The document provides information about three movies chosen by the author that represent the action fantasy genre: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Avengers. For each movie, the author summarizes key plot points and directors. The author also discusses their favorite actor, Orlando Bloom, who stars in multiple movies across different franchises. Overall, the author enjoys the special effects, storylines, and fight scenes typical of action fantasy films.

1. The movie genre thatI am pickingisaction fantasy.
The firstmovie thatI will lookatis Lord of the ringstwotowers.
Thiswas directedby PeterJackson in2002 which followed after
the fellowshipof the ringsin2001 and thenproduced returned
of the kingin 2003. The story isbasedof Tokensbooksin1954.
The story isset inina mythical world calledmiddle earth.The
storyof the trilogyisthat a group wasset upin orderto through
the one ring intothe firesof mountdoom.The part ends up
splittingintotwogroupswithone groupgoingeastto Mordor
and the otherheadssouthto roham. This turnsintoa battle
betweengoodandevil .The story eventuallyends upwiththe
ringbeingthroughintomountdoomand destroyingSaronand
the army of Mordor
The secondmovie thatI shall be examined isthe originalPirates of the Caribbean. Thiswasdirected
by Gore Verbinski inJuly9,2003. The storyof the filmis abouta group on undeadpirateswantto
undoa cruse that wasset upon themto do thattheyneedto returnsome goldpiecestodothisthey
capture a girl whotheythoughthad them. A blacksmithWill turnerjoinsupwitha notorious pirate
CaptainJack Sparrow to gether back.
My final movie isthe Avengers;this isanactionfantasysuperhero
movie thatwas directedby JossWhedonin2012. The movie isset
inthe marvel universeinNew York.Itaboutthe NordicGod of
trickeryLoki plansto teamup withan alienrace to take overearth
so the agencySHELD setsupa groupof superheroesthatcan deal
withthe threat.Thisendswiththere beingabattle inNeyYork
betweenthe avengersandanarmy of aliens.
The reasonwhy I like thisgenre of actionfantasy isbecause of the special effectsthatare used
throughouttheirmovies.Sincealotof these moviesare setinfantasysettingsfor example middle
earththe productionteamneedtomake sure that the scene looksthe partor the whole movie
wouldlookoutof place .But because the special effectsinthisage issoI do enjoy lookingathow
much itimprovesasthe yearsgoes on. I alsotendto enjoythe storyline of moviesthisisbecause I
like the questthatthey usually getsettodo .Anotherreasonwhyisbecause of the star theorythat
isusedduringthese movies.Because alotof these moviesrequire choreographed fightingscenes
theytendto getthe same groupof people since theyare alreadytrainedforthe part. For example
my favourite actorOrlandoBloomplaysthe role of Legolasinlordof the ringshe alsoplaysWill
Turnerin piratesof the Caribbean andParisin Troy. These are all similarroleswhichrequire the
actor to participate infightscenesmeaningthatsomebodywhoisalready trainedtodothemwould
be perfectforthe role. The reasonwhyI see himas beingmy favourite actorisbecause Isaw himin
Lord of the ringswhenI wasyounger whenIsaw himinthe fightscenessoas I’ve grownolderI have
endedupfollowinghisworkandwatchingmostof the moviesthathe isin .
Duringthe moviesthatIhave pickedthere are Intertextuality isusedtofollowolderformsof media
for example inLordof the ringsthe firsttime we meetAragonwe see himcoveredupin hooded
robe .I thinkthatthis maybe Intertextuality of whatObi wan Kenobi wore forthe firsttime whenhe

2. firstappeared inthe original StarWars francize .Ithinkthat PeterJackson hasdone thisbecause
bothLord of the ringsand star wars are the same genre of movie PeterJacksonknew thata lotof
the fans of Star wars wouldbe goingtowatch the movie sotheydecidedtomake an Intertextuality
betweenthe twofrancizeswiththe characters.Otherthanthatthere isnot muchmore I couldfind
on Lord of the ringssince the original bookcame outin1954 so it doesnothave much
Intertextualitytomodern media.
In piratesof the Caribbean Intertextuality isalsousedalot.Forexample inone scene of the movie
there isa shot with captainJack Sparrow holdingontothe mastof hissinkingship.Thisis
Intertextuality toBusterKeatonthatdidthe same thingat the endof the Navigator.Alsothe shot
whenCaptainBarbosadropsthe apple anditrollsdownthe moundwhenhe dies. Thisshotwas
takenfromthe 1941 filmcitizen Kane. Alsothe characterof captionJack Sparrow was meantto be
inspiredby KeithRichards andthisiswhatJohn Depp’simpressioncomesfrom.Inone of the later
moviesof the franchise KeithRichards makesacameointhe move playingthe role of Edward
Teague whois CaptainJack’s fatherthiswouldbe a Pastiche.
The intertextuality of the avengersisusedquite well tolinkitwiththe othermovieswithinitsown
franchise. One majorexampleof thiswouldbe the characterof the movie. Mostof the maincast all

