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AGENT CARTER
Agent Carter is a film centered around Peggy Carter, a secret agent for the Strategic Scientific Reserve, dedicated to fighting new atomic threats that have emerged after World War II. However, she finds herself working with sexist men, and this restricts her-holding her back from using her full potential at times.
Camera shots, angles, movement and composition are all extremely important aspects of a film. They create the feel of the entire movie. In Marvel's "Agent Carter", there are several camera shots and angles that are used to depict a different feeling. For example, at the opening scene of the clip there is a close-up shot of Captain America's face, showing his fear as the plane goes down. Following this, there is an establishing shot of the control center that Agent Carter is in. This sets the scene for the audience, and kind of shows the contrast between the chaotic crash and the quiet ship. Another good camera shot that creates a sense of emotion is a cutaway shot. As Agent Carter looks down at something, the audience doesn't know what is it. It then cuts to a picture of Steve Rogers that she looks at with a sad expression. This evokes a feeling of sadness in the audience. There is another establishing shot soon after the men leave after asking Peg to close up. It zooms out, showing her all alone in the dark room. This creates a sense of isolation and loneliness, showing how alone and mistreated she felt.
Camera shots and angles are not the only important aspects of a film. Editing is also extremely important in creating a good flow and transition throughout. For example, the contrast being used at the beginning of the clip displays two completely different things happening at the same time. Agent Carter is in the control center talking to Steve Rogers. The scene cuts back and forth between Carter in the quiet control center to Rogers in the loud, chaotic plane. Another important edit would be simultaneity. In the scene where Agent Carter takes a call she's not technically supposed to, she confronts and gets in fight with these two men. The scene cuts between a security guard reading a magazine and listening to music, and Agent Carter fighting the two men. This happens several times before the scenes merge, building suspense.
Along with editing, sound adds a whole new level to a film; diegetic sound specifically, plays a big role. Diegetic sound is used throughout the clip, mainly to represent contrast. For example, regarding a few of the examples previously stated above, there is diegetic sound represented in both the scene with Peg talking to Steve Rogers and the fighting scene. Diegetic sound is sound that the characters on screen can hear. The sound helps to further enhance the contrast between the scenes. The best example would be the fight scene; the sound goes from the music that the security guard is blasting, to the grunts and hits of Agent Carter fighting the men.
Mise-en-scene is the final thing that really brings a movie together. A huge part of mise-en-scene that ties everything in Agent Carter together is setting. The setting takes place in New York City, in the 1940s, as can be seen by the costume (another element of mise-en-scene), and the staging and acting (the way people speak, and interact). The lighting throughout the clip is very low-key, bringing out the shadows and setting a dark tone for most of the clip, making everything eerie and mysterious, representing what an agent's job really entails-uncertainty and risk.
Camera shots, angles, movement and composition are all extremely important aspects of a film. They create the feel of the entire movie. In Marvel's "Agent Carter", there are several camera shots and angles that are used to depict a different feeling. For example, at the opening scene of the clip there is a close-up shot of Captain America's face, showing his fear as the plane goes down. Following this, there is an establishing shot of the control center that Agent Carter is in. This sets the scene for the audience, and kind of shows the contrast between the chaotic crash and the quiet ship. Another good camera shot that creates a sense of emotion is a cutaway shot. As Agent Carter looks down at something, the audience doesn't know what is it. It then cuts to a picture of Steve Rogers that she looks at with a sad expression. This evokes a feeling of sadness in the audience. There is another establishing shot soon after the men leave after asking Peg to close up. It zooms out, showing her all alone in the dark room. This creates a sense of isolation and loneliness, showing how alone and mistreated she felt.
Camera shots and angles are not the only important aspects of a film. Editing is also extremely important in creating a good flow and transition throughout. For example, the contrast being used at the beginning of the clip displays two completely different things happening at the same time. Agent Carter is in the control center talking to Steve Rogers. The scene cuts back and forth between Carter in the quiet control center to Rogers in the loud, chaotic plane. Another important edit would be simultaneity. In the scene where Agent Carter takes a call she's not technically supposed to, she confronts and gets in fight with these two men. The scene cuts between a security guard reading a magazine and listening to music, and Agent Carter fighting the two men. This happens several times before the scenes merge, building suspense.
Along with editing, sound adds a whole new level to a film; diegetic sound specifically, plays a big role. Diegetic sound is used throughout the clip, mainly to represent contrast. For example, regarding a few of the examples previously stated above, there is diegetic sound represented in both the scene with Peg talking to Steve Rogers and the fighting scene. Diegetic sound is sound that the characters on screen can hear. The sound helps to further enhance the contrast between the scenes. The best example would be the fight scene; the sound goes from the music that the security guard is blasting, to the grunts and hits of Agent Carter fighting the men.
Mise-en-scene is the final thing that really brings a movie together. A huge part of mise-en-scene that ties everything in Agent Carter together is setting. The setting takes place in New York City, in the 1940s, as can be seen by the costume (another element of mise-en-scene), and the staging and acting (the way people speak, and interact). The lighting throughout the clip is very low-key, bringing out the shadows and setting a dark tone for most of the clip, making everything eerie and mysterious, representing what an agent's job really entails-uncertainty and risk.
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