This document provides a detailed shot-by-shot analysis of a movie trailer for the film "The Seven". It describes each shot in terms of camera angles, lighting, pacing, inclusion of dialogue or soundtrack. Many shots are fast-paced, with low-key lighting and non-diegetic soundtrack or voiceover carrying over from prior scenes. The analysis highlights the film's dark, suspenseful tone established through the visual and audio elements in the trailer.

1. Analyzing the Seven Trailer

2. This shot we are introduced to one of the main This shot has low key lighting and shows the other
characters, there is an added sense of mystery main characters reaction to the room he is in. this
with the non-diagetic music and dark location. shot is quite a low angled shot and a close up. Again
This is quite a long shot showing you part of the this shot is quite slow paced. It has non-diagetic
location he is at. voice over from a different shot as well.
This is a fast paced shot as only on the screen for a This shot is an extreme close up and has a non-
matter of seconds. And has non-diagetic sound on diagetic voice over on this shot. It looks also to be
from a sound track. from a low angle and fast paced as well.

3. This shot is from mid range and has low key This shot is a close up of what a character is
lighting in it, with a non-diagetic voice over from doing, There is diagetic sound in this as well as
another scene. This shot also seems to be non-diagetic of the soundtrack. It is quite a slow
panning as well across the room. paced shot.
This shot is quite fast and has a voice over in This shot is a medium range shot and shows the
it, introducing the character. The shot is from a audience the location of this person, there is non-
low angle and a mid close up. diagetic soundtrack and his voice is diagetic. Again
the shot is fast paced.

4. This shot is a medium range shot and features quite This is also a mid range panning shot with the
high key lighting as well as the non-diagetic sound characters coming closer to the camera, and is fast
track and diagetic of the conversation they are paced as well, in this shot there is again a voice
having. This shot is panning with the conversation and over and this is helping to tell the story.
is quite fast paced.
This text fills the entire screen and there is non- This shot is a close up of a characters foot, this is
diagetic sound in the background as well as it being shot in low key lighting and there is still a voice
fast paced. over carrying on from a previous scene. This is
again fast paced shot.

5. This is a high angle shot of the cupboard that this This shot is very fast paced and panning as
‘Killer’ has with tools in. This is a low key lighting well, there is a non-diagetic sound in the
shot showing only a part of the cupboard. The background of someone screaming, but has no
voice of the conversation from before carrying on. music, as well as no dialogue.
There is also another non-diagetic soundtrack
carrying on in the background as well.
This is a low angle moving shot of the other This is a low angle shot in a low light area to
detective, in this shot there is no dialogue or create more suspense for the audience, there is
diagetic sounds, just another conversation again a diagetic of a conversation, this shot is
carrying over from a previous scene non- fast paced like most of the scenes as well.
diagetically.

6. This shot is of a discussion about the killer, this is a This shot is a panning shot and shows a discussion
very slow paced shot not like any other in this diagetically as well, this is a fast paced shot and
trailer, there is the diagetic sound of him talking carries on from the previous screen shot.
with little noise in the background.
This shot has low key lighting in it and is fast paced Then there is this shot of them having a
as well, they also have diagetic sound of the door conversation, from mid range on the
cracking open as well as a soundtrack in the camera, this scene is fairly low lit and again
background.
fast paced.

7. This shot is fast paced and at a slightly high This shot is a fast paced shot with diagetic sound from the
angle, this shot also features diagetic sound from cars tires screeching, as well as the soundtrack in the
the woman talking. background, this is also a panning shot of the cars stopping.
This shot is from behind the person as he goes This is a high angled shot looking down on this
towards the press and has non-diagetic dialogue as person as he goes down the ladder, there is no
well as it being fast paced once more. diagetic sound only the soundtrack that is non-
diagetic. It is also very fast paced matching the
speed of his decent.

8. This is the shot of the man that was going down This shot is kind of an inter title that has various
the ladder falling at the end, this is fast paced words on it changing, representing the seven
hence the reason it is blury, with non-diagetic sins, the rate at which these are shown is also fast
voice over in the shot of a conversation again. and is big enough to see from a distance.
This is again a very fast paced shot showing This shot is a mid close up and shows the
what he might look like, as well as this there is actor in character while saying his name non-
fast paced music in the background and as a diagetically. And again it is a fast paced shot.
conversation from preious shots, both of which
are non-diagetic.

9. It then has these two shots following that one with the actors in character as the non-diagetic voice over is
played. Both shots have low key lighting and are medium close ups with also non-diagetic soundtrack in the
background.
It then cross fades to this shadow of the killer in a This is a low key lit shot of the two main
puddle reflection, with the soundtrack still being characters talking diagetically, this shot is a low
played. This shot is again fast paced like most of the angle shot as well as being a close up of Morgan
others. Freemans character with Brad Pitts in the
background.

10. There is then a big sound as this shot is shown to The sound track then strats to fade out as this
grab the audiences attention, then the non- shot is shown slowly and then fades out itself.
diagetic sound of the voice over repeating the There is no dialogue in this shot either.
name of the film.
Then this is the last shot reveling it is coming
soon, this is again a quite slow paced shot
reveling it is coming soon, as the soundtrack
finally fades out, like the shot to black.