How are the characters Ed and Hi established during the beginning of Rasing Arizona

Media Essay
How are the characters Ed and Hi established throughout the beginning of Raising Arizona?

Raising Arizona is directed by the Coen brothers. The genre of the film is a Romance with an element of comedy. The film is set in Arizona and is about the two main characters Ed and Hi’s relationship, how it starts and how it changes throughout the film. In this essay I’m going to discuss how Ed and Hi as characters and their relationship with each other is established during the introduction to the film, showing how the Coen brothers use Costumes, Settings, Music, Narrative and Camera Work.

In the beginning of ‘Raising Arizona’ Ed and Hi are portrayed as exact opposites in every way possible. Ed is a police officer and Hi is a criminal, his profession is breaking the law and hers is keeping it. You can see Ed and Hi’s differences after the first few seconds of the film from their appearance. Hi is untidy and unstructured, dressed in bright flowery shirt, jeans ...