In the movie No Country For Old Men, many different aspects of cinema are used to create meaning such as mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing. The movie is very violent and all because of two million dollars that the main character, Llewelyn Moss, found in the desert. The mise-en-scene helps convey this dark meaning through the locations and colors used throughout the movie. The movie takes place in Texas along the Mexican border. We first scene is made up of various shots showing a beautiful Texas sunrise and most of the screen is covered in darkness but with vibrant colors in the sky. For the beginning of the movie, the location is in the barren parts of Texas where there is no people and houses for miles. Most of the movie is
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Llewelyn buys a pump action shotgun, which he saws off his shotgun barrel to make it shorter and make it a pistol grip, which he wraps in duct tape. Anton uses a black semi automatic shotgun with a suppressor on the end, which makes a distinct sound whenever he fires it. The most unique weapon used in the movie by Anton is the pneumatic bolt gun that is used for slaughtering cattle but he uses it on people. He carries around a tank to power the bolt gun and since the bolt gun wound looks similar to a gunshot but does not leave a bullet, it leaves the authorities confused on the weapon used by the killer. Each character has a unique haircut that sets them apart but the worst of all the haircuts is Anton’s terrible bowl like haircut. Anton’s character is decently scary since he is a murder but his haircut makes him even scarier. For a majority of the movie the colors are washed out as in the Texas deserts or very dark when the sun sets as in the scene where Llewelyn goes back to give the man water. While Anton and Llewelyn are having a shoot out, low lighting is used to allow characters to hide in the shadows and cause specific scenes it appears that a yellow film is used like inside Llewelyn’s trailer home because the lighting has a yellow tint and the
Llewelyn buys a pump action shotgun, which he saws off his shotgun barrel to make it shorter and make it a pistol grip, which he wraps in duct tape. Anton uses a black semi automatic shotgun with a suppressor on the end, which makes a distinct sound whenever he fires it. The most unique weapon used in the movie by Anton is the pneumatic bolt gun that is used for slaughtering cattle but he uses it on people. He carries around a tank to power the bolt gun and since the bolt gun wound looks similar to a gunshot but does not leave a bullet, it leaves the authorities confused on the weapon used by the killer. Each character has a unique haircut that sets them apart but the worst of all the haircuts is Anton’s terrible bowl like haircut. Anton’s character is decently scary since he is a murder but his haircut makes him even scarier. For a majority of the movie the colors are washed out as in the Texas deserts or very dark when the sun sets as in the scene where Llewelyn goes back to give the man water. While Anton and Llewelyn are having a shoot out, low lighting is used to allow characters to hide in the shadows and cause specific scenes it appears that a yellow film is used like inside Llewelyn’s trailer home because the lighting has a yellow tint and the