1. By Charlotte Bracken
ME AND MY MOVIES:
ADVENTURE FILMS

2. ADVENTURE FILMS
Adventure Films are the type of films which often use their action scenes to
both display and explore many different kinds of exotic locations in a very
energetic way. For example, films such as Brave (2012) is a film which is
animated focuses on a young girl doing something out of the ordinary. It is
an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, forms the main
storyline focusing on the main protagonist and making the film based
around her and everything she does from the choices and actions. There are
always many different locations within each different adventure film that
looks so realistic and makes you just want to go there and explore the
surroundings. Even though you know it doesn’t exist, it still makes you
wonder what if and that drags me into the film even more. To me it feels like
there is more to an adventure film because of places it is set in and gets me
involved. It’s the kind of genre that can be mixed in with other genres such
as action, comedy, romance, horror and even thriller. Each adventure film is
different to another by using different directors or even characters and this is
one reason I don’t seem to like every adventure film. For example Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) to me was boring as well as The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) seemed to cliché for my
liking. It seemed to predictable and seemed prolong with all of the different
films.

3. STAR THEORY
One of the main reasons I like Pitch Black (2000) or The Chronicles of Riddick
for that matter is the actor Vin Diesel. He is one of my favourite actors and
I tend to watch all of the films that he stars in. the Italian, African-
American has been in films such as Fast and Furious (2001) and Fast Five
(2009) along with Saving Private Ryan (1999). Seeing Vin Diesels body shape
and form and how he is built, he looks perfect for any of the bad
boy/action roles as he seems like the kind of person you would not want to
cross, which is one reason why I enjoy watching him on screen. I think that
the Star Theory works well within every film as it can expand the target
audience for the film. Even if a trailer of a film looks rather bad or not as
exciting as most films, people will still go and see the film if it has a certain
actor/actress within the film. This helps films make more money within
merchandise and in the cinema. In my own personal opinion certain films
which have been made would not probably not of been as successful if
they did not use the certain actors that they have used. For example the
whole Fast and Furious films would not of been the same without Vin Diesel
as he seems to of made the film. Even though Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift
doesn’t have him within the film, He still shows an appearance which makes
the film more exciting.

4. INTERTEXTUALITY
Intertextuality is something which is used within films and can be used within television programs
if appropriate. It is the shaping of a text meaning by another text and this particular figures can
include any of the following;
 Allusion
 Quotation
 Calque
 Plagiarism
 Translation
 Pastiche
 Parody
Intertextuality is linked to the creativeness of things as it can inspire you to create something
entirely different yet with references with something else. Everything within the media has been
influenced by something else and has inspired someone to create their own thing. It has become a
huge part of the media without people realising it, let alone realising that they are doing it
themselves. People depend on this without knowing and also use this to target and reach out to a
specific audience.

5. One example which shows intertexuality rather well is the film Pitch Black (2000)
loosely references another film Alien (1979) or even Bladerunner (1982) which could be
similar. The mise en scene within Pitch Black, juxtaposition a Hi-Tech equipment such
as space ships with Lo-Tech dirt and grime with imagery with intense human struggle
and strength. This is reinforcing that the future itself is not as spic and span as people
may like to think it is and isn’t as clean and polished as people may think. Yet the
matter of the fact is it has been portrayed to be degrading for the rest of the human
race on how life will be like in years to come.
INTERTEXTUALITY

6. PITCH BLACK (2000)
Initial Release Date: February 18, 2000
Director: David Twohy
Budget: 23 million USD
Sequels: The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury,
The Chronicles of Riddick, The Chronicles of
Riddick: Dead Man Standing
Main Protagonists: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell,
Cole Hauser
Certificate: 15
Hunter-Gratzner is a space transport vessel which is carrying
around 40 people on-board until something happens and
awakens the captain and other members of the crew forcing
them to do try and level the plane and a crash landing. By
doing this many people where lost. Crashing on a desert
planet when the ship is struck in a meteor storm leaving only
12 survivors. Among them is the main protagonist Richard
B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), a dangerous escaped convict.
Struggling to find food and water on a deserted island and
worry about the convict Riddick, the survivors find the
desert-scape has sunlight from three suns. Being hunted by
flesh-eating aliens when the three suns go down and it is
complete darkness what happens every 22 years. The new
captain Fry and the rest of the survivors find that the
dangerous convict is thir best chance of survival on this
deserted, infested planet.

7. PITCH BLACK (2000) : MY
THOUGHTS
This is one specific film within the Adventure Genre
that I love and could never get tired of watching. Its
original and the whole narrative within the film is just
different. The actor Vin Diesel is one of the reasons I
enjoy this film as his him as an actor fits the character
he plays perfectly. All the adventure films seem to
find the right actors to play their perfect character it
isn’t just given to anyone. First time in watching this,
its like you don’t know what's going to happen or
what's going on until you watch it all you understand
and it’s a film I would never get bored of. Knowing
there are sequels to this film just makes me want to
watch them all mainly because of the character
Riddick.

