Unit 4: Media audiences and products (BTEC L2)
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Unit 4
Media audiences and products
What does the term genre mean?
Genre
- Sort or type
- Category
- Conventions
- Hybrid
List the genre conventions of action films
What you expect to see in this genre
The Expendables airport scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZsXTtbSQo
Genre conventions
- Weapons
- Fights
- Fast vehicles - chases
- Dramatic set pieces - high scale destruction
- Death of loved ones - vengence
- Missions
- Heroes and villains - stereotypes
If you had to produce your own action film, what would the story be?
Narrative structure - Todorov
- Equilibrium
- Disruption
- Recognition
- Repair/restore order
- New equilibrium
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Narrative structure
The Fast and the Furious plot description - apply to Todorov
Media language
Media language in action films
- Mise en scene
- Camerawork
- Editing
- Sound
Groups - each concentrate on a different element
Die Hard 4.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjICXgcsZM
Die Hard 4.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjICXgcsZM
Target audience
What type of audience would you expect to be attracted to the Fast and Furious films?
Audience
- 75% - non-Caucasian
- 51% - males
- 66% - over 25
