Moss Introduction and Allignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RpEdCX5kNM

In the scene where we are introduced to Llewellyn Moss, the audience is aligned to his character through various elements of film form and film-making in general. This is seen in the first shot of his introduction. For example, before we have point of view shot before being shown a close up of Llewellyn looking down his rifle. The physical closeness of the camera to his face make the audience feel close to him as a character and want to follow him as the story progresses, which is what literally happens in the following scene. Also, the point of view shot allows the audience to have an insight into Llewellyn as a character and let us see the world how he sees it. This is important because throughout the film Moss is depicted as a morally grey character with no real allegiances to good or evil, unlike Chigurh and Bell. This ominous way of depicting his character is highlighted in this scene. In particular, he is hunting animals with a gun. Guns have connotations of violence and threat, depicting him as stereotypically antagonistic. Also deer are passive and not aggressive creatures, so when Moss is seen hunting them, the director is depicting as a predator and someone to be feared. Furthermore, the first line we hear Moss say is "hold still": the same line that Chigurh says to the driver before brutally killing him. This creates dramatic irony and an uncertainty that character that we're following is someone we should empathise with. However this is transgressed when Moss misses the deer and gives up on his hunt. However this transgressed as we are alligned with him. He misses the deer which subverts the previous scene of Chigurh killing. This highlights how Moss is not the same as Chigurh because he kills and Moss doesn't, depicting as not plain evil.