Opening Genre Inspiration

Quarter 3 Week 1 Assignment 

My group chose to do an action and adventure film because, when done right, they can be very enticing and interesting. The thing about action and adventure films is that there can always be something new around the corner that the audience is not expecting, and they can be for all ages and types of people. There is hardly any restrictions to classic action and adventure films which makes them extremely popular in modern day society. There are many similarities and differences between action and adventure films. Action is associated with a particular kind of scene such as one with explosions, high speed car chases, or combat. Examples of these films include Black Panther (2018) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Adventure, on the other hand, implies a story such as a quest narrative and often located within a fantasy or exotic setting, for example, the search for mythical objects or treasure in such films as King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). However when put together, they can truly be great movies to watch, and each one is different from the last. 

Action and adventure movies can also have a variety of movie openers and there are many different ways to approach the film. While action films continued to flourish as the medium-budget genre movie, it also fused with tent pole pictures in other genres. For example, 2009's Star Trek had several science fiction tropes and concepts like time travel through a black hole. However, most of the film was structured around action sequences, many of them quite conventional (hand-to-hand, shooting). While the original Star Wars featured some of this kind of fighting, there was just as much emphasis on star-ship chases and dogfights in outer space. The newer films featured more lightsaber duels, sometimes more intense and acrobatic than the originals. Some fan films also have similar duel scenes like those the prequel trilogy. It was action with a science fiction twist. The trend with films such as The Matrix and The Dark Night series, is that hand-to-hand fighting and Asian martial-arts techniques are now widely used in science fiction and superhero movies. Action and adventure can also be split up into different genres within the action and adventure. Some action and adventures can have a bit of mystery tied into it.