The Se7en title sequence starts slowly and builds suspense through blackouts introducing the film crew, a scratchy soundtrack, and eerie font and lighting. It draws the audience in closely with extreme close-ups of images from the film, keeping their attention through the changing pace and mysterious clues foreshadowing the plot.

1. Se7en

2. • This sequence starts off slow with the sound
picking up towards the end when the title of
the film is introduced. Every 5 to 7 seconds,
there is a black-out where an actor or film
crew member is introduced. It’s set in time to
the music in the background and the scratchy
sound effects that give the sequence an eerie
feel to it. It’s slow to draw the audience in and
speeds up gradually to keep them engaged.

3. • The use of the font in this title sequence
works very well with the mysterious feel of the
sequence, because, it looks like someone has
drawn on the screen. Making the audience
feel as though they are participating rather
than observing.

4. • The constant close-ups of the images and the
book is also effective in keeping the attention
of the audience because they are so close to
what’s being shown that they can’t be
separated from it.

5. The previous slide indicates that the colour and
lighting in this sequence is a sickly yellow to
associate with ageing and perhaps death which is
very effective for setting the mood of the film. We
get a sense of psychotic behaviour through the
crossing out of words and the extreme close-up of
the pen and fingers. It’s like the title sequence is
drawing us in so close to the action that we can’t
look away.

6. • Here we can see the suggested psychopath cutting
off his fingerprints, demonstrating the idea that he is
a criminal. This is also shown early on in the
sequence, allowing the audience to have this
perception throughout the section. Additionally, this
is brought up later in the film, and therefore
foreshadowing that he is on the run from the law.

7. • The change in the way the names are
presented seem to suggest that there is an
importance in the characters in which these
actors play.