CIN212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alicia Vikander, Angelina Jolie, Lara Croft
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Adventure is a type of story, consisting of the protagonist venturing into an unknown or hostile space. (plot) Action, on the other hand, involves a technical display that offers specific pleasures that differ from the narrative enjoyment. Categories: classical (the adventures of robin hood), and post-classical (raiders of the lost. A film genre is the marriage between certain symbolic situations and a certain story type. A genre is the union between semantics (situation, character types) and a syntax (plot). Action films use an enclosed space that eric lichtenfeld referred to as (cid:862)terror and the confined arena. (cid:863) Touchstone action films: rambo (1980s), die hard (1990s), the rock (late 1990s). Action films after these have been based on them (exaggerations). Archaeology: the general (1924), the adventures of robin hood (1938). Post-classical: raiders of the lost ark (1981), the bourne supremacy (2004) Action heroism: lara croft (angelina jolie and alicia vikander)
