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 ?