2. Action Characteristics
• Themes include violence, close combat and chases.
• Plotlines vary from bank robberies, murders and gang wars.
• Typically include policeman, criminals and sometimes good criminals.
• Props include guns, weapons, drugs, handcuffs, police tape and money.
• Locations could be in deprived areas, alley ways, dark streets and
police stations.
3. Action Example – THE EXPENDABLES
• Plotline:
- A group of elite mercenaries tasked with a mission to overthrow a
Latin American dictator whom they soon discover to be a mere
puppet controlled by a ruthless ex-CIA officer.
• Props:
- Guns, knifes, explosives, army trucks and black clothing.
• Location:
- Vilena, South America.
4. Drama Characteristics
- Drama film is a genre that relies on the emotional
and relational development of realistic characters.
While Drama film relies heavily on this kind of
development, dramatic themes play a large role in
the plot as well. Often, these dramatic themes are
taken from intense, real life issues.
- Drama film aims to tell an honest story of human
struggles.
5. Drama Example – The Shawshank Redemption
• Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for
the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough
prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes.
While there, he forms a friendship with Red experiences brutality
of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, all in 19 years.
6. Drama-Action Characteristics
- A film that combines all the characteristics from drama and
action. The themes include a realistic plotline that includes
action but also can relate to real life situations.
