Se7en

• This sequence starts off slow with the sound picking up towards the end when the title of the film is introduced. Every 5 to 7 seconds, there is a black-out where an actor or film crew member is introduced. It’s set in time to the music in the background and the scratchy sound effects that give the sequence an eerie feel to it. It’s slow to draw the audience in and speeds up gradually to keep them engaged.

• The use of the font in this title sequence works very well with the mysterious feel of the sequence, because, it looks like someone has drawn on the screen. Making the audience feel as though they are participating rather than observing.

• The constant close-ups of the images and the book is also effective in keeping the attention of the audience because they are so close to what’s being shown that they can’t be separated from it.

The previous slide indicates that the colour and lighting in this sequence is a sickly yellow to associate with ageing and perhaps death which is very effective for setting the mood of the film. We get a sense of psychotic behaviour through the crossing out of words and the extreme close-up of the pen and fingers. It’s like the title sequence is drawing us in so close to the action that we can’t look away.

• Here we can see the suggested psychopath cutting off his fingerprints, demonstrating the idea that he is a criminal. This is also shown early on in the sequence, allowing the audience to have this perception throughout the section. Additionally, this is brought up later in the film, and therefore foreshadowing that he is on the run from the law.

• The change in the way the names are presented seem to suggest that there is an importance in the characters in which these actors play.