Component 2: No Country for Old Men
SCENES
OPENING
Introducing Chigurh
The discovery ( Llewellyn Moss)
Opening speech ( no visuals)
Coin toss 1 ( shopkeeper)
Coin toss 2 ( Carla Jean)
Ending dream scene ( Sheriff Bell)
CONTEXTS AND ANALYSIS
An explanation
Roger Deakins : Cinematography
Video essay about narrative and character
Web article about three main characters and the film as a "Neo-Western"
Article about nihilism and No Country for old men
SPECTATORSHIP
Definition of active / passive spectatorship
Active spectatorship issues
Genre : subversion of some conventions of Western, crime and action films.
Chigurh as character from different genre.
Narrative structure : ending and resolution
Multistrand structure and unexpected endings for characters.
Ellipses ( missing elements ) in narrative ( and some elements of film form)
Use of sound : lack of obvious sound cues causes audience to become less passive and guided emotionally ?
Audience must focus upon small elements of sound design and visual elements for narrative clues and emotional impact .
Alignment with various characters through narrative structure, doubling, cinematography and framing.
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