Codes and conventions
- Usually war films focus on 5 main characters and follows the story of one character, these are usually soldiers. Other characters that can be found in war films could include: villains, heroes, civilians, a leader and the challenger and usually there is a comic character.
- Locations that are generally associated with the war genre include beaches, trenches, baron landscapes and also Iraq as that is where war is taking place at the moment.
- There are many iconic objects and symbols that people would expect to find in a war film: flags, sandbags, weapons, bombs, vehicles, uniform (determines two sides), medals
- War films use dramatic music to create atmosphere and make the audience feel an emotion. Visually everything is very dark to represent the consequences of war as dark colour are usually associated with death.
- The narrative of a war genre usually consists of somebody dieing. We then see how their friend copes with their death, we see their life story (home life). There is usually a sense of battrle and sometimes a resolution
- As for the stars of the war genre they generally consists of a strong, athletic, masculine male.
- Actors seen in war films: Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson
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