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2. GENRE CONVENTIONS
• THIS IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE FEATURES OF FILM THAT RELATES TO THE GENRE, THEME,
SETTING, CHARACTERS AND THE PLOT ITSELF. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE ACTION MOVIES AS THEY
INCLUDE SUSPENSE AND DIFFERENT ACTION SCENES.
• THESE QUALITIES OF A FILM HELPS THE AUDIENCE RECOGNIZE THE GENRE OF THE FILM. IT ALSO GIVES OUT
A CERTAIN MOD THAT THE PLOT IS TRYING TO CONVEY TO THE AUDIENCE.

3. ACTION/THRILLER GENRE CONVENTIONS
• ACTION THRILLER GENRE ARE EASY TO IDENTIFY DUE TO THE STYLE THAT IT IS REPRESENTED IN. A LOT OF
ACTION FILMS CONTAIN A LOT OF MURDERS AND DRAMA WHICH GIVES A SENSE OF SUSPENSE WITHIN
THE AUDIENCE. ONE GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS, IS THE MOVIE “JOHN WICK”. THE PROTAGONIST HAS A
DARK PAST AND IS VERY MYSTERIOUS, HIS WIFE IS DECEASED AND LEFT HIM A DOG AS MEMORY OF HER.
THIS MAKES THE AUDIENCE FEEL SYMPATHY FOR HIM AND HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HIM. THE
ANTAGONIST OF THE FILM MURDERS HIS DOG AND JOHN GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO FIND THE KILLER AND
TO GET REVENGE BY MURDERING HIM. THIS CREATES SUSPENSE WITHIN THE AUDIENCE.

4. REPERTOIRE OF ELEMENTS
• THESE ARE THE KEY FEATURES OR CHARACTERISTICS OF A FILM THAT ARE CONSTANTLY SEEN OR
REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE GENRE. EACH GENRE HAS ITS OWN REPERTOIRE OF ELEMENTS THAT MAKES
IT DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE. THESE ELEMENTS FALL UNDER SEVEN CATEGORIES:
• PROPS, STYLE, ICONOGRAPHY, SETTINGS, NARRATIVE, THEMES

5. ICONOGRAPHY
• THE GENRE I CHOSE FOR MY FILM IS ACTION THRILLER AND THE ICONOGRAPHY IN THIS PARTICULAR
GENRE TYPICALLY INVOLVE WEAPONS, BLOOD, SILHOUETTES, SHADOWS ETC. ICONOGRAPHY IS WHERE
FILMS CONTAIN BOTH VISUAL IMAGES AND SOUND IMAGES. STEVEN CAMPSALL “ICONOGRAPHY IS AN
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF GENRE.” WE EXPECT TO SEE CERTAIN OBJECTS ON SCREEN WHEN WE WATCH A
PARTICULAR GENRE..

6. STYLE
• STYLE REFERS TO HOW ICONOGRAPHY IS REPRESENTED. IT IS DONE THROUGH CAMERA ANGLES, EDITING,
SPECIAL EFFECTS, SOUNDS, AND PROPS. IT IS HARD TO SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ICONOGRAPHY AND
STYLE DUE TO THINGS SUCH AS IMAGES BEING PRESENTED ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENRE, HOWEVER
THE LIGHTING STYLE COULD ALSO BE ASSOCIATED, MAKING IT HARDER FOR THE AUDIENCE TO
DISTINGUISH THEM AS DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

7. SETTING
• GENRES HAVE A DISTINCT LOCATION OR TIME PERIOD, FOR EXAMPLE, HORROR/THRILLER FILMS ARE
USUALLY SET IN A HAUNTED HOUSE. HOWEVER, SETTINGS DO NOT ALWAYS STAY CONSTANT AND CAN
CHANGE WITHIN A GENRE. FOR EXAMPLE, HORROR FILMS HAVE A SETTING WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN RURAL
AREAS WITH NO CIVILISATION, BUT IN MODERN FILMS THEY TEND TO BE SET IN URBAN AREAS TO MAKE
THE FILM MORE REALISTIC AND MORE THRILLING.

