The document analyzes the opening sequence of the Wallander film. It describes the sounds used, including airy music and heavy breathing by two girls. It notes the mise-en-scene shows the girls dressed in a "ghetto" style and one holding a blade to her neck. The editing uses shot reverse shot during conversations and cross-cutting when the police officer arrives. Various camera works are used, including zooms, extreme close-ups of items in the taxi, and mid-shots of the girls walking away. It poses questions about the girls and their connection to the murdered taxi driver.

1. Wallander Opening
Sequence Analysis

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.