1. Aims:
To introduce the exam topic
To be able to define what the
Action Adventure genre is

2. ACTION ADVENTURE
• In this unit you will learn to: KEY CONCEPTS FOR
• Write a textual analysis of a TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
film extract
• Writing a textual analysis
means you will: GENRE
• Accurately describe different MEDIA LANGUAGE
aspects of a film extract
REPRESENTATION
• Explain why the people who
made the extract chose each (IDEOLOGY & VALUES)
of those aspects
• Explain what the extract says
about the world

3. ACTION ADVENTURE
• Copy out the chart on slide 4. Look at the
images of the films on slide 5 and try to place
them in the right category.
• Pick 4 films from different categories and
explain why you chose to put them there
• Pick two films that fit into more than one
category and explain why its hard to put them
in just one category

4. COMBAT/WAR WESTERN SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY
DISASTER TEEN MOVIE HORROR SWASHBUCKLER
EPIC SUSPENSE HISTORICAL ROMANCE
MELODRAMA COMEDY POLICE/CRIME MARTIAL ARTS
COMIC-BOOK ANIMATION THRILLER

6. 2 TASK: Analyse posters 1-3
say what genre you think the
film is and explain how the
poster has signalled that
genre to you
3
1
GENRE
A class or category of art recognised by it’s CODES & CONVENTIONS

7. CODES & CONVENTIONS
The symbolic and
technical codes that
make up a media text
(it’s key ingredients)

8. CODES & CONVENTIONS
• Genre is made up of 4 typicals What can you
say about the
How can you tell NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY use of props
and imagery?
what the story Elements we expect to
is? What’s the story? see
Can you
CHARACTERS sETTINGS What can you
say about the
comment on People who drive the setting and how
The locations used
what role the story forward it may link to
characters play the genre?
in the film?
Use denotation and connotation to analyse these 4 elements
on two posters of your choice (see slide 9-12)

9. NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS

10. NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS

11. NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS

12. NARRATIVE ICONOGRAPHY
CHARACTERS sETTINGS

13. SO WHAT IS ACTION
ADVENTURE?
• Consider what these
films have in common.
• Do you think you can
come up with a definition
for action adventure?

14. SO WHAT IS ACTION
ADVENTURE?
• Action film is a film where
one or more heroes is
thrust into a series of
challenges that requires
physical feats, extended
fight and frantic chases.
• Action Adventure can be
hard to define because it
includes ACTION and
elements of other genres
therefore we can refer to it
as a HYBRID GENRE