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.
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