Codes and Conventions
War
- Often fairly dramatic
- Music will be inspiring or saddening
- Props often seen are guns, horses, planes/helicopters, first aid/medical kits
- Men in practically all war films are matched with weapons to make them look strong and show a sense of power
- Usual target audience is young adults, usually male based as there's lots of action
- Setting is usually a battlefield of some sort - bunkers, trenches
- Plot is mainly about a battle on land/sea, usually focus on people who do military training and operations and victims of war
- Sometimes war films show life behind the war or society during war but will not feature battle scenes
- War stories can vary from historical stories, fictional stories, biographical or documentary
- Conventionally there is often explosions, shootings, fast pace low music, destruction and damage, wounds and injuries
- The trailer usually establishes the hero (often a soldier) and the plot follows their journey into battle
- War films are quite clear on the good and the bad as a viewer in the trailer we can probably pick up on this very quickly
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