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L8 - Action Adventure – Audience understanding of the genre Thursday 21stMarch 2013
Aims & Objectives Why? • Re-cap prior learning of elements associated to the Sound Technical feature, which is ONE of the FOUR areas YOU MUST analyze and write about in the exam! • Introduce some key theory around the enjoyment of watching Action-Advnture films, as well as HOW this defines the genre as a whole. • Look at character roles form the genre that conform to an important ideology YOU MUST know for the exam! • See what impact this has on Gender roles within the genre. • Review the learning. A02– Assess candidates’ ability to analyse and respond to a short, unseen moving image extract using media key concepts and appropriate terminology.
3 minutes Starter YOU MUST match the Term to the definition. YOU COULD, in the space below, consider where x1 of these examples would take place in an Action-Adventure sequence. .
“Dumb movies for a Dumb people” (Yvonne Tasker – 1993) • The genre is marketed at a predominantly young, passiveaudience – stereotypically male (Hartley)- who get great excitement from watching adrenaline pumping action. • The narrative is simplistic – single stranded and closed– conforming to Todorov’s 3 part narrative. • The characters are often one dimensional stereotypes that reflect stereotypical social views – for example Men are strong, women are weak..
“Dumb movies for a Dumb people” (Yvonne Tasker – 1993) YOU MUST, underneath the heading and information you have just recorded, list (x5 at least) codes & conventions or “things” that make this statement true. YOU COULD also give relevant examples from x1 or more of the texts analysed to support your understanding.
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David Marc’s denotes his ideology on Action-Adventure heroines as the following: “Do not seek the limelight, but typically find themselves pushed into dilemmas that force them to take action” and how they ultimately “succeed in doing the right thing” . Do you agree?
David Marc – Examples Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) in The Fugitive . Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in Avatar John McLane (Brice Willis) in Die Hard
However… Levi Strauss – Binary Opposition . Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in Iron Man
You are going to watch a scene form Iron Man 2. YOU MUST make notes on the following areas (write down the points and leave space to answer the questions): • How does the mise-en-scene conveny“high production values” to the audience? – Give examples ‘Iron Man 2’ (2010) Dir. John Favreau • How does Tony Stark challenge David Marc’s views on the typical character roles in the genre? . • What does he represent to the audience in terms of character role?
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Levi Strauss – Binary Opposition The Action-Adventure genre has seen a big introduction in “heterosexually tough women” (King & McCaughey) .
'The Matrix' - Trinity . Divide a NEW Page into the 4 Technical areas ABOVE. YOU MUST analyse the representation of Trinity as a “heterosexually tough” (King & McCaughey) woman in relation to these 4 areas – for example for Editing – “A slow motion, 360 ° Whip Pan around her as she fights the police connotes….” YOU SHOULD aim to identify x2 examples per. Technical area.
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Prove what you have learnt– Plenary 3 minutes YOUMUST write down x1 theory you have learnt today about the genre. Extension: YOUCOULD give examples to “back up” your understanding
Homework: Complete your analysis of the scene from The Matrix answering the following question: How are men and women represented in the extract? Refer to stereotypes in your answer. DUE: Monday 25thMarch