The title sequence for Se7en uses unconventional camera techniques and editing to create tension and mystery. Extreme close-ups, low and high angles, and panning shots obscure details and leave the audience guessing. Fast jump cuts and morphing between shots maintain an unsettling pace. Dark, ambiguous lighting and eerie sounds complete an atmosphere that feels unsafe. Very few details are given about the plot or characters to preserve the obscure tone.

1. Se7en
Title Sequence Analysis

2. Micro Analysis
Camera
• There are extreme close ups; e.g. Of the hands sewing a book. This creates a raw intimate
feeling for the audience. It also creates tension, and slight fear as the person is kept a mystery.
• Extreme low and high angles – revel little as to what is going on, and confuse the audience,
and leaves them guessing. Also shows that nothing is as it appears.
• Panning shot at the end of the books – makes the story flow outwards away from the table
where the rest of the title sequence was set.
• The slow paced page turning shot makes the audience hold their breath in anticipation,
creating tension.
Editing
• There is a wide range of editing techniques used in this short title sequence; jump cuts quicken
the pace and make and create tension, fading one shot into the next creates a smooth
transition and a flow, morphing shots together creates a trippy vibe that's full of mystery.
• The complex editing style builds most of the tension, as well as creating a sense of paranoia in
the audience.
• The titles appear shaky and jerk around the frame of the shot. This adds to the mystic auro of
the sequence.
• The overall quick pace of the sequence doesn't’t give enough time for the audience to
decipher what's going on on screen, thus adding to the obscurity
• special effects : the carvings over the footage, dragging of footage, laying shots together

3. Micro Analysis
Mise-En-Scene
• Props: scissors, notebook, pen , sewing needle and thread, razor blade, knife, tweezers, human
hair, photo developing kit, gory/violent photos
• Location: kept a mystery. The movie could be set anywhere, doesn't’t establish location( breaks
a convention). The title sequence seemed to be set in a more private and intimate location,
such as a house or a lair.
• Lighting: dark and ambiguous. Only illuminating parts of the screen at a time. Flashes of red
lighting makes the atmosphere grow more violent.
• Lighting is also used to help transition the shots – by fading to black, or using a flash of light.
Sound
• Dramatic opening sound, that grabs the audience’s attention.
• Eerie background noises, that are hard to decipher, and sound more like ghosts of a sound.
• Sound effects include: door opening and squeaking, inhumanly screams, static
• Intense low music, with a deep base, playing at a fast pace. It speeds up and intensifies as the
sequence progresses.
• The soundscape is dramatic, and tense building. It made me feel uneasy and unsafe, like
something terrible was about to happen.
• The soundscape finishes with the same dramatic sound as at the start.

4. Macro Analysis
Since This title sequence breaks a lot of conventions, it lacks the majority of the macro
elements. Very little is revealed about the main character, to keep the mystic
atmosphere.
Plot:
A book that illustrates human nature, and is full of gory imagery. The writer of the book remains
a mystery.
Order of storyline
There isn’t a coherent storyline to follow
Characters
One character figure is introduces, however their identity is hidden. But judging by the hands it’s
a middle aged, white male.
Social groups
No clear social groups were established

5. Order Of Credits
• Company distribution
• Ownership
• Lead actors
• Movie title
• Supporting actors
• Remaining cast
• Casting by
• Music director
• costume designer
• Editor
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Co-producers
• Co-executive producers
• Executive producers
• Screen writers
• Producers
• director