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

1

2

3

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?