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Action/Adventure Films – A Teacher`s Guide: Classroom Resources - Softcover

Mcinnes, Rob

 
9781903663158: Action/Adventure Films – A Teacher`s Guide: Classroom Resources

Synopsis

""Auteur has come up with another winner a very readable and comprehensive package Highly recommended!" Media Education Journal Written by a practising classroom teacher, this set covers the spectrum of approaches to engaging with action/adventure films. Starting with a rethink of the traditional approach to teaching genre, the author goes on to explore:Action/adventure narrative Formal conventions of the genre Issues of representation Institutional practices (with particular regard to franchises and synergy) Critical debates raised by the genre, especially to do with propaganda and censorship. The emphasis is on popular and accessible texts, with extensive material on James Bond films, Die Hard, the Rambo films and the films of Lucas and Spielberg, amongst many others. The Guide also includes, an extensive filmography, tracing the development of the action/adventure film from early cinema to the present day. "

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About the Author

Rob McInnes teaches Media Studies in South-East London.

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