Wallander

Wallander 

  

The first thing I noticed about the opening sequence of Wallander was the sound, the sound was like a patio door, its open and the Wind is blowing into the house but once it closes the sound disappears like it was never there. It almost takes the air away from the audiences breath to add suspense.

               the sound used in the opening sequence, you feel the tension with the wind also you could see from the first few seconds that the genre of the series was a thriller/action as the mise-en scene was dull in a horrifying way, the sea was in ripples as a dark blue color having no light shining from it the location was isolated no one to be scene except to girls. you could see the fog in the distance and there was no animals, not even birds on the shore making there sounds. 

When you first meet the girls they are shown from the back so they seem harmless only one shown as more powerful but the plot could be anything at this point and it gives the audience questions e.g. who are these two girls?, why are they alone is such a isolated area?.

but as the camera is shown in front of them you can see they are a dominant pair, having blood over there clothes and a brisk walk showing they don't care, As the scene 





then after this it shows a dead man that you later on find out that he's a family man showing that they are harmful people that do not care. the opening sequence then ends with a knife that drops from one of the girls followed by a transition to the opening credits.