EXAM QUESTION: No Country For Old Men/Captain Fantastic
FILM STUDIES EXAM QUESTION How far do your chosen films demonstrate the importance of visual and soundtrack cues in influencing spectator response? Refer in detail to at least one sequence from each film? (40 marks) In ‘No Country For Old Men’ the Coen brothers mostly rely on visual storytelling through the cinematography of the film to influence the spectator's response as there are scarce soundtracks throughout the film. This allows the audience to be more active and interpretative as there isn’t any music to manipulate them into feeling a particular way. The opening scenes of ‘No Country For Old Men’ and ‘Captain Fantastic’ are vaguely similar in terms of cinematography. In ‘Captain Fantastic’, we are initially presented with long shots of the natural world for a long duration. This was probably done on purpose by the director to allow the audience to appreciate the beauty of the forest and nature as a whole. There are diegetic sounds and no artificial lighting, the colors are b...