No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men

 

The opening sequence for the film starts with a black, blank screen as a few titles appear. 

The white text on the black background makes the title really stand out. 

Then it cuts to scenes of open desert and surrounding scenery as we hear the commentary of the man talking. The camera pans across the open and vast scenery. Many beigy, yellowy colours are used here. 

The camera shots used here are wide angle/establishing shots, showing wide areas of land. It sets the scene for the start of the film.

When the police man is getting strangled, the camera angle is a high angle/bird's eye view shot, which changes back and forth to a low angle. This shows the action taking place between the two characters, their relation to the room and both of their reactions. 

                                       

Over the shoulder shot of the killer, preparing to strangle the man.

Vladimir's A Spy- Our Film

Vladimir's A Spy

 

This is a short exercise that we did, using the editing programme, Final Cut. We shot in various locations in Wem, however, the locations were not ideal. The first scene is a section of dialogue between two people. using many over the shoulder shots. The second scene takes place in a cafe, where we used a variety of different shots. However there was a lot of background noise.

Se7en

Opening Credits For Se7en

 The opening of Se7en combines fast moving images of hands mixed with juddering shots of text, for example, the title of the film is shown in a b/w negative shot, which is unclear and jumpy.











Many of the shots used in the opening sequence, are high angle, point of view shots, as if we are the looking through the eyes of the anonymous person who is handling all the different items. 

 They also use a variety of shots of anonymous hands handling bits of paper, string and photographs. Each shot had a shadowy effect as the different frames were overlapped with each other. 

We also see various shots of people's faces as the member's of the cast and crew's names appear. On this particular image, the anonymous hands are seen scribbling lines over people's eyes, and then across all of their face. 

Also, there are shots of razor blades, needles and various other sharp objects, such as tweezers to give the audience an uneasy edge. 








The Soundtrack
The soundtrack in the opening sequence is a completely electronically produced mix of various different sound effects and synthesised drum beats. Some of the types of noises heard are;

• vocals 'you bring me closer to God' 
• bleeps
• static, white noise sounds
• distorted sounds
• scratchy squeaky sounds

All of these effects add together to create a chorus of a atmospheric tension. 

Shot Sizes

 Over the shoulder Shot

Establishing Shot

Close Up

Mid Shot

High Angle

Medium Close Up

Long Shot

Extreme Long Shot

Two Shot