Tuesday 12 January 2010

'Seven' Film Opening Sequence Analysis



Se7en:

mise-en-scene =

lighting:

  • Diegetic lighting, so in some places the light appears quite dim, for example when he is looking at the murder scene. This is classic in a thriller film to have dark lighting to build tension and draw the audience in.

Colour:

  • The colours black, brown and cream appear to be common colours throughout this clip. This gives a dark approach to the clip and compliments the digetic lighting in achieveing an mysterious approach. The colours and lighting also help the audience establish what genre of film they are watching, for example, if the colours were primary colours and the lighting was non digetic then the audience will get the sense its a happy upbeat film, if the colours are dark and dismal then that also reflects to the audience that this film will probably be full of mystery or action.

Costumes:

  • Their are two men, the older man is shown wearing very smart clothes and presenting himself as wise and well-dressed. The younger man is portrayed as wearing smart clothes but not as smart as the older man and not so bothered about his appearence.

props:

  • The older man is shown with props such as a pocket watch, knife, jacket and metrognome.
  • There are props used in the opening credits sequence, a book, someone writing and sewing and things being marked in a book that look like evidence.

Setting:

  • Bedroom in an apartment
  • street
  • apartment with the murder victim

Special effects:

  • Flashes within openning credits to make them more interesting.
  • Scratchy font to engage audience with titles being more effective.

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