Genre Research - Action

The Appeal of the Action Genre - The Heights

Common Camera Angles, Movements, and Shots in action:

  • Tracking shot  
  • Point of View  
  • Low Angle  

 

Common Sound in action: 

  • Diegetic sound 
  • Incidental music  
  • Dialogue 

 

Common Mis-En-Scene in action: 

Costumes: 

  • Everyday clothes 
  • Darker tones clothes 
  • Lighting: 
  • Dim lighting 
  • Lower exposure 
  • Mostly during the night 

Acting: 

  • Lots of movement, running, escaping, etc. 
  • Lots of fear, worry, or motivation and perseverance. 
  • Injuries  

Makeup: 

  • Light/minimal face makeup 
  • Fake wounds 

Props: 

  • Weapons  
  • Personal belongings  
  • Money  
  • Food  
  • Fake blood 

Setting: 

  • Downtown 
  • Unfamiliar place  
  • Woods  
  • Transportation  
  • Houses 

 

Common Editing in your genre: 

  • Cross Cutting  
  • Cutaway  
  • Action Match  
  • Shot reverse shot  

 

Example of action films include: 

  • Top Gun (2022) Joseph Kosinski  
  • Uncharted (2022) Ruben Fleischer 
  • The Batman (2022) Matt Reeves 

 

What elements of action do you like? 

I like that this genre needs a lot of movement and events to happen. The audience never gets bored while watching it, which makes it easier to be entertaining.  

 

What elements of taction do not appeal to you? 

Some elements that are not appealing are the amount of violence needed to convey this genre correctly, such as physical violence or the use of weapons. Moreover, it makes it a bit challenging to create a storyboard: it needs to be full of action but also needs to flow and make sense.  

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