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Main Film Genres
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MAIN FILM GENRES By Paul Robinson Action Films Action films usually include high energy, physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive disasters (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional heroes (or recently, heroines) - all designed for pure audience escapism. This Includes the James Bond series, and so-called 'blaxploitation' films. Adventure Films Adventure films are usually exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales, very similar to or often paired with the action film genre. They can include traditional swashbucklers, serialized films, and historical spectacles (similar to the epics film genre), searches or expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and "desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown. Biographical Films (or "Biopics") 'Biopics' is a term derived from the combination of the words "biography" and "pictures." They are a sub-genre of the larger drama and epic film genres, and...
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