Opening of 'The girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

I watched the opening of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which is a thriller film with the sub genres of drama, mystery and crime. The film itself has a small scene before the title sequence begins with a long shot of a scene panning around, establishing the setting and time of year/day.

The shot changes to show a still of a home with snow covering the area and very little lighting except the natural light. We are caught in with the diegetic sound of a ringing phone as the transition of one shot to the next is made.
An elderly man picks up the phone and we are introduced to our first character. The shot is set up beautifully with a nice use of the rule of thirds.

This image shown above is the closest we see of his face. As he picks up the phone, we see him talking with his back towards us. It is simple yet effective as it may possibly suggest that he has something to hide. As the shot changes, we still see an elderly man on the phone but realise it is another character who is on the other side of the call. We see him from behind at a close up from a high angle which highlights his white hair and suit, possibly informing us about his money status as well as his surrounding of valuables.

The shot changes to the first man shown in the image where we first see his face. He walks out of the kitchen into another room towards the camera showing a close up of his face from a side profile. As you can see in the image, there is very little lighting used to create a dull atmosphere. This may possibly highlight the genre and create the winter feel. This is also done with the second man but in the opposite direction. I feel that the direction they're both looking in suggests that they are looking out for each other.

As the second man put down the phone and walks away, the camera tilts down and focuses on a painting which seems to be a tree in a frame with his glasses places on top. 

This is an enigma code as it make the audience wonder what is so significant about the picture and glasses and if they are in fact important at all. As well as this, another enigma code would be who are these two men? 

Both men are speaking a foreign language which also makes us wonder what they are saying and what is the relationship between both characters?

Throughout the opening sequence, there is orchestral asynchronous sound which is heavy in the beginning and quietens down gradually as they speak on the phone. 

The music changes a note and picks up to become almost punk/rock like and upbeat with flashing images with a majority of black space and shadow. The camera movement speeds up with quick shots and fast motions of panning and tilting. We begin to look closer and closer to try and work out what some of the images are. There are gushes of black water over the screen which slightly jars the atmosphere as it suffocates the title of the film. 

The title sequence is well executed from the start as colours are very basic with blacks whites and greys which may suggest that it is a dark thriller. The opening gives away some clues about the film but keeps a lot hidden. For example, we can see that technology may play a large role in the film from the interesting shot of the keyboard with water running down the spaces. I think the enter in the shot is to make the audience consider if they want to 'Enter' the film or not.

There are also series of shots with USB cables flying out from one side which suggests phones and small bits of modern technology will be used. There are also many shots of women and features of women which suggests that there may be sexually related scenes. In addition to this, there as a few shots of coins and money falling which suggests that money  could play a large part in the film.

The opening sequence has so much going on all in a short amount of time with sharp and quick shots. This fully engages the audience's attention and makes them think about what's happening due to the dark colour scheme. The Opening gradually becomes more upbeat, louder and starts to get jarring as we see people tied up, being suffocated by hands and water The simplicity of the colour use and the concept of having factors that play a big part in the film is inspiring and I think it was well made.