Codes and conventions of a action

·         12-15 certificates. Maximizing youth audience.

·         Often hybridized with sci-fi/adventure/romance.

·         Major Hollywood studio produced and distributed.

·         High production value including CG I.

·         Fast paced editing.

·         Predictable chain of events cause and effects.

·         Dramatic non diegetic sound.

·          More narrative action codes than enigma codes, clear binary oppositions.

·         Star marketing: audience identification/expectations. (Tom cruise/brad Pitt Uma Thurman/Leonardo DiCaprio.)

·         Romantic sub-plot, humorous dialogue.

·         Relationships with new technology (youth audience)

·         Use of close up. 
 

Technical camera shots:

·         A low lighting on the evil characters.

·         Fast paced cuts

·         Extreme close up shots of the characters faces and expressions.

Symbolic:

·         Blood on the body to show that they have been close to drama.

·         The characters start with immaculate clothes then at the end of the film their clothes are scruffy and torn this is a symbol of their situation.

Written and audio:

·         Fast paced and dramatic music to help the tense moments to create suspense.

·         Music to suit the character.

·         Non-diegetic- dramatic music

·         Diegetic- explosions and other sounds that the characters can hear.