Bond films.

A strong female character who does not have a sexual link to Bond.

However, she is not typically ‘feminine’ because of her age.

Gaze theoryBecause of their target audience, Action Adventure films are shot from a male point of view. This was called by Laura Mulvey the ‘male gaze’.

Men are watching men on the screen. However women are forced to watch the men on screen.

The camera will often linger on a shot of a woman’s body to gratify the male audience.

How do you think modern film makers are aware of their female audience?

YOUR TASKWrite a response to the following question:

Some critics argue that action adventure films feed into sexist stereotypes about the roles and men and women. To what extent would you agree or disagree?

You should think about what we have talked about this lesson and make sure you give at least 2 examples from films you know.

Stereotype Representation Gender Target AudienceExpectation Roles

The roles of men and women in Action Adventure films are almost always very clear and the same from film to film...