Se7en

Analysis of title sequence- Se7en

Title Sequence for se7en- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2gsEI34CE

In class we watched the title sequence for ''se7en'' a thriller crime movie with some traces of horror too.  In the title sequence we do not see any of the characters faces, however there are also credits of key characters in the film so the audience can still work out who is in the film. In the clip we see a character who we could say has committed a crime or is some kind of act of violence. This is due to the fact we see him using a razor blade to shed the skin off his finger tips. The shot used for this is an extreme close up so the audience gets to see what he is doing in great detail and also how dirty his hands are, this suggests he is trying to cover up his tracks from the crime and that he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. It could even be the other way round and this scene could be before this character committs a crime and means police won't be able to find any finger prints. This is also an un common technique of trying to hide from police, this shows that this character is willing to do whatever it takes to get his way. This makes the audience feel that the protagonist has a hard job to do as there is the saying ''how do you beat someone who won't give up?''. We see a lot of red filters in the clip which connotes danger.

There is a shot where we see a picture of a child who the character is drawing a line through his eyes and then cuts to when the picture has been fully scribbled out. This could possibly be someone he has killed or lost, possibly a child. We also see the character drawing lines through words to possibly create a message. This is also a way of knowing that this character is being looked for as he doesn't want to use his own hand writing. It looks as if he is creating some sort of collage of pictures of dead people and text in a book, the camera then cuts to a shot of multiple books showing that he's possibly made a lot of these collages and emphasises how crazy he is.