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Steve Rogers/ Captain America

What does this tell us about Steve? How does he compare to the other recruits?

PRE-TRANSFORMATION STEVE

Think about the camera angles here and Steve’s body language

Think about Steve’s positioning here, the colour of his costume and how others are responding to him.

Appearance?

What does this scene tell us about Steve?

Steve’s actions here?

What does this incident tell us about Steve? How does he differ to the others?

What happens here and what does it tell us?

Comment on what this still reveals about Steve? How does the media language help emphasis this?

In the car on the way to Stark’s lab – how does the media language show us Steve is awkward with women?

TRANSFORMATION

How does Steve look at this point? What elements create a sense of his frailty/ vulnerability?

How has Steve changed and how does the media language emphasise this?

How has he changed in relation to other people?

What is the significance of this close-up? What does it tell us about the new Steve?

POST-TRANSFORMATION STEVE

Comment on significance of costume and how Steve acts after his transformation.

PLAY-ACTING THE HERO

What creates a sense that Steve is not yet being a real hero?

Compare the scenes where Steve performs to the public in the US and the troops in Europe. What does this tell us?

In this POV shot we see Steve’s doodles after he has been booed off stage – what does his drawing connote and what does it tell us?

PLAYING THE HERO FOR REAL

How is Steve’s heroism shown to be more real in this phase of the film?

Think about camera angles, use of colour and the altered response of the troops.

Who is seducing who here? How do you know?

How has female attention altered since Steve’s transformation?

What do these shots tell us about the new Steve?

After Bucky’s death, we find Steve in the bombed out pub – analyse what this reveals about our action hero and how it does this. What does it suggest about the relative significance of men and women and how?

What qualities are revealed here? Note the way the shield is shown.

What do these show of Steve’s changed role?

How does Steve face his death? What does the close-up of Peggy's photo reveal about him?

STEVE TODAY

What image do these create of our hero at the film’s close?

Analyse how the hero is represented in the film’s closing minutes – think about camera angles, costume, setting etc.

Agent Peggy Carter

First glimpse of Peggy – what’s our first impressions? How would you describe her and what do these details tell us?

Very early on, Peggy punches one of the recruits who steps out of line – what does her action here tell us? Did her response surprise you as much as it surprised the recruit?

During the transformation scene, Peggy shouts for it to stop when she hears Steve scream – what does this shot reveal about her tough exterior?

When Steve emerges from the pod, this is Peggy's first glimpse of the new Steve? What does her expression tell you?

Peggy pursues the assassin – what do these shots tell us about her?

What does this scene suggest about Peggy? Can you remember her reaction to her rescue?

How is Peggy presented to us here? Where are these scenes set?

How is her representation different in these scenes? What details show us this?

Testing Steve’s shield – what do her actions here reveal and what doe Steve’s reaction tell us about her?

While Steve and his gang are off on missions, what does Peggy do? What does this tell us? How is her role in these images different?

How is Peggy shown to us here?

Describe how these shots present her to us?

How is Peggy shown in this shot and what does it suggest about her role compared to Steve’s?

How is she shown, as Steve plunges to his death?

What photo of Steve does she value? Why?

How is she shown here?

Other Men

Other Women