Action Film Research

The start of a new production


Omg!!!!!!!! I'm so excited about what's coming for the next few months, this post marks the beginning of a new project, from here on I will be recording the progress of my portfolio project and it is such an exciting project I've been waiting to come for so long. The genre my partner and I chose was Action and with this genre, there come many factors in play to create a successful action film. This genre includes several physical stunts, chases, fights, and races. Usually, this genre includes a hero and the goal they are trying to achieve, for the hero to achieve this goal he/she has to go through several obstacles that stop them from achieving the goal. This genre targets an audience of young males around the age of 16-25 because it is an action film most of the audience will be males because it tends to get very violent, Action films such as the James Bond films are good examples of action films. These films have factors needed in this genre from the handsome hero to the charming and desirable women in the film. This type of genre lets us see the story through car chases, fights, and good looking heroes.

EX: Fast&Furious





Fast&Furious falls under this category of Action, the whole movie surrounds around the adrenaline of a car race and the excitement of catching the villain. This movie became extremely popular since the movies have a franchise. Many fans love the movies because of the adrenaline that there is to it, every scene is even better than the other.

Actions films cost a lot of movie to make because of the constant destruction the is on each scene that is filmed, depending on the film that is being produced the money being spent could be greater, most action films cost about $65 million and that is only the production the side the marketing and promotion side cost around $35 million. This genre has a high cost because of all the big factors in it, the action genre is expected to be big and with explosions. The reason why I believe this genre gets lots of attraction it's because of the start theory, this theory means that a film will get more audience if it has bigger and well-known actors, and many actors also get popular because they played the hero part in the movie.

The action genre also works really well with special effects such as explosions in t, car chases, and fights. these effects create an illusion in which makes the fans want to see more of it. The special effects also add to the "magic" of an action film making it ten times more exciting and with more adrenaline.

Action films also have convections, such as Action-Adventure: person against nature, Action-Duel: Person against a person, and Action-Epic: Person against the state or other large organization. These convections play a big role in action films, the action-adventure convection can be about anything that has to do with nature and how the hero has to overcome obstacles to achieve the goal.

EX: The Hunger Games






In The Hunger Games, our hero Katniss Everdeen as a chosen one has to fight to the death against other people to survive in a dangerous environment in which poisonous gas exist. this action film in this convection brings excitement in audiences on how a human can win against nature, this film was very popular in 2012 because of the conflict with our hero and nature. Many action fans might like this genre convection because it is different because of the nature part.


Another great convection is Action-Duel: Person against a person in this convention the hunted part exist in which the villain chases the hero, the movie Pirates of the Carebian is an excellent example of it.






In this film, our "hero" Jack Sparrow has a goal to achieve but instead of him chasing the villain the roles end up being turned around. Jack has to go through many obstacles in order to achieve his goals. The special effects on this movie are what make this film so great. Through the use of these effects, they create am illusions to bring out the fantasy and action in this film. 

All of the action films have important factors that make them great and these films required lots of money in order to be successful. My partner and I will be documenting our action film step by step to make this a successful film and for our audience to see it.