Wallander opening sequence analysis

The opening sequence of Wallander does well to draw the audience into the story of the tv series as uses cinematography, sound, editing and mise en scene to create a opening sequence that makes the audience question the story and what they are seeing, this is added to through the breaking of stereotypes.

The music starts with a black screen being shown, the sound played is almost the sound of something vibrating and this starts to build tension as we only have the sense of sound to try and realise what it happening. The camera tilts up from a black sea and zooms at a steady pace towards a isolated countryside, as we see this the sound effect of wind rushing past is used an this creates the idea that something is approaching (this echoes the idea of a storm and the thought of not being safe) as we draw closer to the countryside we see a parked car and two people walking from which forces the audience to as the question "why is there a car parked in the middle of nowhere?" as we ask this question we hear a high pitched screech or a whistle  followed by a sound effect that almost suggests that it is sucking all the sound from your ears. At this point there is a sudden cut to behind the two girls walking and we are forced to associate what we have been hearing with the two girls  and this pushes us to mistrust them. all these emotions are created within one cut and has the audience guessing and fully enveloped within the story, this is something that I would like to emulate within my own opening sequence to a film.
This is the sound effect referenced in the paragraph above.

the use of low key lighting throughout the opening creates the idea that something ominous is about to happen and this excites/scares the audience as they know that they may be about to see something that could be deemed as evil. This is supported by the soundtrack that has a predominantly deep undertone that has some quite subtle high pitched sound effect throughout he entirety of the opening shot. After this we just hear the sound of the wind, a radio and the noise of the girls walking this creates quiet an eerie atmosphere and the audience is lead to mistrust the two girls. we are then show some quite gruesome extreme close up of what we assume the two girls have done.

extreme close ups within the Wallander opening

Not only do these shots make the audience dislike the girls but they also give us lots of information about the make that they have attacked and how they did it. for example they show that the man was a taxi driver and that he was a family man (and therefore is probably the victim and that this was not an act of self defence from the girls) but they also show to us that the man is still alive as his eye and finger moves. this makes the audience feel empathy for the man as we know that he is probably in a lot of pain.