Watch the first part of the episode, making notes about how the programme uses television conventions that suit the 'spy genre' of the 1960s era and how it portrays stereotypes of the traditional British upper-class in the 1960s. You are going to complete a textual analysis of a clip from the episode next lesson, looking even more closely at the use of camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene.
Task: Copy these questions on to a Word document, to help structure your initial notes. Save your document at the start as The Avengers Textual Analysis
- How does the opening sequence engage the audience?
- Why is this monochrome episode a good example of the technical limitations of television at the time?
- How is mise-en-scene used at the door of Emma Peel's apartment and what does it suggest about the main character?
- How is mise-en-scene used again to convey characteristic traits of the female lead character?
- What elements of the narrative inject a comic tone into the episode and does this surprise you as a convention of a 'spy genre' programme?
- How is sound and the camera used to create suspense about the man at the train station?
- How is tension created in the action sequence across the fields?
- How would you compare the pace of the narrative scenes in The Avengers with the modern crime drama Cuffs? Can you comment on what this suggests about the different audience expectations from the era to modern viewers?
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