Se7en
- An American crime thriller in which two police detectives are following a case of sadistic murders.
Camera
- Mostly close up’s and extreme close up’s. No scene setting or mid shots. Not really a variety of camera angles either, mostly point of view angles used for effect, to give the audience the feel that they are the subject, not looking at them.
Sound
- Non diagetic – music gives a sense of urgency and suspense as it is fast paced and quickens as the titling comes to an end. It is also high pitched and quite conventional for the thriller genre, but fits well to the titling sequence.
Mise en scene
- Props that connote the horror and thriller genre are used – such as razor blades, paper cuttings, mug shots. This sets the mood for the film and helps the audience know what to expect, although some of it is quite cliché, such as the paper cuttings. The childlike hand written credits look eerie and scary and also quite rough, not too perfect. Attention to detail is important in setting up the mood, such as the dirt under the antagonists fingernails, which is disgusting, and spots and splats on the pictures, setting the scene as dirty and uncared for, so whilst we don’t know where the subject is or what the room looks like, we can get an idea of what it might be like. the word ‘god’ is cut out of newspaper which relates to the seven deadly sins.
Editing
The speed of the cuts increases as the titling goes on, creating a sense of suspense. The editing between shots is clever, as there is a lot of fading and dissolves which merge the cuttings and objects together and give it a flow, so whilst the titling shots are jumpy and jerky, the others are smooth as well as jerky, like a camera flash
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