8. NARRATIVE
• THIS REFERS TO THE STRUCTURE AND SPECIFIC NARRATIVE ELEMENTS THAT ARE USED WITHIN A FILM.
NARRATIVES ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH CONFLICTS OVER IDEAS AND VALUES. TYPICALLY, THE STORY
BEGINS WHEN THE EXISTING EQUILIBRIUM IS DISRUPTED, THIS IS THEN RESOLVED AGAIN, OFFERING THE
NARRATIVE OF REASSURANCE. NARRATIVE MOMENTS TEND TO BE THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PARTS OF
THE FILM, FOR EXAMPLE A HERO FINALLY KILLS THE VILLAIN AT THE END OF THE MOVIE AND THIS WAS NOT
SEEN AT THE START.

9. CHARACTERS
• THE NARRATIVE IS THEN DEVELOPED THROUGH CHARACTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VILLAIN CAUSES A
NARRATIVE PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE SOLVED BY THE HERO OF THE MOVIE. SOME CHARACTERS BECOME
SO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIFIC GENRE THAT IT BECOMES A GENERIC TYPE.

10. THEMES
• THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF GENRE FILM IS THAT THEY ARE TYPICALLY UNDERPINNED BY UNIVERSAL
THEMES. THESE ARE THEMES THAT INTEREST A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, AN EXPLICIT
THEME OF VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY CAN BE CLEARLY SHOWN IN GANGSTER FILMS.

11. Close up shot to show the
audience the characters
emotionsMasks can be used to hide the
antagonist identity to create
mystery.
The extreme close up shot of an eye
could deeply show the audience on
how the character feels this could be
sadness, fear, or happiness.

12. SETTING
• THE ACTION THRILLER GENRE IS USUALLY SET IN EITHER AN ISOLATED AND SHADY LOOKING AREAS. OR IT
COULD BE SET IN A MODERN CITY TO SHOW THE CLASS OF PEOPLE AND THEIR HIGH PAYING JOBS. THIS IS
WHERE WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN WALK IN. PATHETIC FALLACY IS USED TO FORESHADOW THE
MISFORTUNES F THE CHARACTERS SUCH AS THE PORTRAYAL OF DARKNESS, THUNDER, AND RAIN.
• THE COLORS USED IN ACTION THRILLER FILMS ARE TYPICALLY BLACK AND RED AS THEY PORTRAY
DANGER AND DEATH.

13. NARRATIVES AND THEMES
• THE NARRATIVES IN ACTION THRILLER USUALLY INVOLVES FIGHTING, COMMITTING A CRIME, AND
GETTING REVENGE.
• THE THEMES WHICH ARE EXPLORED IN THE GENRE USUALLY INCLUDE DEATH, FEAR, SADNESS, SIN VS
PURITY, AND KNOWN VS UNKNOWN.
• IN MY OPENING SEQUENCE THE NARRATIVE WILL INVOLVE FIGHTING AND GETTING REVENGE AND THE
THEME WILL INCLUDE KNOW VS UNKNOWN, SADNESS, AND DEATH.

14. CHARACTERS
• CHARACTERS WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE GENRE INVOLVE POLICE, FBI AGENTS, THE VILLAIN, HITMAN, A
VICTIM, UNDERCOVER AGENTS, SOLDIERS, AND A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER. DEAD RELATIVES OR
FRIENDS USUALLY APPEAR IN THIS GENRE AND THIS GIVES A SENSE OF SYMPATHY AND DARKNESS AS
WELL AS MYSTERY ON HOW THEY DIED.
• I PLAN ON USING A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER WHO’S WIFE HAS PASSED AWAY WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE
OF DEATH TO THE AUDIENCE, SO IT KEEPS THEM QUESTIONING AND WATCHING THE FULL MOVIE TO KNOW
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WIFE. I WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE VILLAIN WHICH IS GOING TO BE HUNTING
THE MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER IN ORDER TO MURDER HIM.

15. THE AUDIENCE
• MY AUDIENCE WILL MOST LIKELY BE MEN AND TEENAGERS AGED 16 TO 35. THIS IS BECAUSE MALES
USUALLY FAVOR ACTION THRILLER FILMS DUE TO THEM BEING VERY EXCITING AND THRILLING. THEY ALSO
WANT TO WORK OUT THE MYSTERIES THEMSELVES.
• YOUNG ADULTS WILL BE INTERESTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO COME IN AN
EVERY DAY LIFE SO THE ACTION THRILLER FILMS TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE REAL WORLD AND SHOW
THEM THAT ANYTHING CAN BE POSSIBLE.