Seven Opening Scene Analysis

Sound-

In the opening scene of seven there is a lot of ambient sound in the background whilst the detective is in his apartment, this makes the audience focus more on what the detectives actions are rather than what is happening outside that scene. It also gives information about where the scene is set. It is also very eerie as when he is in the place the he starts to investigate there is very little sound. However the mechanical screechy sounds in the opening credits before the first scene is very disturbing.

Mis en scene-

The low key lighting in the opening scene makes the audience feel as if this is going to be quite a dark film or maybe quite sad. The way in which the detectives house is set out is very tidy and organised, this leads us to think that he may not have much going on in his life other than his work.

Editing-

 The slow cuts within the opening scene makes you pay more attention to the surroundings in each cut, it also gives more dominance to the character as he is in pretty much every shot.

Cinematography-

 The close ups involved in the opening credits of the film make us pay attention to the small details in which we would simply oversee if it was filmed from any further away, this could make the viewer feel like you have to pay close attention to the film to fully understand it as there are small but important details that you could miss out on.