No Country for Old Men Analysis

This shot is an establishing shot showing a bleak, barren landscape. This gives the idea to the audience that nothing goes on in this place and there isn't really anywhere to go. There is also a narrative by a main character. This narrative helps build tension and confusion as the audience wonders what is going on and who the character is. 

This shot is a medium long shot showing a road to what seems like nowhere as there is nothing around but the barren landscape and a police car with two men walking towards it. The narrative continues building up tension as the audience wonders what happened and why is it significant to the character narrating.

This shot is a close up image of an oxygen tank. The close up shows the audience that his image is important to the story and is a key item that presumably belongs to the guy getting arrested. The audience becomes confused as they don't know why the item is important or why the character has it. The audience then whats to know why it would be important.

In this shot the audience see a shadowy figure behind the bars in the police car. This causes a mysterious atmosphere as the audience wonder why the figure is getting arrested and who the figure is. The fact that the presumed villain is in shadow and the policeman is in the light gives symbolism to the idea of good against evil, giving the audience an idea of who is good and who is bad in this shot. The shot is a medium shot.

This shot is a long shot and shows a road to what appears to be nowhere. It gives the audience the feeling that if something bad happens here there will be no help. This shot reinforces that this place is barren to the audience and that when something happens here it is very strange.

This shot is a medium shot of the police officer. The audience can see that the villain is behind him and the police officer doesn't know that someone is behind him. This causes tension as the audience wonder what is about to happen to the police officer and who the villain is. Again the audience is shown the good against evil symbolism as the police officer is in the light and the villain is in shadows.

This is a low angle of a struggle between the unknown villain and the police officer. The audience can see this is very violent and the police officer is most likely to be killed. This shot is mostly trying to give the audience a look at the struggle that is taking place and disorientate them as they are on the same level as the struggle between the two men.

This shot is a close up of the villains face. This is the first time the audience see the villain clearly and is shown that the villain is slightly crazed looking as well as being quite ugly. The villain is still in slight shadow symbolising to the audience that he is evil and/or dark.

This shot is a birds-eye view of the struggle taking place. The audience can see that the villain is using a lot of force to strangle the police officer with the handcuffs. The audience are now very sure that the police officer is not going to survive this. This also creates tension and suspense as the audience wonder what the villain is going to do next.

This is a shot of the villains hands and the handcuffs. This is shot shows the audience that the villain has most likely done this before as he managed to get the hand cuffs off and killed the police officer. It also makes the audience realise that he can handle a lot of pain as his wrists are covered in blood and this doesn't seem to faze the villain

This shot is a shot of the police officers feet after the struggle that had just taken place. This shot shows the audience just how violent the struggle was as the audience can clearly see the marks their shoes left on the floor.

This is a close up shot of the oxygen tank being picked up by the villan. The audience again wonders why this item is so important to the villain and what he is going to use it for. This creates suspense and tension as the audience begin to think about whether or not this item is the villains weapon of choice or whether there is a different reason he wants it back.