Robin Hood

In the first ten minutes of Robin Hood, you are presented with the main character Robin Hood (Russel Crowe) and he starts off being the steryotypical stalwart hero. He fights for good and his country, and goes out of his way to rescue one of his freinds, who was dangling on a gate. You can tell he is good becuase there is a hero shot of him, which is a low angle shot, usually with light behind the character the camera is focusing on. However, he does mention to a fellow soldier that he is going to win his money after the battle, which shows that he is both a gambling man and a bit arrogant.

The sub-genre of Robin Hood is historical, as it is set in Medival times. You can tell this by the weapons the characters use, a bow and arrow, swords, crossbows and spears. You can also tell by the fact that what seems to be a catapult is being pulled by people, as apposed to being drivem, like it would in a AA film set in modern times. The big fight that happens in the first ten minutes creates a lot of spectacle as there are arrows flying everwhere and a large castle, that the British are trying to storm. This fight obviously includes a lot of combat and conflict between the French and the British.