Action and Adventure!

Action and Adventure!To understand the concept of generic signifiers and to recognise them in an opening. How do you know what genre a film is?

What does this image mean/ stand for?

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The links you make between these images and their implied meaning are the same links you make between signifiers and the genre of the film.

TASK:We will be watching up to three openings of Action Adventure Film (first 5 mins only).

Identify 3 generic signifiers of Action Adventure in each opening.

Extension: What are the implied meanings of some of these images? e.g. gun= violence.

Flash Gordon (1980)

Generic SignifiersImplied MeaningFlashing lights

WarningsVoice overAuthority/Mystery

TechnologyPower

Big Fish (2003)

Generic SignifiersImplied Meaning

O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)

Generic SignifiersImplied Meaning

Round UpWhich sub-genres were these films?

How did you know?

What signifiers would make it _________ subgenre (e.g. Sci-fi)?