Introduction

I am a media production student at Northumbria University. Within this project I will be researching into the camera techniques in Action cinema. I will be looking into the different types of camera angles within different action sequences, researching into why they are so effective at creating suspense and dominance within the characters and within the action sequence in general.

I will start this by showing you one of my favourite action films, Rambo. I like this film so much because it has suspense though out the film. The fact that it is one man against a whole town of police officers. Even in the trailer you feel that suspense of wanting to go watch it. The trailer for this film has been made so well as it shows quick cuts of action whilst a voice over of Colonel Trautman saying 'Teasle, you and all your men couldn't handle him before now what makes you think you can handle him no, because god knows what damage he's prepared to do now' through having this over cuts of Rambo running through the town and shooting machine guns it already creates the effect of what will happen next. Out of the whole film I feel that the forest hunt scene where Rambo is taking down the officers one by one is the most effective as it has tense music and many different camera angles to differentiate who is in control.

Here is the trailer to Rambo: First Blood