'No Country For Old Men' Analysis

The first few shots are long shots of vast landscape. This shows the audience how far out the people are. Its an establishing shot as it shows where the film is set. Also portrays how isolated it is.

This is an establishing shot and reinforces how lonely and alone this place is. Its setting the film up for us. Also there is a narrative over the top (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTI5GBqdMxo) and makes the audience confused and makes us ask questions. 

This shot shows two men - one a sheriff and the other is a hidden identity. This makes the audience wonder who this man is and why he is being arrested. Its a medium long shot and in it we can see a road that looks like it leads to nowhere so they are reinforcing isolation. 

This is a close-up of an air tank. This shot has been included to show that the air tank has some relevance. Its effective as it makes the audience wonder what its for and why its there. 

In this shot we can still not see the man's face so it builds up tension as its a hidden identity. It also makes the man mysterious in some way. It is a mid shot and shows the bad guy in the dark and the sheriff in the light.

This is a long shot of the road. Its effective as it shows that there is no-one around at all and shows that its very isolated. It makes the audience think about what would happen if something went wrong and makes them ask lots of questions.

In this shot we see the dark shadowy figure in the background. This shot gives the audience hindsight into whats going to happen next. It is also a mid shot.

This shot is from the floor angle and by doing this the audience see the chaos. Also by emphasising on the feet we see the struggle between the sheriff and the man. In this scene we rely on the sounds.

This is one of the first looks we get on the villain and how strange he looks. The audience get to see the struggle from a high angle and the emotions that are being portrayed.

This is one of the first close-ups of the villain and after the build up of tension we finally get to see his face clearly. The audience now know what they are dealing with.

In this shot we see how cool, calm and collective the killer is as though he's done it before. We also see what he'll go through to kill someone and how he doesn't mind hurting himself to be set free.

This shot is a very powerful shot. It shows the struggle that the sheriff and villain went through. The scratch marks show that the man was going to kill him regardless.

Again we see the oxygen tank being picked up. Makes the audience wonder why does he need this so much and what does it do. It shows the audience that he is threatening and this is a weapon.