Pre-Production Planning: Conventions of an Action Thriller

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Here are some common conventions of an action thriller:

Actors

Dominant alpha-male / alpha-female (although males are generally cast to play the main role ofan alpha in this genre) examples of this could be:

Sylvester Stalone is famous for his acting in many action movies such as Rocky Balaoa

Strong physical strength/healthy physique, as action movies tend to involve a lot of strength from characters.
Female characters are usually protrayed as quite fragile and distressed often needing rescuing. This role of females in this genre does spark some controversy on the way women are stereotyped.
Another common role of female actors are used as almost objects, with women being portrayed as a possession - something to be bragged about like trophy wives. A typical convention of an Action Thriller is a story line of a guy winning the women in the end like a prize.

Plot

Plots in this genre usually follow a simple storyline of a dilemma occuring that causes a lot of distruption and the main characters way of overcoming this issue.
The way this character tries to overcome this dilemma provides a lot of action - perhaps a fight or a braul.
Action thrillers contain a lot a movement from characters- like them running or a car chase.
Typically in these movies you always have a protagonist and an antagonist - good vs evil or it can even be evil vs evil.

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