The opening scene shows a mysterious book with blank pages and sinister music, setting the tone. A pair of hands are shown, with prominent veins and one darker hand symbolizing good and evil. Brad Pitt's name appears in emphasis on a black background. A title is shown splattered on a black background. A scene shows someone struggling with their bandaged fingers. A gate is shown opening with loud music, building suspense about what lies behind it. A character is shown struggling with their mouth and hands tied, causing questions.

2. The opening scene opens up with an
image of a book which creates a
mysterious and the credits flash
which shows a disorientation for the
audience and as the pages are being
flicked by it shows that the pages are
blank. Also when the image is shown
the music at the background is quite
sinister and dark which sets the
scene.
'Line' and 'Scene' are more clearer
than 'new' and 'presents' and the
writing is typed; also bold shows the
audience that the message they're
trying to put across which is probably
going to surprise them.

3. The extract than fades
into this image where
it shows a pair of
hands. This image
shows as if all the
fingers are almost
broken and it also the
veins are really
prominent. Also how it
shows that the left
hand is darker than the
right hand which
symbolically represents
the devil’s hand. It
could also symbolize
good and evil.
The darker shaded hand shows
mystery and because you can’t see
the person’s face it makes the
audience want to carry on watching

4. The scene then carries
on and then the
screen fades to black
and Brad Pitts name
appear. There is a big
gap between the
‘brad’ and the ‘Pitt’
and because the
background is black is
shows an emphasis on
the name; it has no
imagery on the back
and it draws an
attention because
Brad Pitt is a famous
celebrity.
When the image flashes towards the end it
shows a mysteriousness and shows almost as
we aren’t meant to see that it happened.

5. This image shows that
this person is cutting of
his own skin from the
top of his fingers and
shows that it is quite
disturbing. It shows as
if this person is trying
to get rid of his
fingerprints; his
identity.
Maybe he doesn’t want
to be found of his
wrongdoings.

6. The title also appears on the extract.
Even though the font looks typed up it
almost seems a little messy as it shows
the effect of it being splattered.
Also because the background is black it
shows an emphasis on the word
‘SE7EN’ and shows an importance of
the title.
The extract then later
shows the following
image, with a
background. The
background contains a
notebook maybe a
typewriter on the right
and also the bandaged
fingers. This shows from
the previous slide when
the person was cutting
his skin from the tops of
his fingers.

7. Shutter island opens up with this image and then it
fades to a spiral staircase quite fast . This disorientates
the audience as it’s really fast and it also feels like being
hypnotized as it’s spinning around.

8. The extract fades to
a scene of an empty
corridor with water
dripping down from
the ceiling. The titles
are in red capital
letters and this
represents the
theme thriller, and
also red can signify
blood and death and
it therefore shows
that something bad
is going to happen
and it makes the
audience more
anxious to what is
going to happen.

9. In this particular image it shows a close up of someone struggling to
use their fingers and it lets the audience wonder on what is happening
in the scene and who is that person. This image creates a lot of
questions while watching this particular scene.

10. The extract than shows a shot of a gate opening with a
loud music at the background, then the camera moves
towards the gate and this adds to the suspense as to
what will be behind the gates and what the audience will
find.

11. The extract then moves onto this scene where the scene is much longer
than the other scenes shown in the beginning which signifies that this could
be an important scene and allows the audience to take it in more than the
other scenes.

12. Then the extract fades to another shot where a fire is shown as the
background. The name of the cast also appears on the scree, but instead of
being in red like the previous credits, they are in white. This contrasts with
the dark background and build more suspense and danger.

13. The extract opens up with flashes of different image quite quickly and as the
Image changes you can hear that the background music is quite upbeat and fast. The
extract is also all black which could be associated with power, death, evil and
mystery.

14. The scene then introduces a character that’s struggling as her mouth
is tied and her hand too. This lets the audience wonder who this
character is and what is happening to her/him and why ?

15. The extract then shows a scene where a fire is lit and this signifies that probably
someone is in danger and it could also show destruction; the symbolism of
chaos and war.
It burns everything, bringing nothing but ruin.
Fire can be interpreted as another thing which could usually be seen as hell.

16. This image shows that two people who were bonded together are now
separating and this causes the audience to wonder what is happening and why
it is happening. It causes mysteriousness on who the two people are and
causes the audience to see more.

17. This image shows the character has caught on fire and it also represents
that maybe he is being punished for his wrongdoing. The fact that his eye
catches on fire first shows that he could’ve seen something bad and he
didn’t inform anyone when he should have.

18. In this image it shows that the flesh has been completely burned and only the
skeleton is left. The skeleton could represent death and that the danger is
disappeared. However it could also represent life because the bad has left and
a new life could come. This could make the audience more interested on what
is happening and would want to know more.