Genre Research I

For my genre research I watched the opening sequence from the movie, Olympus Has Fallen from my genre research I know that Action spy movies use editing music and shot type variations to manipulate the audience into getting a surge of Adrenaline.

This means we will also try to add the pleonastic sounds, the ranging shot types to improve the audiences experience.

I also now know the basic conventions used in the genre for example in an action movie there is usually a hero and a villain in a spy movie the hero is usually extremely talented in combat like wise the villain which will make for a good end fight scene to save the day.

If there is a victim or a kidnapped character it usually is a woman as the connotations of women in the genre are innocent, vulnerable and weak which makes the audience root for the good guy as they are saving the woman.

Our victim in the film is a male because it goes against the conventions which will make it more engaging and entertaining for the audience.