1. Aims:
To introduce Action Adventure Exam Topic
To consider what The Action Adventure
Genre is made up of
To look at an example of Action Adventure
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Mise-en-
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2. What films would you add to the list?

3. What makes Action Adventure
an enjoyable action adventure
movie?
Speed and Motion
Spectacle Suspense and Jeopardy
Conflict and Combat

4. How do the aspects of film
contribute to these areas?
Falling motion through trees/Body language/
setting
Speed and Motion Sound of the wind rushing
Beeping became louder and more
Thud of crashing emphasises this rapid
Music contributes to this
Panicked dialogue
Low angle longshot falling straight
down
Spectacle Suspense and Jeopardy
Expansive setting
Fast tempo creates this
Variation of shot types
Very long shot highlights contribute to panic
vulnerability and contributes to the
spectacle
Conflict and Combat
Combat clothes contribute to
Close up of closed eyes falling understanding of character
from plane suggests he has been
pushed

5. A&O
To consider the meaning of mise en
scene
To consider it's importance to Action Special effects -
Adventure Genre Computer Generated Images (CGI)
Costume - Pro-filmic
Time period
Character
Status
Age
Ability
Props -
Lighting -
Atmosphere
Mood
Mise-en-scene Time period
Genre
Status/Power
Emotions Characteristics
Temporal awareness (time of day)
Setting -
Time period
Location
Genre Colour as media language
Hero qualities
How does the mise-en-scene contribute to the providing suspense and jeopardy in this sequence?

6. Colour as Media Language
Facial Expressions
Props and
setting
Shot type and
angle
Body language

10. Hold down the following to grab an image from the internet:
.
Shift, CMD,4
Extreme Close-Up
You will then se a crosshair, now drag this over the image
you want and it will appear on the desk top, as if by magic! Eye of the subject
What qualities or characteristics
come through the shot?
Dark and Gloomy setting
Looking through key hole to create this atmosphere
to suggest isolation and
confinement

11. Puropse and
intention
Realism
Dramatic (irony)
Atmospheric
Tell
Propel
Enhance Expressive
Continuity
Diegetic Parallel
Sound Concepts
Diegetic Non-diegetic
Ambient Soundtrack
Score
Contra-punctual

12. Purpose and intention
Continuity
Pace and Tempo
Space and time manipulation
Character relationships
180 degree rule
Matching on action
Editing Concepts
Graphic matching
Shot reverse shot Eyeline matching
Cross cutting
Establishing Shot

13. Purpose and intention
Spectacle
Production value
Gratification
Escapism
Computer generated imagery
Modeling
Pro filmic
Special Effects
Pyrotechnics Green screen
Prostetics

14. Answer all two questions using examples from the extract.
1 Explain two ways in which the characters and/or events in the extract fit the
action adventure genre.
[10]
2 Explain how each of the following is used to create effects that fit the action
adventure genre:
• soundtrack
• camerawork
• mise-en-scène.
[20]
Total [30]

15. Tips for Exam Success
Write about the sequence chronologically
Assume the examiner has not seen the sequence
Opening sentence: The establishing shot in this sequences shows......
Technical language is essential throughout the essay
Signifies, symbolises, represents, connotes...
DO NOT TALK ABOUT GENERIC FEATURES OF ACTION ADVENTURE

16. Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from
the extract only
1) Discuss the ways in which the following are used, in this
extract from Holby City. Make explicit link to how gender and and
age are represented through all the technical aspects:
Camera Angle shot movement and position
Editing
Sound
Mise-en-scene
Using the mark scheme give an approximate grade
and provide 3 reasons for this grade taken from the
mark scheme.

18. Eye line matching is used in this sequence whereby we see Bond in a mid shot driving
the car and this is linked by a close up shot of the GPS device. The function of this shot
is to show his primary mission, in this case to reach a target (parrellel editing shows this
to be the rescuing of the female heroine). This suggests bond is the underdog and has
far more barriers to overcome. The effect of this heightens the suspense and jeopardy of
this sequence.