Media Studies: Genre of Adventure!

Research on the genre of "Adventure"!

Adventure is a very typical, and a very common genre used in the filming industry!

It creates a type of suspense. Usually, how a person would describe the genre would be like danger, action, taking many risks, and a lot of excitement as well!

The reason why many people go to watch movies (with the adventure genre etc.) in the first place is because, people want to see unusual things that don't happen in their everyday lives. It is entertaining to us as humans to see this!

There are many production techniques used in this film genre that makes the consumers (people who purchase the tickets) want to see more. The more people who watch the films, the more money they get, which then leads to a bigger filming industry. One of the biggest techniques is known as a cliff hanger. I'm sure everyone knows what a cliffhanger is but if not, a cliff hanger is the ending to a film (could either be a show or movie) when serious drama is occurring. This makes the audience feel curious and makes them want to see more.

A second technique is creating a piece of work that the audience might have in mind. What I mean by this is, telling a good story! No one is going to watch another film of the same type of thing if the story isn't entertaining and if it just has a happy ending. What the audience really wants is some sort of adventure or drama taking place. Who would want to watch a two hour movie of just some kid getting ready? No one, because we are used to it and, it is boring!

This genre gets marketed very well because, it is built around our needs which desires to search for "more" in our lives! The more excitement we take in, the more we escape from the real world! Sometimes people just want a break from the universe because, it tends to be a lot. And movies can do that for us! The "Adventure" genre is one of the most popular out of every other genre! Reasons for this include the variations of age levels! A genre like romance would usually be called out for more matured people. Movies and shows that include adventure though, can really be suitable for all ages! Movies that include adventure in them can really be explained as solving a puzzle!

Movie examples!

"Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle"

"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" is a great example of an adventurous movie! It was published in 2019 and created by Chris Van Allsburg! This movie is about four high school kids who discover a video game while cleaning a room in detention. They got pulled into the game as their avatars. In order to return to the real world, they have to take an adventure or else, they would be stuck in the game forever! A cliff hanger takes place where once they get back into the real world, they are walking into school and, they all hear the theme music of the game. The adventures they have like, running from bikers and trying to find their way home is already an adventure! What makes it even more is, the cliffhanger at the end which makes the audience suspicious of what will happen in the next movie!

"Coco"

Coco is another great example of an adventurous movie! This film was made in 2017 written by Adrian Molina. This movie is about, Miguel a kid who's families old generation has a ban on music even though his dream was always to be a musician. To prove this talent he went through the land of the dead and made friends who helped him find out about why his family had this strict rule on no music. This is quite the adventure because he travels and finds out things he had never been told before!