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Action Adventure Film<br />Revision Checklist<br />

The Exam<br />1 hr 30mins<br />4 Questions to answer<br />2 Questions on the theory behind Action Adventure Films. 2 Quest...

The Brief<br />4 weeks before your exam you will get a brief from the exam board and this will hint at the content of the ...

2 Questions on Theory?<br />These are hinted at through the Brief. It could be something based on the issues of:<br />Film...

2 Questions on My Pitch?<br />These questions will ask you to do two very clear things:<br />Describe your Action Adventur...

Possible Marketing Tasks<br />Storyboard a Trailer <br />DVD Cover<br />Film Poster<br />Bus Poster<br />Website<br />Ope...

Let’s Revise...<br />Before you turn this page, test yourself to write down as many of the codes and conventions of Action...

Extended Chase Scenes <br />Main Character on a Quest<br />High Energy stunts<br />Romance between the Hero and the Heroin...

Loveable sidekick<br />Computer Generated Images<br />Dramatic discoveries of Treasure<br />Explosions<br />

Exotic Locations<br />Sword/Fist fights<br />Spectacular Crashes<br />Daring saves at the last minute<br />

Overcoming Adversity<br />Villain who has to be defeated by the hero.<br />

So... What does that matter to me?<br />You will need to form your idea around these codes and conventions. <br />Your ide...

Main Character on a Quest<br />With this in mind it is VITAL that you need to think about your characters before you plan ...

Propp’s Characters<br />the villain, who struggles with the hero<br />the donor, who prepares and/or provides hero with ma...

What makes a good hero?<br />

Characteristics of the Hero<br />

Now Design your own<br />The reason for designing your character first ensures that they are flexible.<br />Last year the ...

What Makes a good Villain?<br />

Characteristics of the Villain<br />

Now for the Theory bit!<br />When looking at the hero and villain it is clear that there are opposites.<br />This is calle...

What about the Girls?<br />When we first look at some of the titles for Action Adventure we immediately think of men fight...

Females in AA<br />Allowed to be tough, but still wear revealing<br />clothes and are, for the most part, controlled<br />...

Think Keira<br />Throughout the franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth Swann has become a strong female.<br />

Charlie’s Angels<br />marketing<br />

So, Women are sexy and Men are...<br />

Men!<br />80s super macho men<br />Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian and Commando<br />Sylvester Stallone in Ra...

More ‘metrosexual’ heroes<br />Jack Sparrow – slightly camp and very goofy<br />Spiderman – he cries<br />Legolas (Orlando...

AVOID STEREOTYPES!!!!<br />The exam board want you to be original and POLITICALLY CORRECT!<br />Action Adventure is unfort...

Ability/Disability<br />Villains are often disfigured or depicted as insane.<br />Heroes are beautiful, graceful and galla...

Albinos<br />The Twins in Matrix Re-loaded<br />Silas in The Da Vinci Code<br />

Bald<br />Bond - Bloefeld<br />Robin Hood - Sir Godfrey<br />Damodar in Dungeons and Dragons<br />Pirates of the Caribbean...

Race<br />Villains are often non-white or ‘foreigners’ in Hollywood Action Adventures.<br />The Mummy - Egyptians<br />The...

Race<br />Asian (Chinese, Japanese etc) characters are often wise or skilled in <br /> martial arts (Karate Kid, <br /> ...

The cowardly/incompetent black side kick<br />Chris Tucker as Ruby Rap in The Fifth Element<br /><ul><li>Snails in Dungeon...

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION<br />

Location is Key<br />The setting for your AA film is very important, if we think of the ones that we have looked at the lo...

Significance of The Valley of the Kings<br />The Egyptian desert is full of Mystery and Death. <br />There are tales of cu...

Deserted Islands/Jungles<br />

What is the appeal of these places<br />Exotic<br />Unknown<br />Dangerous Animals<br />Unpredictable Weather<br />Easy to...

Historical Settings<br />

Why in the Past?<br />Unknown to the audience<br />Past is always full of folk tales and rumours which a film producer can...

Sci-Fi/Fantasy<br />

Why Sci-Fi/Fantasy?<br />Possibilities are endless in these locations. As long as your reasons for being there are plausib...

