Sub-genre Worksheet

Film&Sub-genre

RED

(crime)

MAIN COLOURS USED

Red, black and orange.

MAIN ACTORS

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren.

AGE RATING

15

SYNOPSIS

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Serious/angry facial expressions, guns

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Colour red, guns, big named actors, CIA

Film&Sub-genre

Fast&Furious 6

(crime)

Main Colours used

Blue,black and white.

MAIN ACTORS

Vin Diesel,Paul Walker,Dwanye Johnson,Michelle Rodriguez,Jordana Brewster,Tyrese Gibson,Chris bridges,Sung Kang,Luke Evans,Gina Carano and John Ortiz.

AGE RATING

13

SYNOPSIS

Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries.Payment? Full parsons for them all.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Serious and angry facial expressions.

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Cars,city,big named actors.

Film&Sub-genre

Oblivion

(mystery)

MAIN COLOURS USED

Blue,black and white.

MAIN ACTORS

Tom Cruise,Morgan Freeman,Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough,Nikolaj Coster-Waldauand Melissa Leo.

AGE RATING

13

SYNOPSIS

A veteran assigned to extract Earths remaining resources begins to question what he knows about this mission and himself.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Angry/serious facial expression,gun.

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Gun, named actor and colour blue.

Film&Sub-genre

Attack The Block

(sci-fi)

MAIN COLOURS USED

Black and blue.

MAIN ACTORS

Jodie Whitttaker,John Boyega,Alex Esmail,Franz Drameh,Leon Jones,Simon Howard,Luke Treadway,Jumayn Hunter & Nick Frost.

AGE RATING

R

SYNOPSIS

A teen gang in south London defend their block from an alien invasion.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Serious/shocked facial expression.

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Colour blue, names actor,small town.

Film&Sub-genre

After Earth

(sci-fi)

MAIN COLOURS USED

Black and brown.

MAIN ACTORS

Jaden smith

Will smith

AGE RATING

13

SYNOPSIS

A Crash landing leaves kitai raige and his father cypher stranded on earth,a millenium after events forced humanitys escapes with cypher injured,kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Serious.

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Named actors,gun.

 Film&Sub-genre

Batman Begins

(crime)

MAIN COLOURS USED

Brown,black and white.

MAIN ACTORS

Christian Bale,Michael Caine,Liam Neeson,Katie Holmes,Gary Oldman,Cillian Murphy,Tom Wilkinson,Rutger Hauer,Ken Watanabe,Morgan Freeman.

AGE RATING

13

SYNOPSIS

After training with his mentor,batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City form corruption that that scarecrow and the League of shadows have cast upon it.

MAIN IMAGES USED ON POSTER

Angry facial expression, bats surrounding him.

CONVENTIONS OF ACTION/ADVENTURE USED

Named actor,urban city, colour black,vehicles.

TASKS

1.            Fill in the table by looking at the posters and trailers of 5 Action Adventure films that have different sub-genres. (Use films you have not previously used in other tasks.)

Answer the questions below in full sentences, using media terminology effectively (E.g. denotation, connotation, signify, diegetic sound)

and back up your point with evidence (PEEL).

2.            What similarities can you note between the sub genres? (at least 3)

3.            What differences can you note between the sub genres? (at least 3)

4.            Although they have different sub-genres, do the plots contain any similarities? How do they follow the codes and conventions of an Action Adventure film?

5.            Watch the trailers for each of your chosen films. How do you know that these sub genres are a part of Action Adventure films? Think about sound and the pace of the editing.