film opening research

1. SEVEN
Seven is a 1995 film directed by David Fincher. It
stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Kevin
Spacey. The synopsis is two detectives, Pitt and
Freeman, have to track down a serial killer who
uses the seven deadly sins as moral or his code.

2. • The hands on this screen grab from the opening
sequence of seven show broken fingers on two
hands, one in the light and one in the dark. Although
this could be coincidental, I think this could be
something more religious, using the lighting as good
and evil.

3. In this screenshot it shows someone cutting
off their fingerprints with a razor blade, this
would indicate that the person is some sort of
criminal and doing so to cover up their tracks.

4. In this screenshot from the opening
sequence, it shows the person writing, this
could be scrapbooking or plans, but it shows
the killer is careful and plans things through.

5. In this image it shows someone reading what looks like
a book or printed article about pregnancy and crossing
certain words out. There is no real link from pregnancy
to any of the seven deadly sins to an extent, so this
could mean that the killer has a relation to a pregnant
woman, or he is specific with his hunting

6. This screenshot shows someone crossing out
the eyes of a picture of a man, this could
mean secrecy and trying not to have that
man identified by anyone

7. This part of the opening sequence is just to show
how they did the credits, the text is crooked and
looks hand written, it also flashes on the screen and
makes it look very creepy, this is a good effect and
adds meaning to the credits

8. This image shows the person cutting and removing
the word god from a dollar bill, this is another
reference to religion and the seven deadly sins and
shows that he is possibly making a scrapbook about
his work or what he believes is good; relating back
to the previous slide about writing.