Genre Research Blog: Action

 Common Camera Angles:  

  • -High angle 

  • -Pan angle 

  • -Tracking shot 

  • -Aerial shot 

  • -Over the shoulder shot 

Common Mis-en-Scene: 

  • -Fast-paced scenes 

  • -Can be any setting 

  • -Casual garment  

  • -Either light or dark lighting 

  • -Heavy makeup 

Common Editing:  

  • -Eye-line match 

  • -Action match 

  • -Jump cut 

  • -Cutaway 

  • -Cross cutting 

Common Sound: 

  • -Diegetic sound  

  • -Sound bridge 

  • -Sound motif 

  • -Soundtrack

  • -Score 

Examples:  Red Notice, Venom, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Charlie's Angels 

Elements we like: Fast moving, Simple editing, Formatted storylines 

Elements we dislike: Some difficult shots, A lot of variety in scenes, May require a lot of location changes,  



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