Wallander- Analysis

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.