Kara's Aice Media Studies Blog 25-26

  Hello and welcome back to another blog! This week we were asked to write a practice essay based on a clip from the show "Agent carter." Here is my essay.       Agent carter takes place post World War Two. This clip explorers the inequality women face in the work place. Throughout the clip, we see many examples of this inequality and how peggy works to prove herself.            At the beginning of this clip Peggy, the protagonist, is in a powerful position. We see her in a control room directing Captain America on landing his ship. This job itself seems like a very powerful position and her make up only furthers this. We see her wearing bright red lipstick symbolizing her confidence and power she has.            The screen then fades to black and time jumps to one year in the future. We now see Peggy in dull makeup with no noticeable characteristics. This signifies a loss of power and confide...

Hello welcome back to another blog post! This week we were asked to analyze the editing of a film. I chose an action scene from Deadpool vs Wolverine. I hope you enjoy!  https://youtu.be/TUJr59UYYjg?si=lEHHlsEr_yX9tOjZ  This scene opens with a reverse shot showing the drama about to unfold between the two characters. As the camera switches between the two characters the audience gets a close look at their facial expressions. This helps the audience understand the feelings of the characters during this time. Next at .10 into the clip we see and action match as dead pool pushes wolverine out of the way. The action is then showed inside the room where deadpool locks the door so wolverine cant get in. This creates a dramatic effect. Starting around .59 we see crosscutting from one scene to another but they are all connected to each other. This crosscutting gives the audience an idea to what is happening around deadpool and wolverine as they try to save the world. At 1:54 there is ...