CCR Question 1: Navier

How does your final task use or challenge conventions? My final task is an action film. The genre of action usually contains violence, romance, weaponry, defined character roles, dominant gender representation, faced-paced editing and a fairly predictable chain of events. Many of Hollywood’s most beloved productions are action films. For example, Deadpool, James Bond, Mission Impossible, the Avengers, Ocean’s 8 and John Wick. Action movies are typically high budget productions due to the costs of mimicking action scenes realistically along with the high-tech nature of these films. However, as a result of the high costs associated with filming, there are also high profits. Avengers: Endgame was one of the highest grossing action films in history with a $890 million in profit, but the budget of this major picture, Hollywood production was a whopping $356 million. It is the nature of action films for there to be conflict and to accomplish this there are several key roles in every action film that have to be portayed. That is, the hero and the villian. There are other roles commonly seen in the action trope like the best friend of the hero, the romantic intrest and the wise teacher who gives important advice. It is also in the nature of action films for the hero to win in order to fulfill the desires of the audience. My final task follows many of the important features of actions movies, but it also defies a few as well. The lighting in my project, similarly to may action films, contains a lot of high key lighting. The bright colors help to create a sense of honesty and rightness when introducing the heroic character. I also include close up shots to help establish the hero’s features and include dialogue and audio to reveal the personality of each character. Nondiegetic sound is also very important in actions films, and to assists with the mood of the film I included a nonlyrical, fast paced, edgy song as background music. Like all action movies, my final task contains the key roles that have to assigned; a hero and a villain. However, they don’t match stereotypical roles. For starters, my hero is less of a do-gooder and more of a morally grey enforcer who works purely for profit but doesn’t violate extreme moral standards. This anti-hero role isn’t new in the action world; however, for a main character, and a female one, it isn’t well developed. My villain is also somewhat unsuspecting, and it not shared in my final project, but is a part of the storyline. This villain doesn’t match the perceived appearance and personality of most villain depicted in action films. This is because the villain of my protagonist’s story is a child. This child is her pupil and is a child prodigy and genius with deep ties to the criminal underworld which she uses to harm those around her. If I were to finish this project, I would most likely kill off the villain. This extremity is not typically seen in action films especially with a villain of this nature. For example, Batman would never kill Joker not matter how many people he hurt. My story would not follow this convention.