Genre analysis of Action Films

Characters - The characters that are usually involved in an action film are usually a protagonists and antagonists. The protagonists are the good person throughout the film and the antagonist is usually the bad person in the film. There are also females on both sides that end up fighting each other while the protagonist and the antagonist end up fighting throughout the film. The protagonist usually tries to protect someone or people and so they very rarely get hurt and injured whereas the antagonist is usually the one to get injured or possibly die.

Setting - The setting for an action can usually be set in big cities where there are lots of people and so a lot of people will be affected by the drama that is going on around them. The setting can also be at great heights up in the sky where the drama such as explosions would take place up above people where is could affect them when they do not know it is coming. It can sometimes be exaggerated when doing an action film to let the audience know that the explosions and car chases are all associated with the genre of action.

Camera - The angles in an action film are usually taken at a birds eye view and so the audience can see what is happen at a height. This would also help to exaggerate what is happen and this would make an impact on the audience of why that has been done. The camera usually quickly moves into a close up if there is a car chase as it wants the audience to capture the essence of what is going on in the film. Usually the camera will be a close up of the protagonist as they want to make it clear on who is the good person and who is trying to look out and protect the other people around them. When doing an action film they usually put in extreme close up of the antagonist to show the emotion that they are feeling when they are committing their crimes.

Audience - The target audience for an action film is usually boys as they are the gender that are more interested in things like cars, chases and explosions and so they can recognize the target audience from when it starts. The age range for an action film is aged 14-20 as it is the age that they start to know what they like and they can relate to those types of things.

Action films have a tremendous impact, continuous high energy throughout the film, they contain lots of physical stunts that are complicated for many people to do, and many extender car chases, battles and rescues. These are the types of things that people expect to see in an action film which is why they would pay a lot of money to go and see a film like this in the cinema, because it is living up to their expectations of what makes a good action film.