Wallander Opening Sequence Analysis

sound

• There is an airy music at the start of the film.

• When the 2 girls walk through the empty field they are heavily breathing. This makes the audience wonder what have they been doing that has raised their heart beat to an extreme level.

• There is an stink when one of the girl drops the knife in the empty ground.

Mise-en scene

• The two female characters look ghetto in the way they are dressed . For example, the hoodie and the outfits in total.

• The blade on Sonia's neck makes the audience think she is dangerous.

• The style both Sonia and the inspector talk have an major comparison. where Sonia seems to talk short sentences and in a ghetto like language . Where the policeman/ investigator speaks in a professional manner and calm tone.

• In the start of the movie the audience is introduced to the location and we can see that it is set in England in the countryside

Editing • Various shot reverse shot is used as they are a

lot of conversations are taking place. This is done to ensure the audience does not get confused in who is talking to who .

• There is a cross cutting when the police man gets out the car this is to show what emotions the two female characters have towards the police officer . However in this case they kept calm and the face expressions did not change. The two female characters seemed to be not worried.

• During the production title is spelt out the scenes that were shown was in blue and black this is done to show there is a mystery in the movie. This makes the audience want to go on and watch the movie.

camerawork• There are various camera work used in

‘wallander’. One of them are a zoom at the start where the audience is introduced to the location.

• There are a number of extreme close up has been taken of the things in the car . For example the taxi drivers ID card, his face and hands on the steering wheel.

• The extreme close up show that the taxi driver is injured but however he is still alive as we can see his eye lashes and his fingers move .

• There is a mid-shot taken when the two female characters are walking and the audience are presented with the scene of there back as they walk away.

Questions posed

• Who are the girls?• What are their connections to the

taxi driver?• Did they really kill the taxi driver ?• Why did they confess?• Why does she not care?• Why does she say it doesn’t matter ?• Was the taxi driver actually called at

random ?• Are the girls part of a gang ?• Why is the drivers ID card displayed

and left like that ?

What we learn?

• The taxi driver has a son.• One of the girls name is

Sonia.• The time of the murder is

5:46pm • The murder weapon was a

knife.