7even textual analysis

1. 7even textual
analysis

2. Seven is directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan freeman,
Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Mcginley, R.Lee Ermey and Kevin Spaces. The
film was based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. This film is
about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who
justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven
Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim
to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives
Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time.

3. Titles;
In the 7even title sequence the first thing we see is who the film is by
(David Fincher) and that it is a Arnold Kopelson production. We next see
the two main characters of the films ‘Brad pitt’ and ‘Morgan Freeman’, the
fact that these two names are the first names we see shows that the film
makers aimed to enhance that two important actors are in the film, I think
they also did this to draw more attention to the film because two big
actors are in there, more people are going to watch it due to a bigger fan
base.
The ‘se7en’ title then appears with other actors such as Gwyneth Paltrow
then appear after showing they have less of big part in the film, but due to
their film reputation and are seen as ‘big’ actors they’re still one of the first
names that appear in the title sequence.
I also liked how the titles where used in a handwriting font to give the
impression it’s the killer writing them, I think the plain black background
with the white background reinforces the names. I liked this at it was simple
and gave more of a mysterious edge to the opening which I think would be
useful for our final thriller video.

4. Shots;
I noticed within this title sequence the most
common shot type was a close-up. I think the use
of the close-up keeps the identity of the killer
more of a secret building tension for the
audience, the close-ups also enhance how creepy
the objects are e.g. sketches of hands and
him/her rubbing blades between finger tips.
I also noticed tracking shots are used when the killer is
writing in his notepad, focus pulls are also used within
the opening scene to enhance specific names or
words on certain objects.