Aims: To understand and gain

knowledge of Action Adventure subgenres and

hybrids

• Codes and conventions can help an audience to recognise a particular genre. Genre conventions include:

• Narrative• Iconography• Characters• Settings

ACTION ADVENTURE

BUT ALSO…STYLE

the use of Media Language

andTHEMES

this can be the messages/ideology of

the film

• How do we know this is an action-adventure film?

• Consider NICS and explain how the poster and the trailer signal to the audience that this is an action adventure film

• Click the poster to view the trailer

ACTION ADVENTURE

HYBRIDS• What is a hybrid?

• A hybrid is where two or more genres are mixed together.

• Why are hybrids used?

• To prevent films from becoming predictable and audiences from becoming bored.

ROMCOM

TEEN COMEDY SCI-FI THRILLER

• A sub category of a genre• For example different types of the thriller

genre include: suspense thriller, psychological thriller, aviation thriller, voyeuristic thriller.

• What different types of action-adventure films are there?

SUBGENRES

SUBGENRES

THRILLER/ SUSPENSE HISTORICAL SWASHBUCKLER QUEST FANTASY

DISASTER SUPERHERO WAR COMIC/ BUDDY

AND THERE ARE MORE!!

SUBGENRES

POLICESPY

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY MORE?

• Watch the following action-adventure film trailers. (click the pictures)

• What subgenre(s) do they belong to?

• How do you know this? (Think about NICS)

• Create a chart like the one on slide 9 and write down your answers

SUBGENRES

Film Subgenre How do I know this?

Spider-Man

King Arthur

Pirates of the Caribbean

James Bond

Die Hard

Rush Hour

SUBGENRES