Opening Sequence Analysis of Se7en

        

The opening sequence for Se7en has a variety of different sounds used some of these are talking, the beat of a drum and musical instrument, rewinding of a tape, static noises, Radio transmissions, Towards the end of the opening sequence the music gets both louder and faster this gives you the impression that something is going to happen. Therefore this puts the audience on the edge of their seats. During this opening sequence there is also is also chain saw noises, artificial screams and scraping of a black board, whistle noises. They also have a women singing in what seems like a choir this is then made really high pitched and played in the background all the way through the opening sequence. This opening sequence really plays on your emotions, one of the ways that it dose this is by having the beat going from really fast to slow. this therefore gets your heart beating that bit faster. As well as the music that is used there is also emphasis on words such as pregnant and intercourse, this gives you the impression that this is going to be part of the story line of the film. To follow this impression that this is going to be a theme in the the film there is also things used that are linked to the 7 seven deadly sins, the main one that it emphasis is the deadly sin lust. This can therefore be linked to the words pregnant and intercourse. The related things where forgiving/forgiven, God, Se7en, C24, B35. The items that appear in the opening sequence are money, stitching, pictures, Camera Film, Developing Film, Blood, Highlighting words, Book made to look old as the scene is in sepia, scribbling, razor blade, collecting, threading a needle, threading a book together, Shelf full of hand made journals, scissors cutting, teabag, tweezers, journal, sellotape, pen and cotten. This opening sequence uses Enigma this makes you want to now more which means that you feel more involved in this sequence.