3. have theirown independentmovie captainAmerica, Thor, IronMan and Hulkhas all got theirown
movie. Ithinkthe reasonforthe previousmovieswassothattheycouldmake the Avengers movie.
Alsointertextuality isusedwithStan Lee. StanLee isthe main producersof the marvel comicbooks
because of thishe make a cameoinall of the marvel movies. Thishasbecome aPastiche since the
movie producesreference Stanleesown work. Ido finditfunto try to findthe cameointhe movie
whichhas nowbecome a habit.
My moviescanalsobe splitupinto Lacey’sRepertoire of
Elementsinordertoanalyse them.forexample inthe case of
Lord of the rings
Character- The characters of the movie showsusthatit isan
actionfantasy. Thisis because all of the characterslook
medieval lookaboutthemforexample. Legolaswhoisplayedby
OrlandoBloom. He isdressedupas a stereotypical elf. Itisalso
veryclose to howhe is resembled inthe book. Wearingagreen
cloakand longblond hair. Thisshowsthat itfollowsthe book
well whichmeansthatItwouldattract the people whohave
readthe books first. All of the charactershave the same fantasy
style aboutthem. Itis the exactsame style thattokenpitcher
themto look like. Ialsothink thatthe lookof the orcs look really well .Theyare monstrous enough
to be a perfectenemybuttheydon’tlookto monstrous tomake themlooklike ahorror movie
character.
Narrative- The narrative structure of the filmisa linearnarrative story line.Butitdoeshave one
overall three actstructure that goesoverall three movies. Thentheyhave athree act structure for
each movie. Forexampleinthe TwoTowers.In the exposition we see the charactersonce more
fromthe lastmovie .It alsostarts off exactly where the lastfinished. The insistingactioniswear
Isengardisgoingto war with roham. The risingactionis the war at helms deep. The climax iswear
reinforcements arrive. Andthenfinallythe denouementisware FordoandSamare havingthe talk
at the end.
Iconography- Duringthe movie we see thingsthatare iconographytoaction fantasy movie. The first
of whichbeingthe creatures thatwe meet. Inthe filmthere are trolls, wargsandorcs. All of these
are mythical creaturesthatwouldnotbe expectedinanyothermovie genre. Andbyseeingthat
thingslike thisare inthe movie itwill attractthe audience of action fantasy movie like myself.

4. Anotherthingthatis iconictothe movie isthe battlesthathappen throughoutthe movies. Inthe
trilogythere are three majorbattlesanda few smaller ones. Thishasalwaysbeensomethingthatis
foundinaction fantasy’s I thinkthatthisis because thatisthe reasonwhymostpeople gotowatch
them.Atleastthat’swhy I like them.
Setting- Probably the bestpartof Lord of the ringsisthe locationsthatthe filmisset.Because itis
basedin a mythical worldall of the settingshave a
fantasy era aboutthem. Because of the genre all of the
settingsare colourful andhave theirown districtfeeling
to them. By doingthisandmakinglocationsthatpeople
couldonlydreamof.The viewersare able toescape
realityfora short time andjust imagine whatitwouldbe
like tobe in that world.
Technical and Audiocodes- The technical codes of the filmare amazing. The special effectsare still
as goodto date. I wouldevensaythat the effectsinLordof the ringsare muchbetterthan its
successorthe Hobbit. That lostall of thingsthat made the Lord of the ringstrilogy good.Also the
make-upartistinthe filmis whatI wouldconsiderthe bestinall of film history.
The same thingscan be analysedformyothermoviesinthe case of piratesof the Caribbean the
same analysisof Lacey’sRepertoire of Elementscanbe used
Character- The firstthingthatI want to mentionisthe
character of Will turner.This character isalso playedby
OrlandoBloomthe same actor that playedLegolas. Ithink
the reasonfor thisisbecause the producessaw himdo
such a goodjob inthe lord of the rings franchise and
consideringit’sasimilarrole. Theydecidedtomake him
playthat part .Thisalsomeansthat theywill get a lotof the
Lord of the rings audience. Thiswill meanthatmore people
will goto watch the movie.AlsoJohn Deppwho playedthe
role of captain jacksparrow. He has alwaysbeenquite abig
actor so by havinghiminthe movie more people will goto
watch it. This isknownas start theory. Alsoall of the charactersare dressedlike people fromthe
17th
century. Thiswill attractthe audience of peoplewholike action fantasy because totimelineof a
pirate movie is obviously aimedatpeoplewholike thatgenre .
Narrative- The narrative structure isthe normal linear3act structure narrative . The three act
structure inpiratesof the Caribbean curse of the blackpurl goas followed. Exposition Isthat
ElizabethfindsWillaschildren.insistingactionisElizabethgetscapturedby pirates ,the risingaction
followsthiswith risingactionof the battle betweenpiratesandthe navy.Thenthe final climax the
fightbetweencaptainJackSparrowandcaptionBarbosa . Thenitendswiththe denouementof the
monkeypickingthe cursed treasure backup.

