The document discusses the genre of action films. It states that action films present heroes facing physical and dangerous challenges from villains. They involve high-speed chases, violence, and suspenseful scenes to keep audiences engaged. The genre originated in the 1920s with swashbuckling adventure movies and evolved over time with genres like James Bond films introducing a witty, calm hero. Popular action franchises include Rocky, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and Star Wars. Action is one of the most popular film genres due to its constant surprises and immersion. It often incorporates other genres through subgenres like action-comedy and action-war films.
The document discusses the genre of action films. It states that action films present heroes facing physical and dangerous challenges from villains. They involve high-speed chases, violence, and suspenseful scenes to keep audiences engaged. The genre originated in the 1920s with swashbuckling adventure movies and evolved over time with genres like James Bond films introducing a witty, calm hero. Popular action franchises include Rocky, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and Star Wars. Action is one of the most popular film genres due to its constant surprises and immersion. It often incorporates other genres through subgenres like action-comedy and action-war films.
The document discusses the genre of action films. It states that action films present heroes facing physical and dangerous challenges from villains. They involve high-speed chases, violence, and suspenseful scenes to keep audiences engaged. The genre originated in the 1920s with swashbuckling adventure movies and evolved over time with genres like James Bond films introducing a witty, calm hero. Popular action franchises include Rocky, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and Star Wars. Action is one of the most popular film genres due to its constant surprises and immersion. It often incorporates other genres through subgenres like action-comedy and action-war films.
Action is one of the fiction-writing (invented/untrue)
techniques that authors and directors use to present a made-up world. The genres of action within films include BIG movements, such as explosions and destruction. The term Action is also used to describe an exciting event/circumstance that occurs. The genre of action is used to present a storyline in which one or more heroes are put up to face a series of various and different challenges. These challenges usually include physical battles between the antagonist and the protagonist (usually concluding with the protagonist being the victor). Films within the genre of action also include high-speed chases and violence. These films include an interesting, resourceful and mysterious main character that the audience wants to find out more about and does so throughout the duration of the film. This character faces life-threatening and dangerous situations which involves the role of a villain. Action movies use fast-paced scenes and other elements to keep the audiences attention on the film. The uses of these elements keep the audience of the edge of their seats as they wait to see what happens in that particular scene. For example, the uses of fast-paced scenes keep the audiences attention focused on the production and create suspense at to what the final outcome of the scene will be. The genre of action was born in the 1920s where the genre was usually swashbuckling adventure movies which usually included Douglas Fairbanks in either a historical piece or a Wild-West based film. However, as the genre began to evolve over the decades, more and more variations began to happen. For example, in the 1960s the legendary James Bond Films were created and is now seen as one of the best inspirations for all modern-day action films by introducing the role of a One-man hero who is presented and shown to the audience as resourceful, witty and extremely calm.
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Examples of notable action films:
Rocky (Film Series)
Indiana Jones (Film Series) James Bond (Film Series) Terminator (Film Series) Die Hard (Film Series) The Matrix 300 True Blood Kill Bill (Film Series)
Transformers (Film Series)
Alien Vs Predator (Film Series) Avatar The Lord Of The Rings (Film Series) Bourne Ultimatum (Film Series) Star Wars (Film Series) Batman: The Dark Knight Kung-Fu Panda Rush Hour
Action films are one of the most popular genres of
films/entertainment due to their constant elements of surprise and immersion (mental involvement). As we see more and more elements used in action films, this tells us that the genre is always up to speed and isnt slowing down any time soon in the future. The genre of action also tends to have other genres incorporated within it (sub genres) to achieve its effect upon the audience. The Sub-Genres include: Action-Comedy, where the genre of action combines with humour. Action-Comedy films usually rely on the characters to bring out the humour, whilst the action scenes tend to be a-lot less intense than in the traditional, normal action movie. Another example of a sub-genre of action is: Action-War, where the action incorporates the traditional aspects on an action film into a storyline that is based and revolves around war or wartime. These movies can contain things such as stunts and battles and also go into higher detail and explore the more serious topic of war.