The Se7en title sequence uses lighting, camera angles, editing, and music to create an eerie and disorienting atmosphere that fits the thriller genre. The lighting is dark and flickering, camera angles do not show the character's face, and fast-paced editing with overlapping frames makes the sequence seem chaotic. Unsettling industrial sounds in the tense, suspenseful music further implies something is abnormal about the unseen character.

1. Se7en title sequence
The lighting in the Se7en title sequence creates a disorientating feel. It does
this by flickering. In addition, quite a lot of the lighting is dark, so it fits with the
thriller genre as, in thriller films eeriness should be present. Also some objects
on the screen are brighter than others for example, a picture of a man with his
eyes crossed out. This draws attention to the object and keeps what is going
on around it a mystery because the background is dark and the audience can’t
see the full picture.
The camera angles in the sequence raises questions as the character is never
shown. There are also a lot of close ups and extreme close ups of the
characters hands and what they are doing for example, cutting out pictures
you can also see him crossing out words on letters and binding a book
together. This raises questions to what the character is doing and creates the
sense that the characters identity is supposed to be a mystery it also suggests
that what the character is doing is wrong and sinister.
The editing of the title sequence creates the feeling of chaos as a multitude of
techniques are used. Fast paced frames overlapping and fading out makes the
sequence seem chaotic and disturbing which could suggest the characters
state of mind. Also the typography used is effective as it looks like messy
handwriting this creates the feeling that someone could be responsible for the
eeriness so it makes it feel more realistic. Also, some of the colours used are
effective as they make certain things white to lift them off the screen and
emphasise them.
The music in the title sequence makes the viewer feel on edge as it is tense.
Additionally, the music starts off in a slow pace and gradually becomes faster
which builds suspense. In the music there are sounds of typing and machinery,
this could suggest that the character is in a factory which adds to the creepy
setting. It also sounds distorted which has connotations of abnormality, this
suggests that there could be something wrong with the character.