2. Action
ELEMENTS
• Cars, weapons,
fight scenes
• Stunts, chase
scenes
• High tempo
• Extreme
locations
• Escape,
revenge,
assassin, kidnap
EXAMPLES
• 2012
• Back to the future
• Batman
• Big Fish
• 127 hours
POSSIBLE IDEAS
• High speed chase scene, pause action shots to
show titles and actors names
• Car racing- driver gets out of car to introduce
main character and dialogue begins
3. ELEMENTS
• Sensitive
content
• No bad
language or
upsetting
scenes
• Colourful
• Upbeat music
• Friendly
storylines
• Good morals
EXAMPLES
• Avatar
• Bambi
• 101 Dalmatians
• Shrek
• Toy Story
POSSIBLE IDEAS
Because of limitations in school, animation isn’t a
practical idea because we have to display our
filming abilities and have limited editing facilities
Children’s
Animation
4. Possible Ideas
• Girl cycles along beach- music in headphones
stops when she hits man and earplugs fall out
• Old man at home alone- pans across the room
showing old pictures of a happy couple
Elements
• Relationships
• Dreamlike
lifestyle
• Softer music
• Heart ache
• Elements of
other genres
e.g. comedy or
tragedy
Examples
• Dear John
• Titanic
• The Notebook
• The Last Song
• The Lucky One
Romance
5. ELEMENTS
• Light hearted
humour
• Exaggerated
stereotypes
• Upbeat
storyline
• Easy to follow
storyline
• Puns/innuendos
EXAMPLES
• 21 Jump Street
• The Hangover
• The Interview
• American Pie
• Dumb&Dumber
POSSIBLE IDEAS
• Male main characters going on a surf weekend-
learning to surf together
• Scrawny boys fail their a levels and sign up for
the army- go through physical training program
Comedy
6. Elements
• Investigation
• Detective
• Problematic
storyline
• Clues and
mystery
• Law breaking-
burglary,
murder etc
Examples
• Fast and Furious
• Goodfellas
• The Dark Knight
• The Godfather
• Jack Reacher
Possible Ideas
• Panning camera across murder scene then
begin the film with the investigation
• Police chase scene then the film gives the
background to why they are being chased
Crime
7. ELEMENTS
• Adrenaline
• Suspense
• Paranormal
• Eerie music with
changing
tempo to build
tension
• Aspects of gore
and violence
EXAMPLES
• HumanCentipede
• The Awakening
• The Quiet Ones
• Woman In Black
• Storage24
POSSIBLE IDEAS
• Haunted house with bottles of body parts lined
up on shelves- new family moves in
• Introduces main characters in the forest- its
getting dark and have to survive the night
Horror
