- Suspenseful account of successful or failed crimes
- Features murders/robberies/shoot outs/double cross
- Can glorify the rise and fall of a criminal- often based on real people
- Set in large crowded cities to provide the viewer with an insight into a secret world
- Characters have an ambitious desire for success or recognition
- Rivalry between binary characters is strong
- Many locations- seedy interior settings
- The Fugitive
- Kiss The Girls
- Reservoir Dogs
- Usual Suspects
- Double Jeopardy
- Murder By Numbers
Analysis of No Country For Old Men
- No Country For Old Men is based on the novel of the same title written be Cormac Mc Carthy in 2005. it was released in 2007 directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, it was met with much critical acclaim and went on to win 4 academy awards, another 94 wins and 45 nominations.
- There are many locations used most of them look seedy and typical of a mid- western film. the land looks bare, empty, stifling hot, this makes the location seem more dangerous as the connations for heat are that if makes people more on edge,passionate, bad tempered, riled up and dangerous. I think this also makes the film more exciting as you expect something to happen.
- suspense is built by using jump cut editing , the sound builds up the tension well by the dramatic use of of drums. it think the music makes the audience more alert to the action and more involve with the action because the tempo of the music changes and is exciting.
- In the trailer its made clear straight away that all the binary characters have a ambitious desire fo sucess, it features the crime being committed and shows the targets all the characters are trying to achieve. there is a clear difference between the main protagonist and antagonist- they are shown by the use of props(compressed air tank,guns etc.) math on match asction shots are used to show two narratives that are simultaneously occuring.
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