Wallander (Firewall, 7th December 2008, BBC1)

Wallander (Firewall, 7^th December 2008, BBC1)

Sound:

Many different sound effects were used to add and create suspense with the shots. A sting was used because there was a sharp noise which increased in volume rapidly to add emphasis to the part when the girl dropped the knife, this was used to tell the story and to show the audience and make them ask questions about the significance of the knife? This way of not showing the whole story about the girls lets the audience piece together what's happened. During this piece I noticed another sound effect used, this is a hyperbolic sound when the two girls were walking away from the cab, you can hear their footsteps on the ground. This would be hyperbolic because the noise made would not be heard if you were actually there, the use of this makes the audience believe that they are in the middle of no-where because it is quite enough to even hear their footsteps.

Cinematography:

Many different camera shots and camera movements are used to help the audience aware of what's happening with each scene. One camera shot used was the helicopter shot, when the camera tracked into the shot of the minicab from the sea, this was used so that the audience could notice and know that they were in the middle of the country side where no-one was around. This would lead the audience in asking many questions such as, why has the passenger asked to go here and how are they? Another use of cinematography/camerawork which made the scene more dramatic and added tension would be the over the shoulder shot, this showed that the two girls wasn’t talking which made us as an audience believe that they have committed or done something possibly dreadful, this left the audience asking more questions about what may have done.

Editing:

The most common editing technique used was quick cutting. This was used when showing the cabdrivers possessions, this is to show the audience some background information about the driver and the innocence of him; the key ring with the two boys looking happy on it, gave the impression that the cabdriver was a loving and caring father. This was also used when cutting between the two girls walking away from the cab and the driver. This told the audience and gave them a link that the two girls both had something to do with the death of the driver.

Mise en scene:

From the way the girls are dressed it shows the audience that they weren't meant to end up were they are now, they are dressed in normal clothes, they look out of place in the rural area and look like they have just come from a city or town. The girls dress sense reflects on stereotypes of being a punk/rebel trying push and break the boundaries, the red highlights in the girl’s hair might have been an indication of what was going to be reviled. The audience know this because she is wearing a leather jacket, has pink/red and has an old razor blade or dog tags around her neck. The most noticeable use of mise en scene used was the knife in her hand, this was covered in blood as well as blood splatters on her face, this told the audience that she most defiantly committed the murder due to the lack of people around shown in the first helicopter shot and them walking away from the cab breathing heavily.