no country for old men opening analysis

The opening to "no country for old men" starts with sceneic shots of the location this tell the audience were the events will take place. The location its self is a very barren and empty place. the voice over is brilliantly written and performed. He tells us about his life, past and what it means to be a cop in that area and how he was facinated by the men who came before him and lern from them. then he tells us how he had to sent someone to the eltric chair and how the media trys to make the criminal sound diffrent to how it is and the crimnal actuly told him how it was and that he do it agene if given the chance and he would go to hell for it. he also says how you have to be willing to die to do the job and put your soul in hazard and just say okay ill be apart of it. this tells us that the charcter has seen and exprienced things that could break people down and that he is strong willed and has a good moral code he lives by. We also see an arrest happening were it sets up the film, who is the man beaing arrested? why is he beaing arested?

This is the first draft of the script i have written for our thriller.


Death. What is death?
Is it that moment where everything becomes over-exposed. Your vision blurs and your mind flashes to memories that you once felt were beautiful. What is beauty?
The comfortable village of Orwell, surrounded by vast, green fields. This obscure village, was the place I called home.
The gentle brushing of leaves in the summer… the sky so vivid it felt like it was falling, the whole village teeming with life and energy. The houses pretty, the neighbours friendly. This village was the perfect place to live.
The night, however, is a frightening place to be. Not because of increased risk of stumbling on unseen ground, Or even the shadows cast by ordinary objects that scare young children. No, the dark is frightening, The darkness of night is madness, for what once was safe, Has reflected your insanity.

Idents

We created a number of idents using photoshop and this will feature at the beginning of our thriller opening. We decided to use the black and white shaked effect for our final ident.

Writing the script

today in our lesson we are writing the script for our opening. Our idea for the piece is to have a monologue over the top of the action. We want this monologue to be emotive, as to link with the filming behind it. We looked at poetry to try and get some inspiration for the monologue, we decided to use a couple of verses from this poem called "Don't go out when its dark" written by one of the members in our group.

The night is a frightening place to be.
Not because of increased risk of stumbling on unseen ground,
Or even the shadows cast by ordinary objects that scare young children.

No, the dark is frightening,
For creatures lurk around every corner;
And the monsters of one's mind run rampant.

The tick of a clock becomes growling,
And candle flames the sharp teeth of vampires.
Light pixels morph from murderers to mummies.

The darkness of night is madness,
For what once was safe,
Has reflected your insanity

We thought a couple of the stanzas from this relate to our ending to our opening. We also looked at the opening monologue to American Beauty as it is in the same style.

Film Classification

Rated 18

Suitable only for adults
No-one younger than 18 may
see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.
No-one youngerthan 18 may
rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

15 Certificate

This is the classification for a fifteen film from the British board of film classification (bbfc).

Suitable only for 15 years and over. No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory

language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not

promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily

accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example,

aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic

or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and

self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be

copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example,

‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be

acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated

use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without

strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a

non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail.

There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour,

but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable

unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is

sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is

appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction

of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to

be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also

unlikely to be acceptable.

There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence

but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and

have a strong contextual justification.

Ideas

Today we brainstormed ideas in class, we came up with four basic ideas and then expanded on them.

First Idea - In the style of No Country for Old Men, We decided the idea of doing landscape shots of picturesque scenes, with dialogue over the top to create an eery scene. The dialogue could be describing an event that has happened, (this could be the plot of the film), or looking back at memories, or how life used to be. This will create questions. It could end up being something along the lines oif rape/assault/addiction.

Second Idea - The film could start with a conversation, or something similar, such as a fight or argument, either between friends or love interests, or something different. This could relate to Resevoir Dogs. The credits are then shown when there is a tracking shot of the cast walking, or something similar.


Third Idea - A fast paced, confusing, pyschological thriller. This will be in the style of Memento, as the idea is to do with tattooing of the body.
There will be a hand opening and closing for the credits, as well as images of the body covered in messages showing.

Fourth Idea - The film starts at the end, and works backwards through memories
- must be some sort of tragedy or exciting scene to make the viewer want to watch more.