2. The first shot is a close up of an open book. This could have been done to make the
audience curious to what the book os about giving a sense of mystery. The
background of the shot is blurred only having the book in focused so the audience
know what object to concentrate on.
The writting in this shot is sort of all over the place and it glitches on the screen
which could have been done to make the audience feel unsteady and slightly
uncomfortable.
3. Its got a vignette, which is when the
corners of the frame are darkened to
focus attention on the center of the
frame.
Its quite an unusual shot that
doesn't’t make a lot of sense to the
audience at this moment in time.
This shot is similar to the
shot above as it uses low key
lighting. It is an extreme
close up focusing on
somebodies fingers which
are very dirty holding a razor
blade. This raises questions
as to why the person is
holding this and what they
intend to do with it.
4. The main title ‘SE7EN’ flashes up on screen extremely quickly after having appeared in
smaller in the top right corner and then flashes back to a small font in the top right
corner again. The font is in white and being on a black background makes it stand out to
the audience. The font has a glitch effect to it which puts the audience on edge and sets
up the atmosphere and suspense for the film to come.
5. This shot is out of focus and extremely dimly lit and what the object in the background
is unclear to the audience. This makes the audience curious about what's going on and
makes them wan to mind out more.
The text in this shot is white so that is stands out on the black and it is at a slanted
angle and handwritten font shows the desperation of the writer as if he is rushing to
get it done in a frantic manor.
6. The transparency of these shots using different layers could be used to show time
passing and also making it so that the audience can’t read what it says leaving the
audience curious as to what it says as it is so unclear.
These shots also show detail and how much time this person puts into the work,
however we can tell it isn’t somebody from the police and the writing is scruffy and on
a ordinary lined piece of paper showing that it can’t be an official document.
7. This shot which is completely black and the only thing that can be seen is a drawing of a
child which somebody is crossing out their eyes with a black marker. This shows the
audience that the person doing this is not very nice and has vengeance against
someone.
Crossing out somebodies eyes comes across as really dehumanizing and the person
doing this doesn’t care about them and wants to hurt them. This will leave the
audience curious as to what would make someone want to do this to somebody else.
8. These shots are dimly lit and contains a
needle which both help to convey the
darkness of the room as well as the darkness
of this character.
These shots are also
extreme close ups which
have been used so that the
audience focus on the
needle and not on anything
in the background.
The focus on the needle also leaves
the audience wondering what the
person is using the needle to sew,
and why they need to sew
anything.
9. Sound
• The sound used helps to create a tense and scary
atmosphere before the film has even begun.
• It has been used to make the audience aware if
the horror genre and make them aware of what
will later happen in the film.
• There is layers of music played over the top of
one another to create confusion and franticness.
• There are also points where the music speeds up
to be in sync with the fast paced transitions
between shots.
