Monday, 11 April 2011

SE7EN opening credits evaluation


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY The opening starts abruptly with us staring at a book that is laying flat on a table, the camera is positioned so that we see the top rim of the book, the lighting illuminating the book and the hand turning the page, there is an eerie feel to what the audience is seeing here we don't. The music throughout the opening isn't rock and roll theme or smooth Jazz but rather a repetitive syllable playing the same thing over and over again but it still adds to the mood. The scene then goes black and we're shown detailed blueprints of someone's hands showing that whoever is doing this is planning something. These hands also appear to be deformed so we are put on edge by this.Machinery operates from what looks like a type writer we are shown this for the briefest moment while the lighting still appears to be candlelight. The camera then does some quick cuts between more blue prints and a man shredding the skin off his finger tips. A record is rewinded in the music which sounds very much like a woman or girl screaming. The title sequence then begins and we see the hands reach for something the fingers are now plastered. We see a second book open and more typing continues whoever is planning here is extremely busy the candle light is flickering more vigorously now giving the impression that this person is almost finished it also shows that it cant be good and this man is most likely the villain. We are shown more and more footage of writing, typing and cutting up film while never seeing the persons body or face this is clever because we are shrouded in mystery to who this person is. The music changes to a more rock and roll style near the end of the credits.

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