The document discusses creative media production genres and the conventions associated with true crime, comedy, and action films. True crime films like Goodfellas feature law enforcement themes, a focus on power hierarchies, and are based on real stories involving organized crime. Comedies like The Hangover center around immaturity. Action films and thrillers like John Wick contain intense fight scenes. Genres help set audience expectations for a film based on common conventions.
The document discusses creative media production genres and the conventions associated with true crime, comedy, and action films. True crime films like Goodfellas feature law enforcement themes, a focus on power hierarchies, and are based on real stories involving organized crime. Comedies like The Hangover center around immaturity. Action films and thrillers like John Wick contain intense fight scenes. Genres help set audience expectations for a film based on common conventions.
The document discusses creative media production genres and the conventions associated with true crime, comedy, and action films. True crime films like Goodfellas feature law enforcement themes, a focus on power hierarchies, and are based on real stories involving organized crime. Comedies like The Hangover center around immaturity. Action films and thrillers like John Wick contain intense fight scenes. Genres help set audience expectations for a film based on common conventions.
TASK True Crime Goodfellas Law enforcement Crime/ gang crime Power/ hierarchy Doc Based on a true story Mafia/ gang culture
Comedy The hangover Immaturity
Action John wick Fight scenes
Thriller
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How does this help set audience
expectations of the film?
As featured in the poster you can
clearly see 3 men in suits which infers they have power; law enforcement, stood over a body in an are which looks like streets at night. This creates tense imagery for true crime.