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VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE SELECTED SCENES OF THE MOVIE THE AVENGERS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).26      10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).26      Published : Jun 2023

Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers

Abstract

    The paper is about the visual critical discourse analysis of the selected scenes from the Avengers (2012) movie. The current paper analyses the female character "Natasha" from different perspectives. The researchers have selected feminist theory (second wave of feminism) while the model of Philosopher Charles S. Peirce (1931-58) has been taken for analyzing the selected scenes of the movie. Peirce's model consists of compositional analysis, semiotic analysis, and visual critical discourse analysis. Different signs and discourses have been used in the movie, which has been clarified by the model that what messages have been delivered by the film producer. It has resulted in the paper that different roles have been played by the female character Natasha in the movie. She fought bravely against the Sphinx forces and equally participated with men in every field of life.

    Visual Analysis, VCDA, The Avengers, Charles S. Peirce

    (1) Anser Mahmood
    Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Wajid Riaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Maria Sundas
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Mahmood, Anser, Wajid Riaz, and Maria Sundas. 2023. "Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (II): 365-375 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).26

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    HARVARD : MAHMOOD, A., RIAZ, W. & SUNDAS, M. 2023. Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI, 365-375.

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    MHRA : Mahmood, Anser, Wajid Riaz, and Maria Sundas. 2023. "Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI: 365-375

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    MLA : Mahmood, Anser, Wajid Riaz, and Maria Sundas. "Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI.II (2023): 365-375 Print.

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    OXFORD : Mahmood, Anser, Riaz, Wajid, and Sundas, Maria (2023), "Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers", Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (II), 365-375

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    TURABIAN : Mahmood, Anser, Wajid Riaz, and Maria Sundas. "Visual Analysis of the Selected Scenes of the Movie The Avengers." Global Digital & Print Media Review VI, no. II (2023): 365-375. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).26