Soph's AICE Media Studies : November 2018

Agent Carter (2013)

Essay:

The Agent Carter film displayed several Elements of Film. Agent Carter is a Marvel film

franchise that is why in the first sequence we see flashes of other comic characters in the

Marvel Universe. The film utilized several Elements of Film to in the first five minutes, the film

showed various camera shots, angles, editing, sounds and aspects of mise-en-scene.

The first scene where the Marvel flashes we see various comic book images.

We also see non-diegetic sound. Where Peggy was speaking to Steve before Steve goes down.

Then, the director cuts into the scene where both Peggy and Steve are looking at speaking to

each other with and Peggy is seen crying and Steve placing her picture over the the failing system.

The shot where the plane is falling fast showing simultaneity between Peggy and Steve as she believes

Steve dies. Peggy shows obvious solemn emotions as she believes Steve dies. The plane falling and

Steve bracing for the fall creates tension between the scenes. She calls out for Steve as she begins to

cry and the scene is blacked out. The sad music in the background serves as a soundbridge to

the next scene. The next scene cuts into a city sideline a year later. An alarm goes off as the

everyone in the office together puts their briefcases on the desk this is significant because this

shows cuts between the alarm and the people in the office setting. The camera cuts to the

protagonist as the man on the other line of the phone warns about an extremely dangerous threat.

Peggy is asked on how she is holding up by the boss and tells him that she is used to going to the field.

Some might assume Agent Finn is biased against Peggy doing any field work, and the actress who

plays Peggy portrays that that through her acting in the scene. The angles in this part of this scene

shows the high level to show the inequality between Peggy and the rest of her male peers.

The it is scene at a male peer is patronizing Peggy from a lower angle than a middle angle is introduced

when Peggy shows that she had already completed the report. Then, the under the file there is a picture

of Steve Rodgers (Capt. America). The lighting is high key lighting where the scene is shown to be

significant. To show a reminder to what Peggy true mission in life is. Then, she is snapped out of that

realization when she is told that she will finally be able to go out on the field. Then she is seen in a dark

office alone which is an example of low light, and director is trying to display Peggy’s isolation among her

job. The phone alarm rings as she picks up the phone which is her opportunity. The dark scene, lighting,

and music is showing an impending danger to the mission. Then showing three men who look

sketchy telling Peggy she can’t enter. This scene switches from contrast and simutalently from Peggy

outside working and the guard eating a sandwich. Then, the broken window. Peggy is off the shoot and

the guard is holding a handgun. He opens the door and the camera shot is a close up on the Peggy

hand and gun against his head. With music in the background building suspense. This clip showed the

various ways that the director used various elements of film to convey their message.

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