First five minutes: Girl With a dragon tattoo

Camera- The film starts with an establishing shot of a cold, snowy landscape, the scene appears to be very picturesque, and exerts a calming emotion on the audience. The camera then moves to pan across the landscape and ends up shooting and establishing shot of a run down house, covered in snow. This is when the audience begin to really engage with the film, as they will start asking questions, who's house it that? What is the significance of it? The camera then quickly changes, to capture an old man inside the house, answering the phone. Immediately this gives the audience an idea of one of the characters, and introduces them to the first speech in the film. The man speaks abruptly on the phone, and the man on the other end does too. At the end of the conversation, the old man in the house appears upset- this makes the audience feel sympathetic towards him, as he is alone and the weather is cold outside. The shot from outside, to inside he house contrast greatly, from a relaxing picturesque scenery, to an abrupt and serious conversation. This creates drama and tension for the audience. After the conversation, the old man takes his glasses off and puts them down, the camera focuses the audience's attention to the glasses, which are laying on a frame with a pressed flower inside. This makes the audience question the significance of this frame, and creates mystery and suspense. Then the shots change to a fast moving pace, showing water droplets and harsh sea waves . This creates an effective contrast between the slow moving action before, to the quick paced, action packed opening credits. This creates drama, and tension for the audience.
Editing- The establishing shots at the beginning of the film, are reasonably light, although the mist makes them not as clear and visible. This then changes, as once the opening credits begin, the lighting is dark and gloomy.Mise en Scene- The house outside is run down, and due to the cold snowy weather, the run down cabin looks inviting. This creates a picturesque scene. The old man in the house is in a dressing gown. This could suggest the time of day it is, as he could have got out of bed. This also reveals the importance of the conversation, and arouses suspicion for the audience, due to the time of the phone call. After the conversation, the man appears upset and ditressed, this makes the audience sympathise with him, as he is all alone.
Sound- The film starts with a non-diegetic sound of an eery, spooky piano playing. As the camera pans across the snowy landscape, the diegetic sound of whistling wind can be heard. This gives a spooky, but realistic effect. The phone begins to ring over the top of the piano playing, this adds tension and confusion for the audience, as they do not know the relevance of the phone ringing is. The immediate change to the two men conversing, suddenly throws the audience into action. This arouses the fear of the unknown for the audience, as they are kept in the dark about what is happening. As the opening credits begin, the music changes to a quick, fast paced soundtrack, which creates an effective contrast from the relaxing, calm piano. The change in music could suggest to the audience what is going to happen next.