Final task : Research

In the opening sequence of the film se7en there is a lot of dark lighting used, this is used to in a lot of mystery and thriller films to build tension and draw in the attention of the audience. The dim lighting along with the dark colours creates a mysterious approach to the film. The dark colours which run throughout the clip makes it clear to the audience what type of genre they are watching. The dark colours suggest that this film is full of mystery and therefore a lot of action may be involved in this film. This is the kind of effect we want to impact upon our target audience as the dark colours are used in a lot of mystery films and prove to be very effective at capturing the audiences full attention.

The opening credits are made to flask and are flickering, this effect makes the credits more interesting along with the handwritten, faded font type. 

The digetic sounds used in the opening sequence of se7en are sharp metal sounds which sound like human screams this stimulates the audiences senses and also implies the genre of the film. In our opening sequence we are going to use sounds like heart beats and ambulance sirens to suggest to the audience the sense of panic as that sharp metal sounds do. 

The props used in the opening sequence are all quite unsettling to the audience we see knifes, razor blades, a book we see all of these objects individually in a extreme close up shot which suggests that the represent murder and secrecy and that these are the themes that run throughout the film. In our opening sequence we are using the idea of secrecy aswell because it is an element which is used in many mystery films.