Genre Identification - Action Films, Adventure Films and Comedy Films

Genre	List some of the common elements used in these genres; consider Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Sound (Effects and Music) and Narrative Conventions (typical scenarios or characters)
Action Films	Action films usually include: ·       High energy scenes ·       Big-budget physical stunts ·       Chases (eg. Car chases) ·       Intense Rescues (Where a character is just about to loose their life but is saved- keeping the audience on the edge of their seat) ·       Battles/Fights ·       Escapes ·       Destructive Crises (Natural disasters, explosions (bombs), fire) ·       Spectacular Rhythms and pacing ·       Often adventurous ·       Two sided ‘good-guys’ (one side a heroine other a villain) ·       Heroes battling villains ·       Spies, martial arts
Adventure Films	·       Usual exciting stories ·       Lots of twists ·       New experiences involved or exotic locales ·       Very similar and often paired with action films ·       Can include traditional swashbucklers ·       Includes searches or expeditions for things such as lost continents ·       Usually through the jungle and desert ·       Sometimes include treasure hunts and searches for the unknown
Comedy Films	·       Light hearted plots ·       Consistently and deliberately designed to provoke laughter ·       Normally include one-liners, jokes and witty comments ·       Usually exaggerating the situation, language, actions, relationships and characters ·       Sometimes uses slapstick comedy, screwball comedy (wacky & with not normal and excaudate characters, overly comic situations which would normally never happen in real life), spoofs and parodies