1. ACTION
ROMANCE

2. Conventions
of Genre
• Fast paced
• Fights
• Weapons
• Killings (usually a loved one/s)
• Mass destruction
• Outbursts in setting
• Motives/goals
• Good versus bad
• Boy meets girl
• Happy ending
• Emotions

3. Actors
 Tom Cruise
 Brad Pitt
 Daniel Craig
Associated
Actors and
Directors
Directors
 Doug Liman
 John Glen
 Michael Bay

4. Popular Action Romance Films
Popular films - Mr and Mrs Smith, The Body
Guard, Knight and Day, The Bounty Hunter.
Normally involve well- known film stars such as
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr and Mrs
Smith.
Often have a strong comedy element or witty
dialogue.

5.  The genre goes back to the early
days of Hollywood.
Popular
Action
Romance
Films
 Stars have included:
 Humphrey Bogart and Katherine
Hepburn in the African Queen
 Michael Douglas and Kathleen
Turner in Romancing The Stone.

6. Popular
Action
Romance
Films
 Main characters usually begin the
film disliking each other but a
romantic relationship develops.
 Action Romance films can be huge
at the box office.
 Top Gun starring Tom Cruise and
Kelly McGillis. The money taken
for the film at the box office was
$356,830,601

7. Analysis of a
Scene
 In this scene the editing is mainly slowmotion and fast paced so you can see all
of the action going on. Sound, gun shots
and explosions with the click of a door
opening at the beginning. The camera
pans around John and Jane which shows
that they're working together, and there
are mainly two shots with a few close
ups. They are wearing black
trousers, bullet proof vests and blue
shirts with yellow glasses. The lighting is
quite dim with a few lights around the
room, and there are bright lights from
the explosions.