8. THOR (2011)
Initial Release Date: May 2, 2011 (USA)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Budget: $150 million
Sequels: Thor: The Dark World
Main Protagonists: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie
Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Certificate: 12A
Within this film, there is a warrior named Thor
(Hemsworth) who is suddenly cast out of the realm
of which he lives called Asgard. This was done by
his father Odin (Hopkins) for his disobedience and
also his arrogance and sent to live amongst humans
to on Earth. During his time whilst living on Earth,
he has fell in love with scientist Jane Foster
(Portman) who teaches Thor a very much-needed
lessons. Soon enough, all of his new-found strength
gets put to use and comes into play when a villain
sent by none other than his brother Loki from his
homeland.

9. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN –
ON STRANGERS TIDES
Initial Release Date: May 20, 2011 (USA)
Director: Rob Marshall
Budget: $150–250 million
Prequel: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds
End
Sequel: Pirates of the Caribbean 5
Main Protagonists: Johnny Depp, Penelope
Cruz, Geoffrey Rush
Certificate: 12A
The famous Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny
Depp) is back once again and this time he
crosses paths with a woman from his past
(Penelope Cruz) who has been impersonating
him and when he see’s her, he's not sure if it's
love or if its just because she's a ruthless con
artist who is using him to find the fabled
Fountain of Youth. She soon forces Captain
Sparrow aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the
ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard
(McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected
adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear
more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

10. FRAMEWORKS OF INTERPRETATION
PITCH BLACK (2000)

11. GENRE ANALYSIS
PITCH BLACK (2000)

12. FRAMEWORKS OF INTERPRETATION
(SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
2012)

13. GENRE ANALYSIS
SNOW WHITE AND THE
HUNTSMAN(2012)

14. MEDIA LITERACY
Media Literacy is a selection of different abilities which enable people to do all of the following;
 Analyse
 Evaluate
 Create messages in a wide variety of media modes
 Genres
 Forms.
By being able to do all of these things, it shows and helps understand how the mass media works.
Each person can produce meanings, their ability to be organized and also how to use them wisely.
A media literate person is someone who can describe and explain the role media in their life.
Giving them the knowledge of Media Literacy, gives them opportunities which can be presented
by both or either the new or traditional communications services. There are many reasons why
Media Literacy is important today, and that’s because any online environment where the possibility
for direct content regulation diminishes, the need for a media literate public increases. Both
consumers and citizens need to be aware of the many risks and all of the opportunities offered
across an array online and even mobile service activities.

15. MEDIA LITERACY
Each film in which I have made reference to within this slide show, I have found out through
either looking through different types of magazines with a full page advertisement. I have also
found out about the films through different adverts advertising the DVD or Blue-Ray either saying
it has been released and you can now buy it or even big store brands such as ASDA, Tesco,
Morrison's and Sainsbury's advertising that they are now selling the product. Word of mouth or
social networking sites has also helped me find out when a film has been released. By being told
about a film and then going to search for the trailer, it enlightens me on what the film might be
about and gives me a brief insight on the film. If I haven’t looked for release dates myself on the
internet then I have say trailers which have been sown on the TV when I have been sat down
watching it. This is another way films get advertised and let the people know that something new is
coming their way. It is very rare I come across an advert which has either been posted on the
internet on either web apps or blogs which I have found out about a brand new film what has
made me want to go and watch it. Having web apps or blogs enables you to be directed to the
official site (if they have one) to find out more information about the film and this can make you
more eager to go and actually see the film. Media Literacy in the aspect of the audience is
something which is becoming more common on helping the audience to find out about either new
releases or new films which are coming soon.

16. RECEPTION THEORY
Reception Theory is something what provides a specific understanding of media texts. And this is
simply by understanding how the texts provided are read by all of the audience. Through the means
of cinema and television viewing, there is a whole different experience were it can create a different
meaning. There is one major important aspect of Reception theory and that is the media text, this is
the interaction which is created between the audience and the text. Different audiences have different
viewing experiences and see things in different ways and this is the meaning which is created between
the viewer and either the film or television program as it is seen throughout. This specific theory
which is within the media, argues that contextual factors more that the actual textual ones, actually
influence the way in which the audience or viewer watches the film or television program. The
contextual factors include several things in which seems to place the audience or viewer in context,
just by mainly three steps,
 Elements of the viewer’s identity
 Viewers preconceived
 Broad social, historical and political issues.
The context that the viewer seems to be placed in is all done by taking into account all of the
different factors which can influence the audience or the viewer will read and will create a meaning
from the text.

17. RECEPTION THEORY
With the reception theory each individual person enjoys a certain style of genre which can some
how relate to what they are like and their identity. For my own personal experience of each film,
an Adventure genre is what I love to watch. The genre itself has different elements within the film
and can be unpredictable all the time and having been combined with other genres it opens the
film up a lot more to me. Having watching an adventure film enables to get stuck into the film
with the genre I get to loose myself within the film and I end up in my own little world. For the
films with the actor from my star theory in the a previous slide, this is showing what I like. By
watching films with Vin Diesel in or even other muscular men, apart from the main obvious
reason of attraction and something to look at on screen, it adds to the sense of thrill as every
woman wants a muscular once in their life which can protect them and have their own day dreams
and fantasies about this day, we all know that its less likely to happen. I watch Adventure films
because each one is different no matter how predictable it maybe, its still worth a watch and
looking out for each individual actor to see if they fit the part of their character and if they
preform well because everyone has their own opinions on how someone can appear on screen.