Modern Thriller : No Country For Old Men

We looked at the open sequence to the modern thriller film No country for Old Men. The film was released in 2007 and was directed by the Coen Brothers. The film includes a cast of Tommy lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Woddy Harrelson.

When watching the opening minutes of this film i felt right from the beginning a sense of mystery and a unknown plot that would inevitably unfold. I got these feeling when a man's voice echoed out of the speakers with no image of the man just images of a hostile environment. This gave a sense of mystery into the film, as if something terrible was about to unfold. The fact that it was a hostile environment gave the impression that if something was to happen , there would be no help on the way for a substation period of time. When we hear the narrator's voice his tone is very negative which implies that there is a very negative mood about the film straight away.

The use of filming the environment when the sun is rising can be seen as the beginning of a story. The first significant thing we see is a police car. This instantly give me the impression that a crime had been or is about to be committed. When the car arrives and he picks up this unknown character , his face is out of focus. This made me feel instantly unsure about the character and that he has a sense of mystery about him.

The directors gives us a insight into the mystery character's personality and also his mentality as when he commits the murder he is very calm and he doesn't show any emotion on his face . This shows to me that he is very heartless character. This is also shown after the killing as he walks right over the victims body very slowly and calmly. When he commits his second murder he is very calm in his tone when he asks the man to get out of the car, also showing how heartless he is and his lack of emotion. This also shows that murdering people doesn't phrase the man. When he is committing the murder the director uses a high angle shot on the victim to show that he is very vulnerable and he powerless to what is going on.