Film Viewing Practice Essay
Elements are very important to create a successful film. In the provided clip, many elements were used within the short amount of time.
To begin, there are 5 master shots in film: Parallelism, Contrast, Symbolism, Simultaneity, and Leit Motiff. The short clip from Agent Carter starts out with Steve flying straight down from the sky, while Peggy watches him in distress. Switching back from Peggy begging Steve to land safely, to Steve begging her to not worry because he has to do what he has to do, can be considered an example of simultaneity. Simultaneity is a technique in editing where the camera cuts from one action to another to show relation between the two. Steve, knowing his landing is going to be dangerous, puts a picture of Peggy in front of him just before he goes down. Later on in the clip, Peggy is at the agency and opens up her drawer to find a framed picture of Steve. This is an example of both parallelism and symbolism. Parallelism is another technique in editing where two different scenes happen simultaneously, but in different locations. Both Steve and Peggy kept a picture of each other to show the audience that they have a strong relationship. Contrast is defined as an edit cutting between two different scenarios to highlight the difference, or contrast, between two scenes. Leit Motiff is defined as a recurring melody with a character or object. Although these specific master shots were not usde in the beginning clip, they still are used in almost every film. These editing skills help create emotion and sets the mood for these couple scenes.
Next, the scene transitions from Peggy crying for Steve, to a city with a title saying "One Year Later". This is the establishing shot for the new scene. An establishing shot is a shot which sets up the scene. The scene begins with alarms blaring to create alert. This type of sound is diegetic because the characters in the scene respond to it. Diegetic sound is sound that is not edited into the film. The second the alarm sounded, the characters shot up from their seats, ready for action. This is staging. Staging is where the characters and props are blocked and placed in a film. Peggy also got ready to report for duty, but she was staged to sit back down to create tension between her and Agent Flynn, who is in charge. The setting of the agency looks as if it is in the early 1900s because of the props used and costuming. Costuming and props are a part of mise en scene, which is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a film. The characters are dressed in fancy work suits and are wearing old fashioned hats and shoes. In the modern day, usually workers do not dress up so nice for work, unless they work for big businesses. Back then, attire was more important than now. The props that caught my eye which established the setting, were the old fashioned phones, briefcases, and clocks.
Lighting was also used to create suspense, like when Agent Carter went out by herself on her own investigation. Lots of low key lighting was used when she received the call and went to go investigate.
Overall, this short clip used many film elements to bring the emotion and meaning together.
To begin, there are 5 master shots in film: Parallelism, Contrast, Symbolism, Simultaneity, and Leit Motiff. The short clip from Agent Carter starts out with Steve flying straight down from the sky, while Peggy watches him in distress. Switching back from Peggy begging Steve to land safely, to Steve begging her to not worry because he has to do what he has to do, can be considered an example of simultaneity. Simultaneity is a technique in editing where the camera cuts from one action to another to show relation between the two. Steve, knowing his landing is going to be dangerous, puts a picture of Peggy in front of him just before he goes down. Later on in the clip, Peggy is at the agency and opens up her drawer to find a framed picture of Steve. This is an example of both parallelism and symbolism. Parallelism is another technique in editing where two different scenes happen simultaneously, but in different locations. Both Steve and Peggy kept a picture of each other to show the audience that they have a strong relationship. Contrast is defined as an edit cutting between two different scenarios to highlight the difference, or contrast, between two scenes. Leit Motiff is defined as a recurring melody with a character or object. Although these specific master shots were not usde in the beginning clip, they still are used in almost every film. These editing skills help create emotion and sets the mood for these couple scenes.
Next, the scene transitions from Peggy crying for Steve, to a city with a title saying "One Year Later". This is the establishing shot for the new scene. An establishing shot is a shot which sets up the scene. The scene begins with alarms blaring to create alert. This type of sound is diegetic because the characters in the scene respond to it. Diegetic sound is sound that is not edited into the film. The second the alarm sounded, the characters shot up from their seats, ready for action. This is staging. Staging is where the characters and props are blocked and placed in a film. Peggy also got ready to report for duty, but she was staged to sit back down to create tension between her and Agent Flynn, who is in charge. The setting of the agency looks as if it is in the early 1900s because of the props used and costuming. Costuming and props are a part of mise en scene, which is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a film. The characters are dressed in fancy work suits and are wearing old fashioned hats and shoes. In the modern day, usually workers do not dress up so nice for work, unless they work for big businesses. Back then, attire was more important than now. The props that caught my eye which established the setting, were the old fashioned phones, briefcases, and clocks.
Lighting was also used to create suspense, like when Agent Carter went out by herself on her own investigation. Lots of low key lighting was used when she received the call and went to go investigate.
Overall, this short clip used many film elements to bring the emotion and meaning together.
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