combat scenes

Warfare depicted visually

Combat scenes are depictions of fighting or battle in films, video games, novels, or other narrative media.

The term usually implies choreographed or staged violence rather than documentary footage: The movie's combat scenes were praised for their intensity.

Writers and directors often distinguish combat scenes from other action sequences by their military or martial context.

Opposites
action vs. stillness

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Periods without noise

pastoral scenes · domestic scenes · tableau

conflict type

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Chest-up video commentators

monologues · courtroom scenes · philosophical discussions · verbal sparring

emotional intensity

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Filmed romantic encounters

tender moments · domestic scenes · wedding scenes · reunion scenes

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13