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Blood Simple Film Techniques

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Blood Simple The movie Blood Simple, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, begins with a sequence of five or so scenes with a voiceover. Over the course of the movie, Mise-en-Scene plays a huge roll in visually revealing character, telling us where to focus our attention, shaping our feelings about characters and revealing theme. In the movie, visual elements of mise-en-scene help define the setting and reveal the theme. The strong Texan accent of the man talking, and the oilrigs covering the flat and dry land, both hint that the setting of the movie is in Texas. Throughout the first several scenes, not one of them shows any human activity at all. The only slight movement is the up and down motion coming from the oilrigs drilling in the ground.

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