The clip from Agent Carter
expresses a multitude of both media editing techniques as well as camera
angling styles; which include camera shots, angles,
movement and composition, editing, sound, and mise-en-scène.
A key component to the viewed
portion of the agent carter clip is the use of camera features in the filming
of the scenes. The way the camera is angled
and shot in the clips we see has an especially large impact upon the way the
viewer sees agent Carter. By the camera always
giving a full angle view and shot of the headquarters where Carter works at,
the camera shows clearly how Carter is very much alone being the only woman present
and being tucked away in a corner. The
camera angle and shots also manifest their importance in the scenes where agent
cater is fighting through only showing her from behind or with very close range
and narrow perspectives. The movement of
the camera is also an important part to the way Carter and her surroundings are
portrayed through the way the camera follows here as a focus throughout all the
scenes to show Carter as the key character the viewer should be focused on. The camera composition seen in this clip further
adds to the clips overall effect through placing the people and physical
objects such as when Carter is walking by the car in a very equal fashion to
show and bring balance to every scene shown in the clip. A part where the camera composition is
somewhat uneven is when carter’s hand with the gun is shown pointed at the last
bad guy’s head due to how much of her hand and gun the viewer sees, and yet so
little of the villain’s head.
The clip from Carter’s TV show also
features several examples of editing techniques. A jump cut is featured between the scenes
where Carter goes from hanging up the phone to walking towards the building
where the villains are at. A cross cut
is featured when carter and the last villain both have guns and are searching
for each other as the image rapidly switches between the two individuals. A shot/counter shot reaction can also be seen
In this clip from Carter’s TV show through the relation between the phone and
alarm, her attention every time the alarm goes off, and her boss’s actions
towards his men and her when the call comes in.
Sound effects are also a very key
part to the way this video clip is assembled and tied together as well. A use of diegetic sound in the clip is well seen
when Carter can be heard shuffling through papers and moving her desk drawers
as information is asked of her. A
crescendo from the clip is very well shown from the change from carter answering
the phone to when she is walking to confront the villains. A diminuendo can be seen in the clip when
carter beats the two villains and the music does down as it is just her and the
other villain with the gun left. A
sforzando is shown in Carter’s clip when she makes contact with the face of the
two villains using her large suitcase.
A final key component to the Carter
clip is Mise-En-Scene. The setting of
the large bustling room with continuous activity and the shuffling of papers in
the beginning of the clip creates a setting of focused and active people in a
very fast paced business. As the clip
progresses, the setting changes to an outside group of men in a building that Carter
confronts at night where it is very dark, and as a result the setting becomes
ominous and low key. The only type of
lighting shown throughout the entire clip is low key lighting through the dark
room, office, street at night, and buildings shown near the end of the clip. All of the costumes are 1940’s vintage in
very dark colors with no bright or outstanding styles that differentiate much
between the characters shown. The clip form
Agent Carter mostly features deep space scenes showing in great detail what is behind
and, on each character, and individual shown.
In the clip shown, there are several examples of blocking; especially
during the confrontations between Carter and her boss at the office. Furthermore, special effects are used in the opening
scene of Captain America crashing the enormous plane into the frozen arctic as he
is still talking with Carter.
Through these several key elements
of camera shots, angles, movement and composition, as well as editing, sound,
and mise-en-scène, the Agent Carter video clip does a very thorough job of
expressing and developing all of these elements.
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