1. EVALUATION QUESTIONS
1) Our media product adheres to the stereotypical action/adventure films; I
know this through pre-production that I did which involved researching
well known action/adventure films. This included; Indiana Jones, Pirates
of the Caribbean, Sahara and Tomb Raider. By looking into the
action/adventure genre I was able to incorporate the codes and
conventions into our own task. For example, a quest for adventure was
used in our own plot, this was projected through the main character
looking for the professor, and trying to understand where he is. A build-
up of tension was also used in our own main task, for example the
continuing realisation from the main character of the professor’s
disappearance. Although we personally did not challenge the codes and
conventions of an action/adventure genre, films such as ‘Tomb Raider’
immediately challenge this. This is because the protagonist is portrayed
as a woman, in which she fights men, this is not common in
action/adventure films, as a woman is normally portrayed as weak.
2) I would not say that our media product necessarily challenged any
particular social groups, as we made a creative decision that the main
character should be played by a young teenage male, which has also
been done in the film, ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull’in which one of the main characters is played by a young teenage
male. We decided on a teenage character to represent youth in the
action/adventure genre.
3) Through research I have found out that the three largest media
distributors of action/adventure films are as following; Disney, Warner
Bros and Universal. Therefore I would say it is plausible that any of these
three institutions would be likely to distribute our media product which
follows the action/adventure genre. Disney has distributed the large
franchise of The Pirates of the Caribbean, this film relates to that of our
own because of the quest involved. Action/Adventure films that Warner
Bros have distributed include; The Dark Knight, 300, Harry Potter and
The Goonies. Universal have distributed films including; Jurassic Park
and The Mummy. All of these films listed relate to our own
interpretation of action/adventure whether it is through plot or
characters.
