Van Der Spoel, Simon (2022) A Neoformalist examination of the plot, character and style architectural form of John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019) for the creation of a low budget creative practice template. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
While most genres are within the creative purview of a low budget film maker, action is notoriously expensive, technologically advanced, multi-location, and stunt-heavy. For these reasons, the action genre is seen to be beyond the capability, budget, and capacity of low budget film makers. This research seeks to examine the plot, character and style architecture of a highly rated and profitable cinema-released Japanese sword-fighting Hollywood action film to determine if it is hypothetically possible for a low budget film maker to produce an action movie of comparable form and cinematography. As a Japanese sword martial art practitioner and low budget film maker with Hollywood aspirations, I am interested in the Asian-influenced Hollywood action genre. I select John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019) for primary analysis due to its landmark contribution to the action genre, per Watt and Watt’s (2022) assertion: “Terms like aesthetic and mythic hint at John Wick’s contributions to action cinema, new dimensions implied by reviewers’ use of such descriptors as “majesty” and “elegant simplicity” (p.6, emphasis in original). I regard John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019) as the most sophisticated recent Hollywood product involving Japanese swords. I propose a Low Budget Action Codification (LBAC) model derived from the analysis of John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019), intended to assist low budget film makers in constructing a cinematic Japanese sword fighting action film product via a metaphorical filmic “kit” architectural plan.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Supervisors: | McDonald, Janet |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Mass Communication |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2026 01:17 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2026 01:17 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Neoformalism; Low Budget Action Codification; Katana; Low Budget Creative Practice Template; Independent Filmmaking; Action Film; Martial Arts |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3605 Screen and digital media > 360505 Screen media 36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3605 Screen and digital media > 360501 Cinema studies |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1302 Communication > 130205 Visual communication 22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2205 Media services > 220504 Radio, television, film and video services 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1302 Communication > 130204 The media |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53127 |
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