Wallander (Firewall, 2008, BBC1)

Firewall uses both cinematography and sound in order to set the scene of the murder in Wallander. The first shot we see is an aerial/establishing shot of the sea from a helicopter. The shot seems to fade in from black as it tracks into the cliff side. The diegetic sound of the wind can be heard and when the cab is seen in the shot you begin to hear a high pitch incidental sound. Opening sequences are vital for setting the scene. Firewall specifically uses sound & cinematography in order to create and isolated feeling within the audience. Delaying when the audience see’s the point of interest of the scene usually creates tension, but by combining an establishing shot with very little variety of sound begins to get the audience wondering what’s going to happen.

The characters are then introduced and Firewall begins linking them to them to the murder through the use of editing. The two girl's are cross cut with the man dieing. Extreme close ups then show the cab/murder scene. By cross cutting between the girls and the cab, by doing so Firewall gives the spectator the impression that the girls murdered him. As well as hinting towards the girls murdering the cab driver he also reveals clues about the narrative/ murder by using extreme close ups to reveal details. Of which include, an extreme close up of a picture key ring which could be the an indication to the motive of the murder, the cab drivers son? By doing so the spectators are able to begin questioning the murder without be revealed to much information.