Mission Impossible
Indiana Jones
Fight Club
An action adventure film is essentially one long quest with a succession of different chase sequences, each one more death defying and seemingly impossible than the one before. The trick for the producers is to increase tension as the film progresses to a storming end sequence. Will our intrepid explorers make it, or will the evil antagonist get there first.
Typical Plot: The plot of an action/adventure movie would be the typical 3-act structure. We are presented with our main character and s/he comes across something that throws life into disequilibrium. They feel a need to set things right again, so they set out on a quest to do just that. The movie would normally end with the character performing a feat which would amaze and possibly save a part of humanity.
Typical Characters: Both male and female characters have been favorites of action/adventure movies. One would watch in awe of how a male character would fight against his enemies, while one would also be amazed at how well a female character could kick ass.
Typical Dress: Depending on the film, the outfits of the characters could range from standard house clothing, to fully decked-out military combat gear. When given standard clothing, the clothes could tend to rip, receive blood splatter, or show other signs of damage to make the character seem epic, or symbolize how they've changed from a citizen to an action hero.
Typical Dialogue: The action hero would engage in little dialogue unless it pertained to getting information to push them forward on their mission. Some characters would even take a "shoot first, ask later" policy.
Typical Objects or Equipment: The character is often given some sort of weapon or weaponry in aiding them on their quest. This could range from low-tech to high-tech weaponry. Some would be given a simple sword, compared to a full military arsenal.
War
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Typical Plot: The movie would normally open up with a battle scene on the war front, then sometime afterwards, we would see what would be happening back at home and take us away from the fight. With this trip back, we would begin to understand a bit more of the plot centering around the troop we will be focusing on in the movie.
Typical Characters: Most often, war films would have males as their main character, considering that the film was based off a real historical war. Back then, it wasn't common to see a woman out on the battlegrounds of war, so war films tend to keep that standard when it comes to previous wars. When coming to modern wars or smaller scale non-militaristic wars, there could possibly be some women in the battles.
Typical Historical Setting: Most war films focused around the two World Wars, or smaller scale historical wars like civil wars or proxy wars. Some war films take place in modern times as well, such as a few in Afghanistan.
Typical Look or Style: War films tend to use gritty, shaky cameras when on the war front. Lighting may be dark and grim, or light and uplifting, depending on the mood of the event (i.e. if the battle is either going well or poor).
Horror
Scream
Typical Plot: The antagonist of the film tends to be characterized before our protagonist. After their situation has been established, the protagonist tries to survive, or possibly eliminate the antagonist.
Typical Characters: In Horror films, there is often a group of people subject to be victims of the antagonists attacks. Within these groups, females tend to be more feminine and helpless compared to normal women of today.
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