Wallander

Cienmatography: Focus pulls you to the main scene where you see the taxi and the two girl characters that are 18 and 16 years old walking away from the car. The first shot is an extream long shot to a mid shot of the setting and location. It pulls you to the establishing shot. There is a black out at the start the the opening sequence focues in and it looks as if it is zooming into the action. The first shot of the characters is only of the back of the two girls heads and the car tracks on the floor. This compersition shot is very effective to the story line. Who are they? You don't see there face so it is misterious and the audience question the opeing sequence stright away. The compostion of this shot is what makes the shot so good. The use of over the shoulder shot when you see a bit of the taxis head and a shadow of the two character walking away in the background. There is a close up of the mans face with blood runing down it so you know he is hurt or even dead. All the shots are clear and easy to see. There is one point in the film where the two officers are loking in the car and it is a frame within a frame. You get a good effective eyeline match of the girl in the back of the police car looking at the police officer asd they are drivien to the station.

Mise-en-scene: The background is yellow and very bright when you see who is in the film and the title on the film. The use of blood on the girls and the sharp knife also around the taxi, makes you question what happend? The long shot in the begining sets the scene. The police woman tells you what has happend to the driver and she also tells the viewer the story to answer the viewers questions. The characters look dangerous and scared. You can tell who is the main character because of the positioning with in the frame. She is taller and closer to the camera where as the other girls is more blured to the viewer. The use of props are effective because you can see the taxi drivers badge so you know more about his character. The use of the knife also lets the audience know the girls used that on the driver. The prop of the keyring hanging is also effective because you think that is his son and that he may have been linked to the girls and why they hurt the taxi driver. All of the shots informed the viewer on what happend in this scene.

Sound:Lould strong sound when the camera gets close-up of the knife, it gives the mood to0 the story aswell. You can hear the water, the wing to make it more real and to help set the location. The sound track gets loulder as it get nearer to the characters. The foot steps of the girls, the sounds from the taxi radio and the girls breathing is lould and it stands out to the audience. The knife has its own sound mofit to show it is a key part to the scene. The sounds are low and restricted with a stight ecko. The music gives the mood of danger. The noise makes the audience feel as if we are zooming into the setting and the action, it is just stright cut.

Editing: The way you get a shot reverse shot of the back of the girls heads, the taxi driver then the the girls faces. These are very quick cuts that keep the audience intrested. The actor is behind the yellow title in opeing sequence and you get the action before you know who is in the film. This shows the audience that that police officer is good/bad cop in this film. The way we feel as if we are zooming into the action because of the use of music and how the camera tracks in, this is very effective to the mood of the film. The sound effect of the wind is real and you know you are by the seaside. The shape of the title was a match on action and it was also shaped like a knife. There are alot of good shot to keep you intrested in the film and to keep you wanting to watch.

How the opening sets the story: The use of props is effective to the story line becuae blood is always in thriller or a horror films. Also the way that you only see quick cuts of the character involved and they build your imagination to what has really happend to the taxi driver. The use of the rule of thirds makes the story stand out and be understood.


How the opening suggests the genre (thriller): The use of quick cuts so the audience is constanly asking themselves questions on what is happening. The good use of the camera when in the begining the camera looks as if it is zooming into the scene, but the camera is really on a helicopter and it is geeting closer to the setting. Then there is a quick cut to the action and what has happend. Alos the use of music is creepy and lould and fast so this is what you expect to hear when a thriller starts. This is how the opening sequence revels that this is a thriller.