Analysis of Se7en

Analysis of Se7en:

Images:

In the film opening you don’t see any faces, only hands. The first image you see is an open book, then you see a drawing of an old mans hands. It looks as if they’re giving you hints to what is happening, you then see an extreme close up of a man using a razor blade to scrape the top layer of skin off his finger tips and bandaging them up. In between clips it cuts to extreme close ups of a cup or tea being made and the titles. Every image is very choppy and close up. This doesn’t show us the full picture, it’s all small images we have to put together in our head and try and make sense of.

Words:

It shows a page of writing about pregnancy and some of the words have been crossed out in black marker, it is enticing and gets the viewer intrigued. You see a lot of different clips of books and pages of writing, which leads you to believe he is investigating something.

 

Sounds:

There are a variety of sounds such as, machinery, cogs, turning, squeaks, wind chimes, a symbol and lots of robotic and industrial sounds throughout the sequence. There is a structured tone running through the sequence using a fast beat. The setting is very eerie, this is why they have used sounds like wind whistling, it also gives us a feel for the film and the character.