L3 - Action Adventure –
Character Roles
Tuesday 5th March 2013
Guess the Word!
Aims & Objectives
• Re-cap prior learning of areas we covered last
lesson and so far for this unit.
• Establish what stereotypes exist within the
genre in terms of Gender roles and audience
expectations.
• Re-cap Character role theories YOU WILL be
familiar with (Propp’s character roles) and
introduce some new Character role theory
(Monstrous Characters – Neale & Krutnik)
• Analyse a series of Case Study example from
the Action-Adventure genre.
• Review the learning.
Why?
A02 –
Assess candidates’
ability to analyse
and respond to a
short, unseen
moving image
extract using media
key concepts and
appropriate
terminology.
Re-cap what you know already – Starter
3 minutes
YOU MUST fill in the gaps for the areas/key
terms/theory we have covered so far – YOU
SHOULD be learning these in preparation for
the exam on June 6th!
Extension:
YOU COULD give examples of ActionAdventure texts/characters (where relevant)
to back up your understanding.
“Genre’s are instances of
epetition
r_________
and
ifference
d__________”
What does this mean?
‘Genre’
Steve Neale - 1980
On your Mini-white Boards, split it into 2 sections
(Repetition and Difference) and come up with at
least x2 examples of things (codes &
conventions) you would expect to see (or may be
not see) in the Action-Adventure genre.
“Repetition alone will not…….
attract an audience”
‘Genre’
Steve Neale - 1980
Nick Ro_d _d _i ck:
(Sight & Sound – February 2010):
“Technology is not only changing the
business of film making, but also the
tory
importance of s_____”
Question:
What does this connote?
What are these texts (films) all examples of?
HYBRID MOVIES
Please get this booklet out if you have
not already done so!
Quick Fire!
YOU COULD be asked to come up to the white board and write down a Code &
Convention associated to the Action-Adventure genre!
John
Berger
“Men ACT, women APPEAR”
YOU MUST write down on your mini-white boards the name of the
theorist that stereotypes gender roles in the media.
“Brain Storm” - Task
How are the male gender usually
stereotyped in an Action-Adventure Movie?
Extension - YOU COULD tie in theory such as Propp’s character
roles (or John Bergers) to the feedback you provide to me and the
rest of the class!.
The FEEDBACK you provide will be written on the white board!
Or…
YOU MUST, in your exercise books, write down the 2 character roles represented in this
image according to Yvonne Tasker (1993).
YOU SHOULD write down 2 similarities and differences between these 2 character roles.
Or…
Wise Guy
Tough Guy
Feedback – How do we know this?
Binary Opposition (Levi Strauss)
How are the female gender usually
stereotyped in an Action-Adventure Movie?
Binary Opposition
(Levi Strauss)
John Connor – “Boy in distress” who needs rescuing
‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’
(1991)
Dir. James Cameron
‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’
(2001)
Dir. Simon West
You are going to watch a short scene from
the Action-Adventure text (which was
adapted from a popular video game).
YOU MUST:
1) Identify x3 examples of codes &
conventions (verbal, non-verbal,
technical) that “challenge” John
Berger’s stereotypical view of gender
roles.
2) Write down these examples into your
exercise books.
YOU COULD compare this representation
to another female character from another
Action-Adventure text.
FEEDBACK
Camera
Mise-en-scene
Costume is
black –
Connotations?
Low angle shot of
the female
protagonist –
Connotations?
What did you notice about Lara Croft’s
(Angelina Jolie) representation in this
scene?
In most film and television
genres, according to Neale &
Krutnik, the presence of a
‘monstrous character’
provides the audience with
someone to root against.
‘Popular Film and
Television Comedy’
(1990)
– Steve Neale & Frank
Krutnik
In what ways can a character be perceived as
“Monstrous” (Neale & Krutnik)?
YOU COULD give examples from your own
experiences of consuming film in particular.
‘Monstrous Characters’ (Neale & Krutnik) Examples
Prove what you have learnt– Plenary
3 minutes
YOU MUST write down x2 character
related theories you have learnt
today.
YOU SHOULD stick this on your
screen.
YOU COULD give x1 more example of
a theory/Action-Adventure
convention you have learnt today.