Title Sequences

Se7en

The title sequence for the thriller, Se7en fits well into the the thriller genre convention, using black and white, dark and shadows it shows brings out the sinister early on, setting the scene for the begging of the film.It uses close shots showing the intimacy between you and the character, and what he is to endeavor later on. The title sequence shows his planning for murder, showing reasoning and a form of rationalization for what he's going to do. To start it is slow showing book pages then the camera moves quickly between each picture almost to keep it hidden as if a secret is being kept from you.

It then shows him cutting the skin off his fingers, as if its old and hes been working such a long time on his plans and hes becoming dead, it also could signify him cutting away his fingerprints to hide from the future deaths. Parts remain hidden throughout the title showing a darkness as if to show his dark thoughts without letting you in to his mind.

This image shows his pen and writing movements being overlapped, with a change in opacity levels, this shows repetition  to give the impression that his actions are being repeated and he has done this before or he is going to do this again. It refers back to the title and what it means, that things will happen seven times, showing again that repetition of seven in this sequence.

The music throughout is robotic and mechanical, its fast symbolizing his thoughts and how his actions are like a machine, processed and thought about but repetitive. overall the title sequence fits well into the thriller convention as it creates a dark and methodical atmosphere to start off the film, with fast and slow pace shots, creating a tempo for the rest of the film.