No Country for Old men (Opening Scene)

No Country For Old Men was directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen in 2007 and is an American neo-Western thriller. It started Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin.  It is a story of an ordinary man to whom chance delivers a fortune that is not his, and the ensuring cat-and-mouse drama.  The film had a budget of $25 million and made $171.6 million at box office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6mFcTGXh0- 'No Country For Old Men' Trailer. My analysis is going to be until 4.30

Sound

As the film starts we hear a non-diegetic sound as It is not in the world of the text and is a voice over of a man telling us his story/information. This builds up tension as we are not aware of what may happen next and what the film will be about. As we get familiar to the surroundings we hear creepy music as the sound track which is also non-diegetic as the man is still talking we infers to us that something bad has happened or is going to happen. The next scene we hear the police officer on the phone to another police officer, this is diegetic sound as the characters can see and hear the source of the sound. 

Editing

The editing starts with a slow build up, Shows us different cuts of the country side, the mountains, grass, the sky which paints a picture and gets us familiar to the surroundings. The editing starts off slow so that we can grasp our surroundings and it prepares us for the next scene which is much faster and more graphic. Once we get into the next scene, the editing becomes much more faster and their are more cuts. As we get to the part where the arrested man strangles the police officer, the cuts are slightly dragged out which may suggest to horrifying nature of the crime and to understand what kind of disgusting man the character is. 

Miss en scene

As the film starts we only see power lines, and the sky, the country side, grass, mountains . As we cannot see anyone, it creates a sense of isolation as the area is deserted and alone. As we reach two minutes of views of the country side we and no characters, we finally see a policeman arresting a man and getting into the police car. As we start the next scene we see the police man on the phone to another police officer and the man who got arrested in the back,however he is blurred out. Slowly we see the arrested man getting up and putting his legs over him arms so that his hands are in front of him, which creates suspense as the viewers stay wondering what is going to happen next. The fact that the room is dark and gloomy creates a dull effect on the viewers as it shows the isolation of the scene.  As we see the man getting closer to the police officer, it creates a sense of fear, as the man has just been arrested meaning he has committed a crime and is a criminal. The fact that the man has his hands in front of him and walks up to the police officer suggests he may commit another crime. 

Camera

As the film starts we a long shot of the sky, mountains and grass.  We then get a sudden rolling shot and then we see a police car, and the police officer and an arrested man getting into the police car, this creates wonder as what the man did to get arrested and who the characters are. As the police officer puts the man into the car we get a close up of the gas that the police officer puts in the front seat, this tells us that the gas has had some meaning in the film and may continue to have greater meaning and could have been used for something important. As we approach the next screen we get a medium shot of the police officer and the man, however the camera starts to get closer and closer as we see the man getting up and getting closer to the police officer which creates suspense and tension as we wonder what is going to happen next or what the man may do. We then get close ups and birds eye view shots of the man strangling the police officer.