Agent Carter Essay
In the film, Agent Carter, the director uses camera shots, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene to convey Agent Carter’s struggles as a woman in her job after the end of World War II. The combination of over the shoulder and close up shots to show the discrimination that Peggy faces in the office. It shows the men from a low angle to demonstrate their superiority over her. After Agent Carter decides to go off on her own, they use more zoomed out shots to show her increase in confidence once she enters the field where she specializes. In the scene where Peggy approaches the building where zodiac is hiding, the radio is playing in the background and the camera angle shows the main guard sitting while Peggy is talking to the other guards outside. The music and Agent Carter being in the background tell the viewer that the main guard is not paying any attention to what is going on outside and he does not see Agent Carter as a threat. This explains why the guard is confused once he sees one of...