The document discusses the action genre and its conventions. It establishes that the purpose of action films is to excite audiences and provide heroes to idolize. The key conventions are a heroic main character, death of a loved one, a damsel in distress, and settings in modern cities. Examples from the 1920s like Zorro, Robin Hood, and Three Musketeers helped establish the genre. The document then covers subgenres like martial arts, spy, buddy, and disaster films as well as hybrid genres like action comedy and action sci-fi. It provides examples to illustrate the conventions of each type of action film.

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The purpose of the action genre is to excite an audience. An individual may seek action films to divert themselves awayfrom
personal problems or to give themselves a hero to idolize.
The general conventions of the action genre:
 A heroic main character who wins in the end
 A death of a loved one
 A female who is good looking that either works along the main character or becomes a ‘damsel in distress’
 The setting is usually in a modern big city.
The action genre was established around the 1920’s. The action genre emerged through films featured as ‘swashbuckling’
as they contained many action conventions such as sword fighting and a heroic main character.
Some examples of classic films to represent the genre at the time when it was established are ‘The Mark of Zorro’, ‘Robin
Hood’ and ‘The Three Musketeers’.
The Mark of Zorro meets the conventions of the action genre as it includes sword
fighting, a ‘damsel in distress’ and a heroic main character (Zorro) who defeats his
opponent and wins.
Robin Hood meets the conventions of the action genre as it includes a good guy
(Robin Hood) and bad guy (Sir Guy of Gisbourne) who have numerous fighting
scenes and a female in danger.
The three musketeers meets the conventions of the action genre as
it includes three heroic characters who save their country from
engaging in war with England and sword fighting scenes.

2. Sub Genres of Action
Martial Arts
Includes numerous martial art fighting
scenes
The purpose of this sub
genre is to amaze the
Includes the teachings of the Chinese
audience with the martial
culture and of martial arts
art techniques used. The
general conventions of this
sub genre include fighting
scenes that contains
Includes martial arts fighting scenes
martial arts and teachings
& damsel in distress
of the Asian culture.
Spy Film
Its set on a global and includes
gadgets and weaponry.
The purpose of this sub genre
is to thrill the audience. The Set on a global scale, includes
general conventions of this gadgets and weaponry also
sub genre includes seamantics challenges the convention of action
such as gadgets genre by having a female protagonist
/weaponry, the staging usually instead of a male
happens on a the global scale
and the costume of the main
character is usually suarve and
sophisticated.
Set in big cities (Paris and New
York), includes death of a loved one
(Bounre's girlfriend ) and it inculdes
weapons.
Buddy
The purpose of this sub genre is to Includes weapons, two police men that are
emphasis how we all need a bestfriends & a female who is in danger
companion. The general conventions
of this sub genre includes two close
friends majority of the time they're Includes weapons, & two police men that
both police officers or agents of the become close friends despite their difference in
government. Another convention is ethnictiy.
that the pair are often the opposite of
each other maybe in apperance or in
ethnicity however their difference is Includes weapons, its set in a big city and the two main
what brings them together charcater become close friends despite their differences

3. Superhero
Includes a heroic main character, a
The purpose of this sub death of a loved one, a 'damsel in
genre is to excite the distress' and the film is set in a
audience.The general modern big city
convention includes
supernatural powers and a
villian
Set in a modern big city
, includes supernatural powers
and a villian
Girls with Guns
Includes weapons, set in a big
The purpose of this sub genre is to city and has a heroic main
excite and thrill the audience. character.
However this sub genre challenges the
familiar convention by protraying a
female as the protagonist instead of a
male. This presentation of females Includes the daeth of a loved one, set in
challenges the stereotypes that modern big cities and has a heroic main
woman are incaple of being in charge. character
The general conventions of this sub
genre includes weapons and the
setting is usually in a big city
Disaster
Set in a modern big city and on a global, includes
weapons , the victims if of a large population and
The purpose of this sub genre is there's heroic main character
to highlight what could happen
if these disasters were to occur. It
also teaches the audience about Set in a modern day ciy, includes the death of
different ways to survive in these many loved ones and a large population of
scenarios . The general victims
conventions of this sub genre is
that its sets on a global scale and Includes a large popultion of victims, its
includes a large population of set in a modern big city and includes the
victims death of a loved one.

4. Hybrids of Action
Action Comedy
Set in a modern big city, includes a
comedic main character, and also
The purpose of this hybridis to includes semantics such as
attract a larger audience. An explosions, weapons
audience that enjoys both
comedies and action films. The
general conventions from this
hybrid includes conventions from
comedy such as a comedic main
character /characters and a
happy ending but it also includes
semantics from the action genre Includes action film semantics such as
such a explosions and weapons guns and swords but these action
films are lighthearted so they become
comedic
Action Horror
Includes gunfights and
supernaturalism (vampires)
The purpose of this hybrid
is to scare but excite the
audience at the same time.
The general conventions of
this hybrid includes Includes fights, supernaturalism
supernaturalism andevil (demons) and a female who
force events with action becomes in danger
conventions such as sword
and gun fights and frantic
chases
Includes action semantics such a fights
and explosions. Also includes
supernaturalism (zombies)
Action Sci-fi
Includes sci fi
elements, explosions and
The purpose of this hybrid is weapons
to satisfy and entertain an
audience that enjoys both sci-
fi and action films. The
general conventions of this
hybrid includes sci fi elements
such as aliens and robots but
also includes gunplay and Includes
explosions robots, gunplay, explosions, de
ath of a loved one, the setting
is a big city and includes a
heroic main character