se7en analysis

One of the title sequences we looked at that helped us in developing ideas and showed us the conventions of the thriller genre was Se7en.

This title sequence focuses mainly on mise en scene to show the target audience which would probably be young adults and teenagers a taster into the film. The music used fits in with the genre which is horror/ thriller, starting with a bang and being continuisly creepy and sinister throughout. It gradually increses tempo with the creaking and a beat being added. It builds up to a croscendo towards the end creating tension and keeping the audience in suspense so they want to carry on watching the film.

Throughout the sequence there are cuts to a black screen with the titles flashing on in white writing.l We used this in our tite sequence as we thought it kept the sequence unnervingand it wasn't clear to the audience when the titles were going to flash up. Although it is simple it is effective for this genre because the font fits in as it is scary and the titles flashing on and off create an eerie atmosphere for the audience watching.

The title sequence begins with a close up of a book and through the sequence it is shown again and again, sometimes with words being crossed out. This makes it clear to the audience that this book must have some significamce to the film but it never comes apparent to them why it keeps being shows. This adds to the mytery of the film and makes the audience want to watch the film to unravell the mysteries the title sequence creates. We used this in our title sequence with cuts throughout to different things that to do with ballet. This will hopefully give our target audience an incite into the girls personality showing her as girly and possibly vulnerable. We also used the crossing out words in a book idea and had close ups of the man in the house crossing out words to add to the mystery and possibly confuse the audience to keep them watching.

The whole way through the se7en title sequence only close ups are shown, te audience never see the full thing. This makes the audience watch closer and makes it more mysterious as it is sometimes hard to tell what it is. It also adds to the eeriness and keeps the audience entertained. We used this in our sequence by having cuts to closse ups of different things such as the book, the ballet shoes and the fire.

The editing in parts of the sequence show blurring and almost as though two things are happening at once. When there are close ups of the hand, it blurs and looks as there are two hands. This makes it look like there is time passing and also again adds to the mystery and the scariness of the sequence. In our title sequence we used opacity to show two things at once. We showed the man looking around the house and the girl walking home at the same time, this shows the audeince they are both happening at the same time and adds to the tension as the audience know what awaits her when she arrives home.