Se7en- Opening Sequence

Se7en- Opening Sequence

 The title sequence starts with a close-up shot of a book, the next camera angle is a high-angle shot looking down on the book, revealing to the viewer what is on the page, it then shows lots of different shots of close-ups on objects that don't seem to have any meaning to the viewer at that point which creates suspicions and keeps the audience guessing, the images in the book seem to give the viewer a sence of fear as the images are disturbing and creepy making the viewer, believe this is a serial killers book. There are no long shots in this title sequence so it doesn't really allow the viewer to see what's fully going on, reinforcing the mystery of it.

 The lighting of the scene is very dark typical for this type of drama. The colours used are very dull and usually consist of brown, grey and black this is because this scene is used to create suspense. You can see some words being highlighted on paper, with a black pen, the black connotes death and bad things. The objects shown such as blades and needles also help create a dark mood. The props used in the opening could be associated with investigations and detective work. These include books, photos, files, pens and paper. It appears as if the person is putting pictures and information into one file or case.

All of the objects are shown very close up and therefore they take up most of the frame. This creates suspense as the audience do not know who is creating this file and doing these things as they cannot see their face or where they are. The opening is in a montage format, it is lots of different clips put together. The fact that it isn't done in an chronological order that makes sense gives the idea that this person is doing many different things to create something.

The opening title sequence starts off with slow paced shots of objects, then the editing then changes to fast paced cuts, showing a variety of different objects, giving effect as they're shown on the screen for long enough for the audience to see what they are. The credits of the film flicker on the screen like a light bulb, which is unpleasing to the eye, but tell the viewer what the kind of film it is and what happens.

The sound used in this clip, is mostly non-diegetic, and the sound makes the viewer think about danger.The background music is heavy-sounding and is quite fast. this is typical of a thriller movie as it creates suspense. The titles that are written appear in a font that resembles handwriting. This fits in with the idea of someone creating a file. the text appears in white which makes it stand out against the dark background.