Day Three of film, "No country for old men

September 26th 2018

Today was the third day of watching the film, “No country for old men”. In this part of the film, we continue to see Llewelyn running for his life from Chigurh (The psychopath). Llewelyn manages to wound Chigurh by shooting him the leg. Chigurh goes to a pharmacy to get supplies and uses a car fire to distract people from him stealing the medical supplies. In the next scene we see him repairing himself in a motel bathroom. Llewelyn is also hurt and bleeding out and manages to cross the border into Mexico where he finds medical assistance. At the hospital he meets another man looking for the money and the man tries to persuade Llewelyn to give him the money. Chigurh finds this other man and kills him at a different motel. Chigurh then gets a call from Llewelyn and proceeds to tell him that he will kill Carla Jean if he doesn’t get the money.

Examples of Mise-en-scene for today's portion:

1. The use of character placement when the sheriff is placed at his desk shows the audience his role in the hierarchy. Being placed near the top and in the center represents his station and power on the police force.
2. The high contrast in the scene where Chigurh is sitting with his feet up on a chair taking a call makes a dramatic scene. There are signs of high light coming from the lights and lamp. Then there is the dramatic streaks of black near Chigurh projects his evil vibes.

While watching the film, we are analyzing the mise-en-scene elements of different images throughout and this will help us prepare for out test this Friday.