Margin Call (2011)

By:
Fatin Syaza Irdina binti Muhamad Eddin Syazri
2016239158
Imran Shah
 Synopsis
• This is a movie on an investment firm at wall street just before the
financial crisis in America.
• An analyst from the company discovered an information that
basically could destroy the company and make it go bankrupt
• Which halfway through the movie, the analyst got fired and
disappeared.
• After someone took over the work of the analyst, only then they
discovered the about the company’s issue.
• Throughout the movie, it was about a team trying to plan a strategy
to save the company.
Characters
• Head Division: Jared Cohen (Simon Baker)
• Head of Sales and Trading : Sam Rogers (Kevin Spacey)
• Head of Trading: Will Emerson (Paul Bettany)
• Risk department people: Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) and Seth
Bregman (Penn Bagdley)
• Chief Risk Management Officer: Sarah Robertson (Demi Moore)
• Upstairs: Ramesh Shah (Aasif Mandvi)
• In-House Council : David Horn
Synopsis of the scene
• A meeting in a Wall Street firm at the verge of the financial crisis
happening in the US.
• The leader call out for a meeting to see where the company stands
during the crisis.
• Turns out their situation is worst than they imagined.
• The meeting lays out their situation including discussing few options
for them to overcome the issue.
Critical incidents
• Taking the lead (early scene, introduction, start question)
(minute 0.10 to 0.40)

• Superiority (sarah Robertson asking peter Sullivan question)

(minute 1.19 to 2.08)

• Eye contact
(minute 1.20 to 1.40)