Horror, Western, Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, War, Romance, Noir, Sci-fi, Documentary, Animation, Musicals.
Examples of an adventure film:
Action films normally contain fast-moving plot, containing scenes of violence, normally between the protagonist and the antagonist. The 'hero' is normally out on a series of intense challenges. From chases to training, to exciting suspense-builders at every moment.
Conventions: (In an action movie) - Example.
- A great amount of destruction- Explosions, glass-breaking, etc.
- Fights - Normally to the death, in hazardous areas
- Murder- Of loved ones, normally triggers much bigger events, a huge emotional power-up for the character.
- Always a motive- the plot is maximised through goals and aims. The motives of a cruel villain who is sick of humans.
- Futuristic elements- hover cars, domed highways, screens in the streets, advanced-looking satellites
- Missions, the ultimate goal.
How to recreate an action-related trailer?
- Dramatic, intense, nerve-awakening music.
- Fast, pacey, flashy cut scenes
- Chunky, 'dench', masculine font, all big and elaborate.
- Loud noises, keep the eyes awake and interest in tact.
- Behaviour of actors alert and hyper, not a dull moment
- A clever, exciting plot
How to recreate a sport-related trailer?
- Include emotion, anger, sadness, grief
- Potential sense of sympathy and empathy
- Show a sense of hope and longing from the protagonists' situation
- Scenes of high intensity action, shows the pursuit as interesting and worth watching
- Show the disadvantage, show the clear course of challenge in the story line that will be in the production
- Sound effects must have a 'grave' feel to them, like something great is emerging - this calls for piano playing or trumpets being part of the backing track of the production
- Ensure the theme is greatness. In most sports films, a satisfactory end to a trailer is to signify success, but this means complete success. No silver, no bronze, complete gold. In order to recreate a sport-related trailer, the theme of greatness will be signfied with shiny, brimming colours like gold in one way or another, for example. Or body language that just screams confidence. This creates a character the audience has hopes for and cheers for, even though starting off vulnerable. This recreates the sense of wonder from the audience that most sport trailers give off with the ultimate question, "How does he/she do it?"
Fast Girls plot (Sports film): A talented runner (Lenora Crichlow) from a rough part of London joins the British track team and races for glory at the World Championships.
Conventions already identified: A whole 'started from the bottom, WORK your way up to the top concept' which is a popular plot choice within sports choices. In this case, audience is targeted to inspire urban type youths into productivity, more particularly from a working class background.
the goal is to run under 23 seconds because that is the standard for the upcoming World Championships. Shania just misses it and she isn’t happy. Another convention identified. There is always someting that goes wrong for the athlete, a physical/mental flaw that effects them emotionally and psychologically. This is what normally initiates their 'animal ambition' in order to undergo a transformation that really uplifts the paceand unfolds the mission of the film.
Shania is introduced to somebody of equal skill, Lisa. A snobby upper-class athlete who carries a little bit of spite when it comes to Shania. Here is another convention recognised. To really fire-up a production, a rival who is lacking kindness but thriving in skill and arrogance bolsters the desire for the audience to see all turn out well for the protagonist, and the antagonist is normally used as a material to make the protagonist more likeable.
" The exchange between Shania and Lisa goes wrong and they finish last" And yet another convention of typical sports film. Normally, to avoid obvious consistency of ongoing success, ulitmately leading to the predictability that ends up hindering a production, more than one problem hits the dreamer, and it comes at unexpected times. This is to reawaken and boost the rush and concern that the audience has for the story, which ends up taking the audience's minds off the obvious end result and more on the present in the story, ensuring focus on every detail in that scene. This is further proved as in the story, Lisa later falls out with her aunt, and kicks her out.
In most popular sports films, the rivals ends up forming a respect for the protagonist. For example: Karate Kid, after the young man becomes the champion, his former bully, now the runner up, now shakes his hand with a smile. Lisa, is begging and is eager to make amends with Shania and wants her into the team. In Rocky, both boxers develop a mututal respect for eachother after the final battle. This serves as a final emotional moment to put a true happy ending for everybody in the story, giving the production a satisfactory end.
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