Stereotypes of an Action Film

Action films are best know for explosions, guns and fights as shown in the picture. But there are other things important in an action film as well such as lighting. The lighting in a action movie normally is bright so that the special effects are easily seen such as explosions and gunfire.

The location is also very impotant to an action film because it has to be somewhere where things can go wrong such as a fourty story building like in Die Hard where people fall out of the building to their death.

There are also many different costumes and make up used on certain characters such as Bruce Willis in most of the Die Hard films is in casual attire like a vest. The villains however are always smartly dressed in a suit for example. The make up used to creates wounds is one of the most important features in an action film for the reason that it gives people like Bruce Willis a sense to the audience that he is a person who will never give up.