Avengers Assemble 2012.

Directed by Josh Whedon

The monologue that we hear at the start of Avengers Assemble creates the illusion that the
character has a high status because we cannot see their face. The synthesisation of the voice
makes it sound like the character is alien. Matched with the intense non-diegetic sounds the
audience are drawn into the mysterious environment.

Low angle shots have been used to connote that the Loki is superior to others. The audience
will begin to fear Loki without properly understanding his character because of the mise-en-
scne used. He is being presented, whilst wearing dark clothing, with a Laevateinn which is
other-worldly. The darkness of his costume and environment puts greater emphasis on the idea
that he is shrouded with secrecy. Because the audience cannot relate the surroundings to a
place they know everything becomes unfamiliar and also scary. All of these elements combined
suggests that he is a antagonist character.

The next major character that we meet, Nick Fury, has an automatic positive air around him
because he is travelling into the Shadow Secret Research Complex that is set for evacuation.
His dominant walk into the situation implies he is unafraid and powerful. Other than darkness
and evil, black connotes dominance and formality.

The vast size of the research complex suggests a lot about both the film itself and the story.
Firstly, we can gage that the movie directors do not want to cut corners or produce below-par
work as the whole scene is well set up, looks completely realistic and shows a lot of money has
been invested in it. Secondly,

Some of the angles used help to influence the audiences view of a character. For example
when Agent Hill is arguing with Nick Fury the camera is placed in a low angle to suggest she is
inferior.

When the Tesseract is transporting Loki through to Earth the camera shakes. This helps to
emphasize how dangerous it can be and bring a sense of reality to the film. The CGI/special
effects help to create scenes otherwise impossible- like the when Loki is transported through the
Tesseract. Without the CGI the films effectiveness as a sci-fi/adventure is weakened. CGI is
also used in this film to help iconic character come to life, for example when Dr Banner
transforms into the Hulk.

The use of mise-en-scne is crucial to the characters because without props and costumes their
characters would not be a very convincing superhero. For example, without his Mjlnir Thor has
no powers and just appears like a grown man in a cape.

To understand the characters completely it is good to have seen the previous Marvel films. This
gives the audience a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses each Avenger has.
In some parts of the movie they reference to previous quarrels that characters have had. The
main example of this is the Loki/Thor argument; without knowledge from previous films it is
difficult to understand why the brothers are fighting each other and why Loki holds a grudge
about his brothers power.

They key conventions of an adventure film:


I aim to use some of the following techniques when producing my own content:
The use of colours to portray personality traits and emotions.
The use of dark/light to signify certain moods and feelings.

NB: I couldnt get the screenshots to load onto this document. I think it is because Im not using
Google Chrome, so Ill bring them in on Thursdays lesson.