Week 3: Film Viewing Practice Essay
The film "Agent Carter" is a film about a woman defying gender stereotypes to work an office job while also going on secret missions. Through the use of camera shots and angles, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene, the film constructs meaning to help the viewers better understand the film and underlying components of characters. The film uses camera shots to construct meaning. Specifically, with close shots, the filmmakers allow viewers to focus on the strong emotions portrayed in the characters' faces. This can be seen with the woman trying to communicate with Steve. The film also uses multiple establishing shots that let the viewers understand the setting of the film. This includes shots of the control room, the city, and the office. The film uses a shot of Golden Gate Bridge to inform the viewers that everything is happening in San Francisco. This shot of the Golden Gate Bridge is important not only to camera usage, but it adds to other elements of the film, like sett