1960's Essay (The Town Of No Return)
How Was Media Language Used To Show The Social Context Of The 1960's? Camerawork & Mise-En-Scene: During the Avengers 1960 episode, The Town Of No Return, camerawork is used to show context of the 1960's. This is shown in the first scene where the door bell labelled, 'Mrs Emma Peel' is pressed by a gentleman with a cane. Firstly, the cane connotes the man in this scene to be one of upper class without even seeing his face. Also from this scene, we can see that the woman whose apartment the male is visiting is a married woman, 'Mrs Emma Peel'. Next, we see a tilt shot from the door bell introducing a 1960's pop art eye. This eye shows both 1960's pop art but also quite a flirtatious effect seeing as the eye - although not human - has a made-up effect which can be seen as a flirtatious approach towards the male. Next, we see the male who previously pressed the door bell with the cane. He is presented as a man of power with up-standing authorit...