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Graphic Organizer Essay Editing, sound, camera shots, and mise-en-scene are all elements that are used to shape a movie's plot. In the first five minutes of Marvel’s Agent Carter, these elements are used to do just that.              To begin, an element that is clearly used in the clip is editing. Within the first few shots, the editor uses parallelism to show that the emotions shown by two characters are similar. By cutting back and forth between Peggy and Steve, the editor showed both sides of the situation during the action. This built perspective created an understanding of emotion. Another editing technique that was used is simultaneity.  Simultaneity was also used when Peggy tied up the man. As the man sat against the wall, the shot switched over to the other three men in a different room. As the first man yelled for help, the others are shown to be looking around in concern at the same time. This shows the separate perspecti...