This document provides a detailed shot-by-shot analysis of the opening scenes of the film Wallander. It summarizes that the opening shot establishes the coastal setting through sound and imagery. Subsequent shots then reveal an abandoned car with two girls walking away hurriedly, suggesting something bad occurred. Close-ups then show the girls' faces for the first time and provide clues about their personalities and emotional states. The final shot provides a graphic close-up of the injured man in the car, making it clear this was not a simple car accident.

1. Wallander- Analysis

2. The first shot we see is a long shot of water. This gets the audience asking question right from the
start. They ask themselves where are we and why are we here. In this shot we also start to here a
sound which could be wind, and a rumble sound but it sounds more artificial at this point of the
clip. The audience get the feeling of being at the coast because the water and the noise reminds
them of the coast. We cant see much else apart from water, but as the camera tilts up land starts
to come in to the shot, this reinforces the idea of being at the coast. As the camera tilts up the
sound of the wind becomes more dominant and it becomes clearer for the audience to
understand. The wind is hyperbolic because it has been exaggerated to give the idea of us being
at a coast.

3. In this shot shows us that we were right to think of the coast but it doesn’t seem like the coast we
were thinking, as there isn’t any sand etc. From this shot we can also we that the place looks
empty, we cant make any thing out from this. It is an extreme long shot of the land which is used
to show us that it isolated. This is still the same shot from the last as there hasn’t been any cut
between so we tilted from the water up to see this shot of the land. The wind noise continues on
and it sounds like it could be building to a climax, the wind is creating tension because the wind
has been made hyperbolic. We then continue with the same shot as it starts to track in to a
specific point on the land.

4. We then start to see this car in the middle of no where, with which looks like two people walking
away from the car. The audience now think that the car has been abandon because the two
people walking away seem to be in a rush and the car doesn’t seemed to be parked therefore
giving the ides that something bad has happened. We think this also because of the speed of
which the people are walking away. We continue to track in until we cut to the next shot, as we
cut to the next shot we hear a sound which could be foreshadowing something that happens
later, it sounds violent and it could be telling us that something violent happened in the car that
they are walking away from.

5. We then see a mid shot of what we believe the two people walking away are. From
this we can tell that they are both girls and that the one on the right is older, we think
this because she is taller and has red in her hair. The red in her hair also shows us that
she is a rebel and we can tell this from her leather jacket as well. They are both
wearing dark clothing to suggest they are trying to hide. This reinforces the pace in
which the girls are walking away.

6. This reinforces that something bad has happened and that someone is hurt. The two girls can be
seen and are out of focus, this gives the idea they are rushing away from the car. The ID tells us
who the character is and what he looks like from the front. The blood on the windscreen shows
that someone is hurt badly and that there has been a struggle and violence in the car. We think
that this man on the left is dead and that the girls had something to do with it. In the background
we hear a radio playing but we also hear birds singing, this is juxtaposition because the two
things contrast each other.

7. We no get a two shot close up of the girls, this is the first time we see there faces as before the
camera was hiding them keeping the identification a secret . The girl with the red hair is in the
foreground to suggest she is more important. The girl has a cold and emotionless facial
expression to show that she doesn’t really care. The other girl seems to be more worried and
scared. hyperbolic breathing suggest that their scared , even though their faces don’t show it. The
close used shows the facial expressions of the two girls this is why it has been chosen.

8. A big close up is used next, it shows the mans face shows the serve injuries that the man has
suffered. From this we can see that it isn’t a car crash we also know that this isn’t a car crash
because earlier we saw the car in the open. The man is positioned to the right of the screen so
we can see the left of the screen this helps show us that his face is down on the steering wheel
but his cuts and bruises are on the other side of this face.