Action/Adventure Convention Analysis        – Homework

1.   The title of the film is Iron Man 3 it was released on 18 April 2013, it was directed by Shane Black and the main characters are Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley.

2.   The sub-genre is terrorism.

3.   Plot - Stark's experiences during the alien invasion of New York are giving him panic attacks. Restless, he has built several dozen Iron Man suits, creating friction with his girlfriend Pepper Potts. A string of bombings by terrorist the Mandarin has left intelligence agencies bewildered by a lack of forensic evidence. When Stark Industries security chief Happy Hogan is badly injured in one such attack and left in a coma, Stark overcomes his stupor and issues a televised threat to the Mandarin, who responds by destroying Stark's home with helicopter gunships. Hansen, who came to warn Stark, survives the attack along with Potts. Stark escapes in an Iron Man suit, which his artificial intelligence J.A.R.V.I.S. pilots to rural Tennessee, following a flight plan from Stark's investigation into the Mandarin. Stark's experimental armor lacks sufficient power to return to California, and the world believes him dead. This is a conventional action/adventure plot because the hero’s girlfriend gets hurt so the hero has to save her then he get hurt…

4.   The protagonist in the film is Iron Man. He is brave and smart. He is a conventional hero because something he done wrong in the past and now the antagonist is taking advantage of it.

5.   The antagonist in the film is Aldrich Killian. He is smart and cunning. He is a conventional villain because he takes advantage of something the hero done wrong in the past.

6.   I think the hero’s girlfriend is also a conventional character because she gets hurt so the hero has to save her and he gets hurt…

7.   The main signifiers used were the weapon, explosions, characters and the plot. The location was also conventional USA (New York).

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9.   We see close up and bird view camera shots. Most of the film is fast paced but the action scenes are sometimes slow paced. They do this to make it look more dramatic.

10.         It has stuck to the conventions because it is hard to come up with a whole new plot and they might fear that the audience will not like it.