The Romance Genre Target Audience

The romance films will target mainly the female audience from 14 years old upwards because they’re the ones who will be emotionally moved by romantic scenes and heart breaking moments.

Women are attracted to romance films because it can simulate the sort of relationship they want or have because they feel more sensitive to romance more than men and also romance tends to have elements of comedy in it which would attract most young adults.

    

Die Hard opening analysis

In the opening to Die Hard there are many different shots used to show the situation like when middle shots are used to film the security guards and cameras to show that the main character to be in danger very soon and the man he’s dealing with is dangerous.

Die Hard being an action film there are many situations suggesting that there is going to be action soon, like the fact Bruce Willis always carries a gun which suggests that he will have to use it at some point in the film.

With the opening scene in Die Hard it becomes clear who will be the hero and who will become the villain because of the fact that Bruce Willis is the main character we follow and the boss of his wife’s work who has money, security and power who is going the enemy.   



The villain tends to wear very expensive tailored clothing which many people can't afford to wear on a daily basis which would make most of the lower class audience despise him.

Romance Genre

Romance films always contain a boy and a girl who are perfect for each other and usually theirs someone who comes between them like a relationship which doesn’t work for them or a best friend who always gets in the way who the person needs to see less or find a way to keep them both happy.

The female character usually never ends up with the person she should or got with, in the film.

Most romances contain a pushy but loveable mother or a girlfriend who has never had a date or a gay co-worker or a best friend who is a loveable slob.

In some romantic films its misfortune that brings a couple together.

The action genre audience

The action genre of films is targeted at males ranging from the age of 16 to 37 because they’re the ones who mainly go to cinemas to watch action films when they comes out.

Most of the audience who watch action films tend to be working class because they like the idea of the middle class villains getting beaten up and killed by the working class hero like in gangster squad where the working class police sergeant and his division takes down Micky Cohen who is the middle class villain who gets people to things for him which is usually the sort of men disliked by the working class.

Action film codes and conventions

Action films always have alot of explosions and crashes and destruction. Traditionally most action films use low key lighting when it comes to filming the villains to give a sense of evil. Most action films are linked with Sci-Fi, Adventure and Romance films. These sort of films use fast paced editing and alot of CGI and nod-diagetic sound to cause effect. Action films do now have alot of comedy and romance and tend to use modern technology which would attract a younger audience.

Different Genre's

Genre	Conventions	Film Titles
Horror	A film that contains scary and intense scenes and also contains a lot of violence and blood and guts ECT.	Zombieland Insidious Saw Scream
Comedy	A film that contains a lot of content that will make the viewer laugh and tends to be funny and entertaining.	Anchorman 2 Hot Fuzz American Pie Scary Movie 5
Romance	A film that contains love and romance and tends to be for an older audience.	It’s Love Actually Titanic Notebook
Action	A film that has a lot of active and intense moments and a lot of action from the actors.	Battle L.A Fast and Furious The Expendables
Sci-Fi	A film that contains aliens or something which isn’t of this earth.	Paul Alien Predator

 

Action genre cliches

Action genre cliches usually contain a band of elite combat troops who have extraordinary upper body capabilities or smaller men who hire those sort of men to work for them. Almost all action films contain a women who plays a smaller role but becomes better than the men at fighting the villains. All action films contain alot of explosions and tense moments and alot of close calls where the goody comes very close to death. Action films also contain betrayl where one of the goodies ends up working for the villains and usually kills someone close to the hero in the film. In most action films the villain is usually Russian or European because of their accents. All actions films have a moment where the hero says a cool and badass line to go with the situation.