Thriller opening

                                    No country for old men

At the beginning of the film, there is a voice over of the narrator talking about his history in the police force and criminal behaviour  which foreshadows that, that is what the film is going to be about.

the very first shot we get to see is a couple of long shots of the dessert which adds up to an establishment shot as we get to see different parts of the dessert. this creates a sense of isolation and remoteness to the scene as there is no characters around yet.

There is a pan to the police car; this pan introduces the characters and props and drags our attention to them. there is shot of the man putting the gas yank in the car and the camera focuses on it for quite a long time considering it's a prop, which tells us that this particular prop is going to be essential to this film. In addition, we get a long shot of the car approaching the very long highway: this suggests that something is wrong with the criminal that's in the police car as the camera was kept on them. As the car got further from the camera, the non-digetic  music builds up and creates suspense. when we get a medium shot of the police officer with the suspect behind him forebodes that something bad is about to happen.