I apologies for the length of last weeks post, and I promise that this one will be far more specific and much shorter. At the time I had so many ideas flowing that I felt as if I had to write a very long introductory post. For today's post I will be solely focusing on genre. Hmmm, what genre to pick, well out of the options that I mentioned earlier it is likely that my group and I will choose to make a film that falls in the action genre. According to the Numbers.com, action films are currently the second most popular genre close behind adventure. Between 1985 and 2023 action films have generated about 54 billion dollars. Because of this tremendous amount of money, and the fact that action films have consistently been popular, and entertaining for years my partner and I believe that it is an appropriate choice.
One very common genre convention that many action films have is that they are extremely fast paced and typically include a good amount of fighting scenes. A great example of such scenes comes from a series of movies we all know and love, John Wick. A combination of both slow motion shots, and quick cuts makes the combat scenes in the film very interesting and exciting to watch. I think we could incorporate something like this if we show our protagonist fighting and throwing punches in the ring.
Moreover, the use of various mise-en-scene elements can also further contribute to the telling of our story. Obviously are fighter will be in boxing trunks and have on boxing gloves, but aside from that we are unsure as to what else he would have on. Furthermore, we would like the color of his clothing to represent his personality, maybe a mix of red to show his passion for the sport, and a mix of light blue to show his calmness and poise while fighting. Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick movies (and of course his costume design crew), did a fantastic job picking out Wicks outfits, most of the time he is wearing all black showing his anger, and serious nature as he hunts down the people who killed his dog.
Similarly, like the John Wick films we would incorporate both a protagonist and an antagonist, the protagonist would be our fighter and the antagonist would be his opponent who is known to be a dirty fighter. For today that is all I could think of, I plan on further exploring more genre characteristics and plot aspects later on this week in the following posts.
References:
Genres movie breakdown 1995-2023. The Numbers. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://www.the-numbers.com/market/genres
Hellerman, J. (2019, October 9). The 11 greatest fist fights in action movies, ranked. No Film School. Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://nofilmschool.com/best-fight-scenes-in-movies-john-wick
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Keanu Reeves Black Suit. The Genuine Leather. (2023, February 13). Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://thegenuineleather.com/product/john-wick-3-keanu-reeves-suit/
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