Wallander(Maccormick, 2008,UK)

Title

The Wallander font style isnt the same as every other thriller we see it is starts off with a yellow background and then we see a black and sharp looking shape which could be the knife the teenage girl drops yellow and black usually symbolises caution and danger.



How the setting and location revealed

The way the opening starts is in the countryside with lots of grass and country roads, suggesting a remote area far from the city. this secluded makes us think straight away as the audience what are they doing there ? also, the setting is revealed as an extreme long shot meaning that the audience can just about see the objects in the frame a white car and two people walking, this creates curiosity as the audience will ask why is the car stoppped in of nowhere? and why are those two people walking away? the setting is also revealed as a very eerie and strange place setting the tone for the opening sequnce of pessimism, making the audience on edge as they know whats going to happen next isn't going to be upbeat.

Costumes/Props:

The first thing you realise about what the characters they are both waering very dark and punkish sort of clothingwhich suggest that they may be negative people and dont really care about a lot of things. This makes the audience instantly think they are bad people and quiet uneasy about the two characters as they look out of place and looking for trouble, both of them have blood on their hands ans faces linking the taxi where we see a man unconscious. This makes the audience ask whether the girls did it and if so why ?

How the opening sequnce sets up the story :

The opening seqence sets up the story as it forces the audience to ask lots of questions making them want to know whats going to happen next. It does this by keeping the viewers with little infomation making them feel unsettled and uneased becuase they dont know whats going to happen, they dont know due to the fact that the two girls have already cambated stereotypes of teengers.

Genre:

It is a thriller as it follows all the basic conventions including, tense music,mysterious characters, unknown and violence.