Action (genre)

ACTION GENRE

The action Genre is a categorization of films that utilize high levels of action and intense scenes in order to capture the audience's attention . The action Genre is also one of the most popular genres of film and can often be seen dominating the box office.

CONTENT

Films within the action genre have a lot of (as the name implies) action. This means that often times within an action movie you will commonly see things like fighting scenes, impressive physical feats, intense chase sequences, and pretty much anything involving violence. In these types of films, the main thing that drives the movie forward is the physical action which often results in a very fast paced experience. The protagonist of these action films are often male and depicted as heroic and able bodied, being able to preform all sorts of stunts. Since these films primarily focus on the action, things like the story often take a backseat and tend to lack the depth of other movies of different genres.

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

Action films utilize various techniques within their production in order to keep the audience's attention at all time and keep the action going.  In order to keep up a fast pace one technique used in action films are a lot of moving shots. The lack of static shots helps to keep the audience's interest and also helps follow the action going on within a scene. In combination to these moving shots there are also often the use of close up shots of the action. These mostly serve to add to the drama and suspense to a particular scene.

MARKETING

The action genre is the genre that makes the most money per year and are also often the most expensive movies to make. They often capture the attention of potential audiences through trailers which are able to showcase the big budget in action with all sorts of effects, stunts, etc. Films under the action genre also are able to market through the release of merchandise that mainly caters towards children. By targeting children, films can make even more money since it means that the Childs whole family is more likely to go on top of the money they can make from toys.

SAMPLE 1 (THE AVENGERS)

The Avengers film is a prime example of an action genre film. This film is about a team of unlikely superheroes( who originated from marvel comics )who team together in order to fight a common threat. With a budget of 220 million, this film has all kinds of visual effects and stunts that are sure to keep the audiences engaged and attentive. A large majority of the film focuses on fight scenes with the entire later half of the movie being dedicated to the final battle between our protagonists and the enemy, On top of nonstop action there is also a build of suspense and drama before finally concluding with the avengers as victorious.

SAMPLE 2 (GODZILLA VS. KONG)

Godzilla vs Kong is another good example of an action genre film. With a budget of 160 million, this movie utilized a lot of CGI and visual effects in order to showcase the action. The entire plot centers around the conflict between 2 very famous icons in the monster realm( King Kong and Godzilla) which results in very high potential to make a very high action film.  The majority of the film is spent on scnes where either Godzilla and King Kong are fighting, the humans are fighting one of the monsters, or building up to a fight between Godzilla and King Kong. The film, in typical action film fashion, ends in a climactic battle where Godzilla and King Kong team up against a common enemy.

MORE EXAMPLES

• Mission impossible

• Fast and furious 7

• Mad max fury road

• John wick

• X men apocalypse
  
  
  

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