Prep - 1/11/21

PREP Watch the first 10 minutes (after the title sequence is over) of The Avengers on Clickview. Analyse how sound is used in the extract to create meaning. You can use any part of the opening scenes - both the opening scene at the seaside at Little Bazeley or the scene in Emma Peel's flat:

• first identify an example - use terminology such as diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, dialogue.
• then give the example - " Little Bazeley is constructed as a seaside village through realistic sound codes such as..."
• "One example of how sound is used is when Steed makes conversation with Emma Peel..."
• then explain what meaning is created - "In the exchange of dialogue between the fisherman and the undercover agent who arrives from the sea they talk about...... which creates suspicion and comedy because....."
• "Steed's dialogue reveals his accent and shows that he is..." "What Steed says to Emma Peel suggests that he feels in charge because...." /  "Emma's comment about the coffee and cream show that..." / "Emma's throwaway comment about having just finished a scientific article shows that..."

What Steed says to Emma Peel suggests that he feels in charge because he’s a male and they were the dominant gender in this period of time. Although Peel suggests that she feels in charge, as my point above states, she is put right back into reality when they have their fight and Steed plays dirty.

Sound is extremely important in the Avengers but especially in the scene where they’re fighting in Emma Peels’s flat as when he first opens the door a sense of romance is created by a typical violin and high pitch orchestra. Once they begin fighting, a beat drop is heard and a more comedic sense of music is being played e.g. when he hits her on her bottom and or when he catches her in the curtains.