Girl with the dragon tattoo - Tom Peacock

 

Girl with the dragon tattoo

Tom Peacock

 

 

The above screenshot is from the opening scenes of the film, Girl with the dragon tattoo. From this scene we immediately see that the director is trying to put across the illusion of mystery to the viewer. We can tell this by the fact he's used very restrictive shots here, only showing us the hands of this person. He also uses extreme close-up shots to perhaps signify that whatever is in this package is important. Guiding the audiences attention to the package as well, creating the thriller theme.  

 

 

 

Mise en Scene is also used here to create effect. We can see from this shot, that the room uses a lot of dark colours as well as the character dressed in black. These dark colours could of been used in conjunction with what's happening in the scene to have a greater meaning. So for example, the character in this scene is crying uncontrollably and the room around him is covered in dark colours. This could either symbolise death  and the crying would explain this or it could symbolise that as soon as he looks in this package, his life wont be the same and the black colours represent 'The walls closing' around him.

 

 

 

Following from this, the sound used here also suggests the same thing. The director has used slow paced cinematic music, which was played in the 1900's. The dark appearance of everything in this scene may furthermore suggest that this scene may be set in the past, however it has an important part in the later story because of how the camerawork focuses in on the picture he receives in the package.