NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN : Opening scenes analysis

Summarise and explain the following elements about the opening scenes ( including the coin toss scene) of No Country for Old Men  which introduce the three  main male characters

                                               Opening ( Sheriff Ed Tom Bell )

                                 Opening ( Sheriff Ed Tom Bell/Chigurh ) ( low quality)


The discovery  ( Llewellyn Moss)

                                                     Coin toss scene ( Anton Chigurh )


Spectatorship


What elements of film form are used  in the opening scenes to align audiences to be positioned with particular characters , and how is film form used to avoid alignment ?


What elements of film form or narrative are removed or minimised to encourage active spectatorship
and allow for individual audience responses and interpretation ?



Ideological themes


What moral or social themes are introduced in the opening scenes , including binary oppositions ( e.g chaos v order?) Who does the audience feel allegience and empathy with and why ?