Title sequence

Se7en(1995)
The plot of the horror movie revolves around two homocide detectives on a desperate hunt for a  twisted serial killer who justifies his crimes as a absoultion for the worlds ignorance of the seven deadly sins. The movie moves across different torture victims from one to the next, showing his planned journey of his kill.

 The first image shown  is taken from se7ens title sequence, displaying the introduction of the movie through the disorted text 'new line cinema presents' along with a book blocking the lense of the camera, with low key lighting presented within the background and the shadow foreshadowing something repulsive is going to occur. The white text stands out against the dark background, along with dismel lighting to create mystery and outline shadows to create such fear this sort of genre of horror would elict. The book is positioned closer to the lense and is in focus in comparison to further back in the image, the shadow is out of focus to present a sense of unclear obscure vision, a sense of phycological fearful feeling. The filter on the camera is slightly coloured to present a past period of time, as it is slightly brown and worn, much like the book is in the shot.  
The second image is taken from the title sequence, displaying disorted text in capitlasation making the typographical features stand out as they are in white text against a darker black background, making the auidence focus on the text and nothing else within the still. Parts of the writing are in a different font to emphasise the name of the production company. The text is slanted and almost blurred and eriee to link in with the genre of the movie horror and make the auidence feek disorientated and unstable. Black is a commion colour used within horror to elict emotions regarding death, mystery, fear and evil. 

The third image is taken from the title sequence, displaying a dark shadow cowering over a drawing of two life like hands however disorted, one lighter than the other, almost postioned as though they are grasping onto something, part exactly into two sections. The drawing is neat and to scale, as it has squared paper behind it to help keep the drawing to scale, suggesting the antagonist is well ordered and well proportioned. The hands appear to look old and veiny, foreshadowing further events in the film, as the image has a abnormal feel as the fingers of the hands are bent, as though they have been broken. The lighting is low key, however dim to present an image and elict discomfort to the audience. They appear to be life sized, as though drawn from a victims hands.


















The forth image taken, displays a completely dark background with the only feature of light being the typographical features of the famous actor 'Brad Pitt'. This allows the viewers to have an insight into the cast members, as he is a particularly famous actor, creating a sense of thrill for the movies beginning. This again follows the purpose of a title sequence, as it introduces key information, allowing a mention to the involving members of production, alongside images to foreshadow the occurrences in the movie itself. The text itself is almost distorted and separated, contrasting well on black background, being a white based font. Black and white again are common colours used in the genre of horror/thriller as they achieve a sense of basic however hidden and mysterious meaning. Being the only feature on the screen, the actors name is eye catching, grasping viewers attention, reflecting the importance of perhaps a main protagonist.


















The fifth image taken, displays a lined book, holding unseen text, fast paced edited to hide what may be seen as part of the plot. A shallow focus is used to hide certain concepts of the text and character, to again highlight a sense of anticipation. However hard to depict, the mans hand features again in the shot, however blurred by the shallow focus to almost hide his identity, following conventions of typical horror/thriller movies, as the main protagonist is usually hidden or framed from an angle to avoid facial qualities, adding to the apprehension.

 The sixth shot taken, features the lined book, however the mans hand has moved to create more text, as the plan develops onwards. A close up of his hand allows the viewers to visualize his nails and skin particles almost, as his fingers are fully in focus, however the book again is captured in a shallow focus, alongside the rest of his hand in a darkened shadow. The pen is shown to progress movement, as it is shown as a double shadowed image, moving across the page via a transition of a dissolve. A feature of a member in production is again shown in white, connecting with the rest of the typo graphic's and is shown on the darkest part of the screen to allow contrast.

Throughout the title sequence, different transitions allow a change in imagery to foreshow parts of the plot, alongside sinister non diegetic sound, for example music powered by noises adding to the atmosphere for example a razor and screeching sound, alongside loud background noises and dramatic rock like singing towards the ending of the sequence.