Genre Research A2 Media Studies Mr Assegai

1. Supernova Shorts™
Keanon Mcsween

2.  Action film is a film genre in which
one or more heroes are thrust into a
series of challenges that typically
include physical feats, extended
fight scenes, violence, and frantic
chases.
 Action films are a film genre where
action sequences, such as fighting,
stunts, car chases or explosions,
take precedence over elements like
characterization or complex plotting

3.  Historians consider the great train robbery to be the
first action film. Made in 1903 it was a short silent
western film. The 1940s and 1950s saw "action" in a new
form through war and cowboy movies. Alfred
Hitchcock ushered in the spy-adventure genre. The long-
running success of the James Bond films or series
(which dominated the action films of the 1960s)
introduced a staple of the modern-day action film, the
Bond films also used fast cutting, car chases, fist
fights, a variety of weapons and gadgets, and elaborate
action sequences. During the 1970s, gritty detective
stories and urban crime dramas began to evolve and fuse
themselves with the new "action" style, leading to a
string of maverick police officer films, such as
Bullitt
 In the 1980s Hollywood produced many big budget action
blockbusters with actors such as Sylvester
Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce
Willis.[ Steven Spielberg and George Lucas paid their
homage to the Bond-inspired style with Raiders of the
Lost Ark(1981).[

4.  Action comedy - A subgenre involving action
and humour.
 Action horror - A subgenre combining the intrusion of
an evil force, event, or supernatural personage of
horror movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases
of the action genre.
 Disaster film - Having elements of thriller and
sometimes science fiction films, the main conflict of
this genre is some sort of natural or
artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes,
 Martial arts - A subgenre of the action film, martial
arts films contain numerous fights between
characters.
 Sci-fi action - Sharing many of the conventions of
a science fiction film, sci-fi action films emphasizes
gun-play, space battles, invented weaponry, and other
sci-fi elements weaved into action film premises.

5.  Spy film: In which the hero is generally a
government agent who must take violent action
against agents of a rival government or (in
recent years) terrorists.
 Action thriller - Featuring guns, cool
explosions, and amazing set pieces, this movie
type first developed in the 1970s in such
films as Dirty Harry and The French
Connection, and became the exemplar of the
Hollywood mega-blockbuster in the 1980s in
such works as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
 Superhero film - Usually having elements of
science fiction and fantasy, they focus on the
actions of one or more superheroes, who
usually possess superhuman abilities and are
dedicated to protecting the public.

6. Sylvester
Stallone
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Liam
Neeson
Bruce
Willis

7.  Fights, explosions and crashes, cat and
mouse chase, up beat nerve raking
music, massive destruction, killing, a
mission waiting to be completed.
 Exotic locations, mind boggling car
chases and hair raising adventures keep
the audience on their seats.

8.  Action Films tend to use a lot of
special effects especially when it
comes to explosions and fights.
These effects make the film more
enjoyable and thrilling for the
audience. CGI is used to make it
seem as if something is real which
adds to the imagery of the scene in
a film.

9.  We chose to do an action film because we
thought it would make for a fun and
exciting project. It was also an easy
decision because we had already gone
over a few ideas for an action film
prior to beginning our task. We also
thought that creating an action film
will give our audience something fun to
watch. Our film idea of a video game
coming to life was based on our editors
wish that he could live in the gaming
world just to experience the madness.