5. Iconography- The iconographyof thismovie wasquite goodat explainingthe genre. Forexample the
shipsthatis inthe movie. Justbylookingatthemthe audience cangeta feel atthe time line of the
movie knowingthismosthistorical actionmoviestendtoalsoattract the audience of the action
fantasy genre. SoI thinkbysetting the time line inthe 17th
centurytheywill getaudience fromboth
fantasyand historical movie audience. Alsothe weaponrythatisusedgivesusaclear example of
whenthe movie issetitalsoby the amountof weaponsusedthe audience knowsthatitisdefiantly
alsoan action movie. Andif the genre wasn’tclearbefore thatwe see inthe trailerthatthere are
skeletonpiratesthiswill show for defiantly thatitisaimedat the fantasyaudience
Setting-The settingof the movie ismainlysetinthe seaona pirate ship. There are alsosome land
scenesin PortRoyal and a cave inthe sea. All of these sceneslocationare consideredasbeing
commonon a pirate movie .The settingsare all setoutto be in the 1700s thiswasdone since this
was the time whenpiratingwasatits mostcommon.
Andfinalitythe same canbe done withthe avengersaswell .
Character- the characters inthe movie are a perfect
example of afantasy genre. All of the characters are
dressedupontheirownversionof whatthe
avengerslookedlike inthe originalcomics. For
example withthe characterof ironman he has a full
suite of roboticarmour. This will attractthe
audience of the fantacygenre aswell asthe
audience of the superhero.The movie hasa
ensemblecastbecause all of the actors previously
had a movie thatwas basedaroundthem. Thisis
star theorybecause a lotof people will gotowatch
the movie because of the actorsin the film,
Narrative- the movie hasabasic linerstoryline withthe 3act structure. The movie startswiththe
exposition whereitintroducesall of the main characters one byone .Nextisthe insistingincident
whichisthe avengersfightingLoki.Thenitleadstothe risingactionwhere theycapture Loki and
prisonhiminthe air shipand thenhe breaks out.The climax isthe battle betweenthe avengersand
the alienrace that are attackingNewYork. Finally itendswiththe denouementthisiswhere the
avengersbeatthe aliensanddefeatsLoki

