Analysis of No Country For Old Men

In the opening scene of No Country For Men it starts off with a man talking about his grandfather, overlooking the beautiful views and surroundings of the area. Although it is showing off such beauty's it seems to have quite a daunting effect right from the begining, by doing this it shows the viewer that this movie is not going to be all happy ect. Another thing that may come to mind whilest looking at the surroundings is that the place is deserted, making the atmosphere of it seem someone lonely. As if to say that there was nobody around, but ofcorse you know there is. The question that may spring to mind, is who? By putting these thought's into the viewer's mind it makes them question what may occur. The view's are also either quite dark or bland, not showing any kind of happiness - as the dark reflects upon a bad atmosphere.

It then goes on to show a police officer putting a man and a oxygen tank into his car. This then define's the bad mood which runs throughout the opening scene. They then arrive at the police station, with the officer on the phone to who seems a leading officer, talking about the man in capture. But then as this happens the man begins to walk slowly up behind him and trap him around the neck via the handcuff's. Once he has him in his crasp he choak's him to death. At this point it goes in for a close up for maximum suspence, as now you can see the killer in full view. It then backs away into a two shot to let the viewer see him choaking the officer.

Here are some screenshots:

Storyboard (Using Shot Size's)

Analysis Of SE7EN

SE7EN Opening Credits



The soundtrack to this video has a range of different sounds used, such as:- Screaming in the background  which gives off a scary atmosphere, eery sounds which create tension, war sounds (like gun shots) which makes the whole video become quite threatening, it also has a mixture of instruments and sound effects - this gives the video a variety of different techniques used. It also has a drum beat straight forward all through it, this makes it seem like something quite daunting it about to happen, as it builds up the bad atmosphere. You can also hear footstep's with a creaking sound behind them, this makes it think the viewer feel as if there is someone coming after somebody, it makes it really tense and somewhat worrying. Throughout the video is quite a ghostly sound which gives off the impression that the person on the video whom you can see his hands is not alone. The sound's all sound quite static and distorted as if something is going to go wrong or already has done. You can hear a quiet scratching noise which makes it seem like somebody is i desperate need of help - giving off the impression that someone is under great stress. You can hear an echoing throughout the video too which makes the atmosphere seem extremely tense.

The actual video itself of the opening credit's are along the same sort of level, the images given off in it make the whole thing seem scary too. On an overall view it is very disturbing and doesn't give off in any way a friendly atmosphere. It show's images of such things like images of dead people, razor blades, developing photo's which makes the viewer think why is this being done, many word's of sexual connotation are shown written down, there are a wide range of shadow's used which gives off a threatening feel to the clip. Overall the main coloring of the video is in sepia and it is very bland. This makes the video bring across emotion's such as passion, anger, unsettling. By doing this it makes the clip show exactly what it wants the viewer to see and feel. It makes them feel somewhat scared just from seeing the small clip at the start by showing of the little aspects of the movie which it holds.

Here are some shot's of the image's i am talking about:

Shot Sizes

                     Extreme Close up

 Close Up

 Long Shot

 Extreme Long Shot

 Two Shot

 Establishing Shot

 Extreme Close Up

 High angle Shot

 Point of View Shot

Over the Shoulder Shot