During the first five
minutes of The Avengers a lot happens. Firstly it starts off with a panning
shot from the beach to the ocean, then to a shot showing a man, supposedly a
fisher man holding a knife before looking out into the distance to see a black
dot approaching the shore. As the black dot moves closer to the shore you start
the make out what it is. It turns out to be a walking bin bag and a man breaks
free. The man is dressed like a typical gentleman, dressed in a suit and tie
and a bowler hat. He goes to ask the fisher man directions to little Baisley
then promptly leaves with a few parting words of it’s going to rain. Then it
cuts to London with Mr Steele going to miss Peele’s apartment and ringing the
doorbell to see a frightening looking peephole made to look like an eye with
thick eyelashes, this is somewhat used as an eye catcher as it is weird and
quirky but also unexpected. Mr Steele enters the room to find miss Peele practicing
her fencing. Mr Steele tells her to straighten her wrist and to put her weight
on the other foot. Mr Steele and miss Peele have a fencing match where mr
Steele dances around the room to avoid her attacks but ends up getting caught
anyway showing us how strong and flexible and shows her feminine power.
Mark 5/10
ReplyDeleteYou are on the right lines but could have made more points.
Emma Peel is constructed as a modern woman. Emma is presented as confident and able. She is skilled at fencing and challenges Steed to a duel. She mentions that she has been writing a scientific paper. Steed demonstrates his assumption of control throughout. Nevertheless, can you identify what makes him charming and attractive? He is the perfect British gentleman: is it his clothes, his accent, his manners? Or all of these and more?