6. Iconography- Thishassome goodiconographyfor example. The clothingthatall the characters
where strictly followsthe comics. AndIhave noticed thata lotof the people whoenjoythe fantasy
genre are also a fanof comic books.Soby doing thisItwill attract thisgenres audience.
Setting- The settingof the movie ismainlyNewYork City. Thisisbecause itisthe pace where the
avengersare setinthe original comics. Itisalsobecause itis an iconiccityto the views. Another
locationwouldbe the airship. Thisisalso aniconiclocationfromthe comics. It is alsoveryfuturistic
whichtendstoattract the audience of those wholike the fantasy genre.
There are several differentwayswhichIfoundoutaboutthe new film
releases. The firstof whichisbywatchingthe new trailer releases
whenI go tothe cinema. Thisgivesme anideaaboutwhat new
releases are comingoutandwhichonesthat I wishtowatch. Another
waythat I findthem isfrom social mediasiteslikeFacebook and
YouTube. Bygoingon thiswebsite Iamable to see new trailersthat
popup on my timeline. Ialsogettosee otherpeople’s viewsonthe
movie andfindoutwhat theythinkaboutthemthenIcan decide
weaverornot I want towatch it.This alsoallowsbe tosee some sneak
peaksof the filmwhichwill give me more of an insighttowhat the
movie is about.AlthoughIam notit ispossible tosubscribe toafilm
magazinessuchas Empire thiswill give readerstheirnew filmgossip
thiswill include newfilms thatare comingout, who isgoingto be
staringinit and whatthe movie is about. Youcan also follow online
filmreviews thatwill gettosee the movie before mostpeople sothey
can give theirownopiniononthe filmwhichIwouldthenbe able to
make my ownopinion of whattheyhave to say.
One way onhow we react to moviesissomethingcalledreception theory. Thismeansthatwe view
moviesdue toinformationaboutmyself this incudes age social class,genderandotherthingsthat
has an effecton life.Inthe exampleof myselfIlike fantasy moviesbecauseof this theory. Firstage I
am 18 because I am still quite youngIamstill a fanof somewhatchildish themes. ThismeansthatI
am a fan of war and battlesbeingusedin films. Thisalsoshowsthat stereotypicalIam not
interested bydramamoviesandothergenreslikethat.Anotherthingismygender since Iammale I
tendto enjoyactionmoviesandother similargenresoverromance anddramas. Anotherwayis

7. ethnicity andsocial classbutI do not thinkthat thishas effectedhow Iview movies. One thingthatI
do thinkeffectedhowIsaw fantasy movies isthe exhibitionof the viewing.Forexample inLordof
the ringsI rememberseeingmyuncle watchingitone dayon the TV . It wason the part in the two
towerswhere the wargs attack. Because of thisithas become a scene thathas stayedinmy head
and isprobablythe reasonwhyI like the fantasygenre .IthinkanotherreasonwhyIlike thisgenre is
because Ihave alwayshad a verygoodimaginationsoI’ve alwayslikedtopicture myself asbeingin
theirworldsandleave thisone fora short amountof time.
Whena movie hasa large fanbase active speciation takesplace. Thisisatheorythat eachperson’s
feelingonthe movie isdifferentthiswill meanthattheywill reactisdifferentwaystothe movie
dependingontheirpersonally.Andif people particularlike apiece of movie theywill participate in
fandom.Thisincludesfanclubs,conventionsand society’s ..
An example of thishappeningwithlordof the rings
isthat there have beenseveral different
conventions. The biggestbeingringcomwhichisnot
justabout lordof the ringsbutall fantasy movies
and shows. Thisis where people willgotosee the
favourite starsanddressup as theirfavourite
characters.And alsomeetsome of the actors who
are inthe movie. The mostrecentconventionwill
heldonthe 6th till 8th November2015. Thiswill be
heldinMaritimHotel inBonn,Germany.There has
alsobeen fanclubs that have beensetupwhere fansgatherto supportthe movie andtalkabout it.
It isalso possible forfanstogeta viewof all the setsof the movie inNew Zealand.
Anotherexampleof thishappeningisinthe case of piratesof the Caribbean.Since itwas made by
Disneyithasgot its ownarea InDisneylandthey
have calledthisport royal since it islike the areain
the movie. Here theyhave ridesandattractionthat
relate tothe movie. Theyalsohave people dressed
up as the characters fromthe movie thismeansthat
fanscan gettheirphotoswiththeir favourite
characters fromthe movie. There hasalsobeena
Facebook fanclub that has beensetup where
people cangatherto talkabout the movies italso
allowspeoplewhoenjoythe same thingstoget
togetherthisallowspeople toformnewbondswith
people.
Finally thisisalsousedwiththe avengers.There isaconvention like comicconthat’smain reasonis
to hype up comic booktie inmovies.These are conventionslikecomicconthese gethostedinall
mangercitiesacrossthe nationand the US .The main once are on In LondonandNew York thisis
where the largerconventionsare held. These tendtohave more goingonand have more actors
fromthe movie there. Peoplegotothese conventionstofindoutwhatnew moviesare coming up,

8. for example the firstannouncementof the Avengerswastoldatone of these conventions. People
alsogo there to getautographsfrom the actors and to dressupas their favourite superhero