The document discusses the action genre of film. It begins by defining action films as those focusing on dangerous events involving escapes, fights, or rescues filmed in a fast-paced style. The genre originated in the early 20th century with films like The Great Train Robbery. In subsequent decades, war, Westerns, spy films, and the James Bond series influenced the genre. The 1970s saw the rise of martial arts films and actors like Bruce Lee. Big-budget blockbusters in the 1980s starred Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis. Modern action films increasingly use CGI and often combine with sci-fi and superhero genres. Famous actors and directors of action

1. ACTION GENRE
JOEY PINDER

2. INTRODUCTION TO ACTION
‘Action’ is a film genre which has a main focus upon a protagonist or protagonists
that find themselves in a series of dramatic, dangerous events involving narrow
escapes, fights, or rescues, all filmed in a face-paced style that keeps audiences
wondering if the hero or heroine will make it out alive at the end of the film.

3. THE BEGINNING OF ACTION
Many believe ‘The Great Train Robbery’ to be the first film in the action genre.
1920s and 1930s action-based films were often adventure films in which actors
wielded swords in period pieces or Westerns.
Then in the 1940s and 1950s, ‘war and ‘cowboys’ had an influence within the genre
along with spy-adventure.
And the 1960s saw the ‘James Bond’ film series which dominated the action film
genre. The Bond films used fast cutting, car chases, fist fights, a variety of weapons
and gadgets, and elaborate action sequences.

4. ACTION IN 1970
In the 1970s, ‘detective’ and ‘crime’ evolved within the action style along with
‘martial arts’.
Martial arts films became more and more popular and inspired big budget films
which saw actors such as ‘Bruce Lee’ and ‘Chuck Norris’ blend martial acts and ‘cops
and robbers’ to create a new style within the genre.

5. ACTION IN 1980
In the 1980s Hollywood produced many big budget action blockbusters with
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg appearing on the scene along with actors such
as:
Sylvester Stallone featuring in the popular ‘Rambo’ film series,
Arnold Schwarzenegger and 1984’s ‘Terminator’,
And Bruce Willis with the first ‘Die Hard’ film.

6. ACTION IN 1990
Like the Western genre, spy-movies, as well as urban-action films, were starting to
parody themselves, and with the growing revolution in CGI. Computer generated
imagery allowed films to introduce fictional settings and fantastic environments.
This new era of action films often had budgets unlike any in the history of motion
pictures and sequels had proven that a single successful action film could lead to a
continuing action franchise.
The 1980s and 1990s saw a rise in both budgets and the number of sequels a film
could generally have which led to an increasing number of filmmakers to create
new technologies that would allow them to beat the competition and take
audiences to new heights.

7. ACTION IN 2000
With CGI constantly improving, better imagery and setting would encourage sci-fi
films to merge with action to create a different but more entertaining style of
action.
And currently, superhero films dominate cinema screens for example, the Avengers,
X-men and Superman. These films often mix martial arts and science fiction within
reality.

8. ACTORS AND DIRECTORS IN ACTION
Harrison
Ford
Sylvester Stallone Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Clint Eastwood
George Lucas Steven Spielberg

9. AWARDS IN ACTION
The Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie is one of the awards given to
people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics
Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. It was first given out in
2008.
Films that have received the award would include Avatar (2009), Inception (2010)
and Skyfall (2012)