History of Adventure Films

Akasha Corion

Background

• Adventure Films are exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales.

• Adventure films are designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the viewers- similar to a ‘action film genre.’

• Rather than emphasis the violence however, they emphasis the journey and the struggles of the main character.

• Adventure films were intended to appeal mainly to men, creating major male heroic stars through the years. These courageous, patriotic, or altruistic heroes often fought for their beliefs, struggled for freedom, or overcame injustice.

First Adventure Film

• Starred Douglas Fairbanks and were silent films and aim for a male audience with the courageous male hero and sword fighting

1930’s• Adventure films that offered tales of British

colonialism and imperial campaigns of

worldwide conquest.

Late 1940’s- 50’s

• Many adventure epics have been based

on the legend of King Arthur, these films

included the hero and a quest.

1960’s

• Adventure films became a real Adventure

as they started to be set in different

countries such as Africa and Russia.

1970’s• This was the time of Major Films such as

Star Wars and Jaws. Where advanced

special effects began and Stars Wars was

set in a digital future.

1980’s-90’s• Modern Day Swashbucklers were made in

this time with pirate theme, although these

films didn’t have as much success as

other an adventure film.

Modern Day• Pirate of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings

and Re-makes of Swashbucklers films.

• All of these films have advanced special

effects and most have a comedy element.

These also include a range of heroes.