Fargo

Title:Fargo

Director: Joel Coen

Production Details: North Dakota, USA

Flat panes of landscape as it is winter. This makes it looks very cold, sad and vulnerable.

All of the movie was used in dull colours to suggest a mystery or a twist in the tale. Suggesting murders?

Many tracking shots are used throughout the film.

There is a contrast between the bad guys in this film.

Carl is a small guy who talks alot seems to get himself into trouble alot. He seemed to get what he wanted by demanding it.

Gaear is a very tall big guy who throughout the film was very quiet. It was suspected that he would play a bigger part in the film later on. It seemed he was very stressed out with carl and sooner or later he would have enough of him.

The character of Jerry - he seemed to wear bland colours which suggested he was a bit of a push over, no respect from anyone and was very defensive. Golf Trophies were displayed behind him in his office. This tells the spectator that he might be a push over, but he has achieved things in his life. He wore a professional suit the whole way through the film but at the end of the film he was caught wearing his pjs. This suggested that he had lost everything & he was just very vulnerable, as he had nowhere to turn.

The colour red seemed to be used alot in the film it was used just before someone was killed. Close up of the driver, where he is looking at red lights from the back of the car he seems to be chasing. The red jumper the guy who was running away on the snow, then was shot. Then in the end of the film, the red snow ( blood ) was used to symbolise that someone has been killed again.

Non- diegetic sounds were used throughout the film to build tension towards the characters. Diegetic sounds were used also.