The start of the film starts of with non diegetic sound, its the sound of the narrator speaking and starting off the film by saying what happened. After you can hear the sound of the wind blowing barren wilder niff, it seems deserted, lonely and isolated. furthermore, you then hear the sound of footsteps that's diegetic sound because its happening in the world of the film. Next you can hear the sound of the police car door opening and the person getting inside. Gradually you hear the sound of the car driving off. In addition you then hear the police officer talking on the phone, this is dialog also diegetic sound. As the police officer puts the phone down you hear the sound of the person who got arrested getting up behind the officer and strangling him, you can hear the sound of the hand cuffs around his neck choking the officer also the sound of the officer screaming in pain. After the officer is dead you hear the sound of the killer washing his hands in the sink. the killer then walks out of the station and drives off. Finally the killer stops behind a random person driving his car, you hear dialog between the killer and the person and he puts the oxygen tank pipe to his forehead and he kills the person.No Country For old Men Camera
The opening scene starts off with a medium angle shot which shows the office putting the person into the police car. The next shot after that is the high angle shot which shows the officer opening the door and sitting the person inside of the car. After its again back to the medium angle shot of the officer putting the oxygen tank into the car. After there's a point of view shot of the officer getting into the car. After that, there's a wide angle shot of the car driving off to the police station. In the police station there's a medium shot followed by the close up shots. After there's a high angle shot of the killer washing the blood off his hands. When the killer is leaving you can see a tracking shot of his footsteps leaving the building and following the car.
No Country For Old Men Editing
The opening scene starts off really slow, nothing really happens then when it gets to the police station things get much faster. throughout the opening scene there are 30/31 cuts.
Mise En Scene
From the opening scene you can tell that its a western setting, the place seems really quiet. It's not really a socializing place, the roads seem empty. The police station seems really empty as-well, only one cop looking after the place.
Well done, thoughtful with perceptive analysis.
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