Genre Conventions Research: Action

 Common Action Camera Angles: 

  • Medium Shots 

  • Low Angles 

  • Long Shots 

  • Following Shots 

  • Over the Shoulder shots 

  • Close-ups 

Common Action Mis•En•Scene: 

  • Vehicle Props 

  • Special effects makeup to simulate injury 

  • Fighting of characters 

  • Superhero or solider costumes 

  • Low key lighting that later transitions to high key 

  • Urban settings 

  • Guns and knifes as props 

  • Bombs, helicopters, and planes as props 


Common Action Editing: 

  • Action match cuts 

  • Shot Reverse Shots 

  • Cross cutting 

  • Cut aways 

  • Jump Cuts 

 

Common Action Sound: 

  • Non-Diegetic Sound 

  • Diegetic gunfire, explosions, and screaming 


Examples 

A few examples of this type of movie are: 

  • The Sound of Freedom, directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde 

  • Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan 

  • Guardians, directed by Sarik Andreasyan 

  • The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves 

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers


What I enjoyed 

I really enjoyed how in most action movies the editing consists of action match cuts. I think it is remarkably interesting how the genre possesses its own editing technique to get the viewers adrenaline pumping. 

I dislike the gunfire and explosions, I believe the violence is excessive and disturbing. 


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