Tuesday 25 September 2012

Action comedy Conventions

Sub genre I've chosen is action comedy:
the conventions of this would be that:

  • it would be a dangerous situation how it is in dramatic action movies
  • a mission waiting to be completed or needed to be completed either the consequence of it not being completed will be fatal.
  • outbreaks in windows,doors,houses.
  • weapons:guns,knives,swords,dangerous military weapons.
  • explosions and crashes.
  • futuristic or expensive cars and motorcycles.
  • fights.
  • jokes and gags.
  • sometimes during a fight there might be a slip up by the main character.
  • the main character doesn't fight his way out by sneaks his way out.
  • tries to act as cool as the main hero characters in action movies the fact that they are silly and always making mistakes will make it funny.
  • the rest of the characters usually don't have faith in the main character of completing the mission but in the end they do and end up proving them wrong.
  • they usually have a big weight on their shoulders.
  • main character is most likely to get the 'attractive' girl like action heroes leaving other characters in awe.
the genre is different as a whole as it has a totally different situation and use of props whereas many other comedies are all taken place in the hometown whereas a action comedy can get the character to travel around to places they are unfamiliar with as they are on a secret mission or have been sent there to carry out a mission,they can sometimes actually have some serious scenes which can be death of others close to the main character but in comedies characters don’t usually die they would be brought back to life miraculously leaving a happy ending.

Best examples of this genre:
  • Johnny English
  • Tropic thunder
  • Rush hour
  • Get smart
  • Hot fuzz
  • Lethal weapon
  • Ghost busters
  • Kickass
  • Police academy
  • The other guys

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