Wallander ( Firewall, 7th december, 2008 ,BBC)

Wallander analysis

This opening sequence starts with a deep dark score . There is an ambient sound that sounds like the wind. The sound of the wind is mysterious and make the audience feel tension, they will want to know whats happening. The audience is shown a shot of the sea , this makes the audience wonder why are they there ? What does the sea have to do with the overall sequence. What part will it play in the scene?.
It is revealed to the audience that the scene is in an isolated remote location. We see a camera tracking in to a car and what appears to be a single person. Information is with held from the audience and the audience wants to know more and this entices the audience in to carry on watching to find out more. This person is hidden and we do not see who they are until the camera tracks right on to them. It is then revealed that in fact it is two females walking away from a car.

We hear a sting sound of a whoosh , this emphasizes that the girls are involved with whatever happened to the car.The high pitched sound also conveys a sense of danger.

More questions would be asked by the audience such as who are these two girls and why are they walking away from the car. We see the two girls from behind. The one on the left is wearing a black coat and has dark coloured hair , the female on the right has a leather jacket on and has green and red highlights in her dark hair. The simple attire of the female on the left suggests to the audience that she is more mellow and calm than her counterpart. The female on the right has a leather jacket and dyed hair , this suggests an rebellious nature in the character , that she is someone that does not follow rules and is more of a stronger character. Red is also the colour of danger which further adds to this idea. The female on the right also seems to be the leader of the two , she is walking with more of a significance and has a stronger stature. Through out this shot we can not see the their faces and therefore emotions , we are given clues as to how they are through clothing and body posture but we are withheld information.

There is hyperbolic sound of foot steps , the wind and breathing. There is no dialogue through out the scene , the two girls are possibly in shock or nervous as they are not talking to eachother.

We are shown a pull focus shot of an id badge inside the abandoned car. We also see a slumped , bloody body on a car steering wheel. The audience immediately links the identity of the id badge to the man slumped injured on the car wheel.There are also stereotypical views of a male being a taxi driver. It is suggested to the audience that the man is killed. This makes us wonder who killed him , could it of been the two females walking away?The audience also wants to know how he died.  The blood splatter on the windshield further suggests the man is dead. He body position is also slumped which further suggests this. The girls are slowly walking away , it is suggested they are involved in the death of this man , it is not an accident. The audience will start to question whether it could of been self defense? these are questions the audience will be asking.

It can also be said the man was recently killed or attacked as the radio is still on , the radio also represents normality. The engine is also still running which further adds to normality and the idea that the attack was recent.

We are then shown a shot of the two females faces. The rebellious character is more in focus which shows to us she is more important and could be more involved. There is blood splatter on her chest which further conveys the idea that they were involved in the mans injuries.
There is hyperbolic sound of the females breathing this shows they have an adrenaline rush as they are not panicking.

We are then shown the mans eyelids flickering which reveals he is not dead just seriously injured. There is blood splatter on the girls faces and all over the car, this coneys the image that the attack was extremely brutal and violent. There is a low rumbling sound also heard which can represent the guilt of the girls building up.
 The camera starts to get closer to them , the girl with dyed hair is more in shot , this reiterates that she is more important and more involved in the attack and therefore more responsible.

The audience feels sympathy for the attacked man as we are shown a picture of him and his son , there is blood on the picture which emphasizes the brutality. There are bright colours on the picture which makes the picture happy this juxtaposes with the dark tone of the scene. There arms are around each other which also shows family love.

We are then shown another shot of the females the camera pans and we are shown the red haired female dropping a bloody knife, we are then in the knowledge of how the man was attacked. The scene ends with a visual motif of what looks like a knife , this graphic match links to the knife dropping and the brutal attack the man experienced.