No Country for Old Men beginning/coin toss scene

Within the beginning of the film starts with a landscape of the desert which is conventional for the western genre which this film uses even though  it is set during the 80's the film uses conventions from traditional westerns. As it shows different wide angle shots of the desert a voiceover plays the character that is talking is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell who seems to represent the "Good" character in the film as he represents the law and order and can be seen as the hero due to his right morality and this voice over is used to immediately the audience is aligned to the sheriff and connote to the audience what type of character he is going to be when he eventually appears in the film a lot later than the other main characters as the wide angle shots of the scenery continue we are introduced to the villain of the film and this is conveyed as we don't directly see his face when he is being arrested and put into the police car and the reason why we are not shown his face is to make the audience not become aligned to the villain Anton Chigurh as his identity is kept a secret during the opening as the next scene in the police car his face is hidden in the darkness whereas the police officers face has been clearly visible during the entire time somewhat making the audience align to him also while Chigurh is being arrested we are not told why he has been arrested and during this opening scene the audience wouldn't know that he is the cold blooded killer which is the prominent villain in the film so the crime he committed is left to speculation. 

The next scene in the police station Chigurh's face is finally shown however it is shown while he is strangling the police officer and his exaggerated facial expression which the audience sees begins to show how psychotic and evil he is as a character. The next scene is in the bathroom where Chigurh is cleaning his wounds from killing the police officer and usually in scenes like this the camera would positioned in a over the shoulder shot to align the audience to the character as the audience can see the character's face and the wounds he is cleaning as films which are in the action genre which this film has some links to the action genre typically use that shot however the shot used looks down on only his hand which reinforces how the audience is supposed to avoid aligning to chigurh. When we finally see Chigurh the outfit he is wearing and also his hairstyle is entirely different than every character in the film which furthers the reinforcement of avoidance of alignment as he doesn't fit into the atmosphere/aesthetic the film creates with the other character's styles.

The next character to be shown is Llewelyn Moss and almost immediately the audience is aligned to him as the scene begins with a POV shot of him hunting and also we are shown his face very quickly signifying that he is the main character as the audience begin to align to him and not like Chigurh where the first time we saw his face it was greatly exaggerated. Also Llewelyn looks like he fits into a Neo western genre as the colours of his clothing are warmer colours and the entire scene we first see Llewelyn it has a lot more warmer colours unlike the scene of Chigurh after the police station where the colours are a lot more darker showing a theme of good vs evil between the characters also the clothes he is wearing fit him as a character fits into the Neo western genre which mostly all of the main characters fit into like his hat and boots strongly present Llewelyn as a modern cowboy.

The scene of Chigurh at the gas station is an excellent example of presenting his character as we see in the beginning he already is seen to be different to the other character in the scene as the atmosphere in the scene is awkward and somewhat eerie due to Chigurh constantly asking the man questions and repeating what he says to in some way make fun of him. Later on in the scene his ideology of him being a servant of fate and pushing the blame of a possible murder onto fate as when he begins to play the coin flip game with the man behind the shop counter he explains that the coin has gone through twenty two years of traveling to get to that point and he is just doing fate's work to exonerate himself of the murder which may happen.    

Captain Fantastic Beginning/Ending scenes

Before the film starts the soundtrack begins to play which is background non-diegetic sound of nature creating an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity. The first scene begins to play of establishing shots of the wilderness which helps builds the peaceful atmosphere and the scene cuts to a deer walking around in the wilderness. The peaceful atmosphere begins to change after the extreme close up as it cuts to the first person in the film hiding in the bushes with multiple cuts between the deer staring at  them and walking around the bushes and multiple family members stalking the deer in the bushes and the filming style changes to handheld filming as it follows the deer until it becomes a two shot of him hiding and the deer which quickly cuts to multiple close ups as they kill the deer. We finally get to see characters however at this point they initially have a sinister atmosphere as a close up shot of a bloody knife helps reinforce this atmosphere also the audience has no idea of who any of the characters are and this ambiguity continues as a lot more younger characters come out of the bushes covered in this ambiguous camouflage. Another male character who is older comes out of the bushes and comes towards the younger male character and takes the heart out of the deer and ritualistically paints the blood on his head and claims he is now a man as the younger male character eats the heart at this point it is still ambiguous of who this group is it could be a cult of a family as the title has a sinister soundtrack behind it as the older male character has a straight face reinforcing this sinister atmosphere. 

The next scene make this much clearer as they begin to wash off the mud the atmosphere changes from a eerie atmosphere to a light hearted atmosphere as they begin to splash water on each other and becomes clear that they are a family and that original sinister introduction is a very unusual way to present the protagonist and makes the characters have to work to make the audience like them as the audience is initially aligned with the deer which is killed making the characters initially look dangerous and violent even though the audience is aligned to these characters by the end of the scene they still have to work to make the audience have an allegiance with the characters and this is reinforced as the next scene of them back at home has a montage showing what their life style with a non diegetic upbeat melodic soundtrack to create a positive atmosphere making the characters look less menacing look from the opening. 

The ending scene somewhat mirrors the beginning scene as Ben and Bo have a two shot close up of their conversations and this ending scene takes place in an airport unlike the beginning being in the wilderness which shows the development of themselves as characters as Bo has shaved his head and Ben has shaved his beard as they enter traditional society and this growth as characters is presented in the conversation they have talking about being bold and adventurous and growing up instead of the ritualistic hunting they had in the beginning and at this point of the film the audience is somewhat aligned with Ben and Bo as they get a lot of personal scenes having a close up on their face to create a personal connection to the audience creating this. The theme of alternative and traditional lifestyles is prevalent throughout the opening and ending scenes as we are first exposed to the characters in a very extreme way but as we learn about their life style we begin to understand but the ending scene shows that they have change to have more traditional elements in their lifestyle as after Bo leaves we see that they have moved out of the wilderness and that the other children are beginning to go to school instead of being home schooled also they both have a montage at the beginning and end of the film showing a development of their lifestyle as the ending shows the change to their domestic lifestyle from being in the wilderness to being in a house at the end. The final moments of the film are in complete silence no music or words are spoken but the audience clearly see the new equilibrium created through that montage scene earlier and how the family is gathered around the table as the camera zooms out, the complete silence during this final scene creates ambiguity especially as the father looks out the window which could be interpreted as him taking everything in or not wanting to be in a house and wanting to back in the wilderness and many other interpretations.