Explain the main features of action/adventure films and provide examples to support your ideas. Refer to at least two action/adventure films:
- Indiana Jones – raiders of the lost ark
- Salt
Representation, Audience, Media language, Institution, Storyline, Structure, Oppositional characters, Journey/Quest, Action sequences.
INDIANA JONES
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
The director of the Indiana Jones decided to focus his movie on the Second World War times, in 1940’s.
The movie was filmed all around the globe, as we travelled along with the main character.
Indiana Jones has to find the Lost Ark before the Nazi’s do, because Adolf Hitler believed that it would make his army impossible to defeat.
There is a wide audience for this movie, because it goes along with most of the age groups. Older people could get interested because of the old times, and younger because there is a good sense of humor. People who are into the historian themes or who are interested in history itself would also enjoy this movie. There is some romance. The opposition characters in this movie are the nazi’s.
His mission ends with a success, defeating the german soldiers. Which could lead to the end of the Second World War in some way. There is a lot of the action like shooting or chasing. It keeps the emotions in the air, because the character always hardly gets away from the death’s arms and we are not sure what will happen next. We are getting to know the character through the movie and we feel like we get through those hard moments with him, so we would hate seeing him dying because we got to like him. When it is dangerous and his life is in risk it takes our breath away for a moment.
