austin powers

In media, we watched the spoof called Austin Powers. In the lesson, we only watched the first few minutes of the film, which showed austin (tom cruise) flying into the scene and jumping into his car. He then kills the 'bad guys' and ends up winning the girl.

GENRE CODES:
The genre codes are mostly the stereotypes for action and adventure genre films. First, there is a lot of weapon use in only the first few minutes of the film which suggests that there will be fighting and maybe war (although not in this case). There is also a lot of movement as he comes into the scene through a parachute and jumps into his moving car. This is where the action comes in as jumping into a moving car is a action.

CHARACTER TYPES:
The character types in this film are also very stereotypical. You have the hero (austin powers), who saves the day and who gets the girl. He also kills the enemy or the villain. The hero is also the one usually usuing the weapons for good. Then you have the heroin (gwyneth paltrow) who, eventhough women in action adventure films are usually portrayed as a helpless damsel in distress who need saving,  plays a very confident and leading role. Eventhough she is a single mother she still seems assured and confident.