Ordinary Places made extraordinary<br />This may seem strange but your Location doesn’t necessarily need to be very unusua...

Choose your Location<br />Think very carefully about the location you will choose. <br />How will your Hero cope there?<br...

Hybrid Genres<br />

Car Genres??<br />A hybrid is when two different genres meet to form a genre of it’s own. <br />Now looking at the setting...

Swashbuckler Action Adventure<br />

Conventions of The Swashbuckler<br />Historical Setting<br />Sword Fights<br />Villain is in a position of power (King etc...

Disaster Action Adventure<br />

Conventions of The Disaster AA<br />Villain is uncontrollable as it is often Nature<br />The blame for the disaster lies w...

Fantasy Action Adventure<br />

Conventions of the Fantasy AA<br />Villain sets out to destroy ALL opposed to them (Star Wars/Harry Potter)<br />Villain i...

Quest Action Adventure<br />

Conventions of Quest AA<br />Older Hero<br />Mythical element including curses and problems to solve<br />Female character...

Thriller/Suspense Action Adventure<br />

Conventions of Thriller/Suspense<br />Lone Hero out to seek revenge for wrong doing (generally)<br />Mystery or puzzle to ...

Choose your own Hybrid<br />Now that you have your own characters and location, what hybrid do you fit into? <br />You nee...

Narrative Theory<br />Todorov’s Equilibrium<br />

Remind me...<br />Todorov breaks up Narratives into 5 aspects.<br />Equilibrium<br />Disruption<br />Recognition of disrup...

Now Draw it!<br />Label the diagram below with the 5 stages:<br />

Equilibrium<br />Disruption<br />Attempt to repair<br />Recognition of Disruption<br />Reinstatement <br />

Classifications<br />

Classification<br />Suitable for all<br />A U film should be suitable for audiences aged 4 years and over<br />Positive mo...

Classification<br />General Viewing<br />Some scenes may be unsuitable for young children<br />Unaccompanied children of ...

Suitable for 12 years and over<br />May upset children under 12, or parents might feel they are unsuitable for under 12s<...

Suitable only for 15 years and over<br />No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film at the cinema or rent or buy a 15 video<...

Suitable for adults<br />No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film at the cinema or rent or buy an 18 video<br />Overridin...

The fact of the matter<br />There are more 12 certificate films in the Action Adventure genre than any other certificate.<...

Why 12?<br />Wider Audiences<br />More appealing to adults <br />Youngish children can go with their parents to see the fi...

Think Audience<br />If an AA had a PG certificate, outline the type of audience you think it would be targeted at?<br />Wh...

Budgets and Costs<br />

Film Budgeting<br />Refers to the process by which a line producer, unit production manager or filmmaker prepares a budget...

Above and Below the Line Costs<br />These two elements of production are the most crucial when looking at the marketing of...

Above the Line Costs<br />An A-list actor can ask for anything from $10 million to $30 million, plus $3 million in perks (...

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<br />Cast: $17.25 million <br />Angelina Jolie: $12 million<br />Extras: $250,0...

Female Stars<br />per film per film per film<br />£3-4 million <br />£5 million<br ...

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines<br />Cast: $35 million <br />Arnold Schwarzenegger: $29.25 million + 20% gross profits<...

Male Stars<br />$20 million<br />$5 Million<br />$4 million<br />$38 Million<br />

Below the Line Costs<br />This refers to the Direct Production costs which includes:<br />Story Rights<br />Screenplay<br ...

Story rights and screenplay: $4 million<br />Producers: $4 million<br />Director (Jan de Bont): $5 million<br />Production...

Story rights (Carolco and Gale Anne Hurd): $19.5 million<br />Screenplay: $5.2 million <br />John D. Brancato & Michael Fe...

Your Practical Tasks<br />

Film Promotion<br />Without Promotion a film will fail.<br />It is becoming increasingly more important to be original in ...

October 2009 Empire Magazine released exclusive images from the film<br />

The teaser trailer became one of the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the first place of al...

The coca-cola company collaborated with Twentieth Century Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to promote the film...

Codes and Conventions<br />

Designing a Trailer<br />You need to make sure that you think about the following things:<br />Institution of your Film<br...

Examples<br />Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2<br />Pirates of the Caribbean<br />

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