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The whole of the opening is very mysterious

and keeps the audience on the edge of their

seats and wanting to find out what will happen

next. For example, when the detectives are

talking about the murder case, the auidence

don't understand what they are talking about

as it is not fully explained.

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There are a lot of references to the number '7'

in the opening sequence. For example, when the

twomain characters are walking down the street.

theres a lot of posters and newspapers etc,

that have the number 7 on them. Also, there

are references to the seven sins and how the

two detectives have seven days to solve

the case.

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One of the main narratives is murder, which

is the case that the two detectives need to

solve. This is a key narrative in a lot of thriller

films.

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The camera shows there to be a lot of precision on the

charcaters and what they look like, how they dress, what

they sound like and what they are doing. For example,

when the main detective is getting dressed, it shows him

tying a tie very neatly and making sure everything is in

place.

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The lighting used is very low key and dark. It also uses

shadow lighting, which can show the mystery of the

plot as it acts as if the audience cannot see anything.

Low key and dark lighting can show the atmosphere

and how eery it is and acts as if the whole concept

of the film is very dark and creepy.

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Props that are used are a gun, a pen, a knife etc. There

is a big focus on each of these props during the opening

which show the importance of each. We see them

laid out ready to be used, which can show that they are

an important factor of someone's life/job; as everything

is very precise.

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The costumes that are worn during the opening

sequence represent each character individually. For

example. the higher ranked detective is wearing a

very traditional and stereotypical costume e.g. the long

trench coat, hat, dark suit etc. Whereas, the younger

detective is more modern e.g. sharp suit, glasses. This

can show the different characters personalities.

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The colour of the opening sequence has been drained

from the images so that it is very dark, grey and

eery. The lack of colour can represent the darkness

of the plot and the gruesomeness/abnormality of the

film. It uses a greyscale based colour.

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The title sequence in particular contains a montage

of different distorted images. This can represent the

fast pace of the sequence and the pictures in the

credits can show how things are represented in

the film.

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The title sequence is very fast paced compared to

the rest of the opening, which can represent a

contrast. The images from the title sequence are

very blurry and distorted, which again can represent

the unique, and bizzare plot of the film.

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There are many jump cuts used in the opening

sequence, for example from the bedroom straight to

the murder scene. This can show how quickly the

detective needs to get to the scene and solve the

case. It then goes from the murder scene back to

the bedroom again.

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The title sequence music is very fast paced and

has a very distorted sound around it. This can

represent the abnormality of the film and how

unusual and weird it is. The titles and the actual

opening sequence sounds contrast as the opening

is quite slow paced whereas the titles are quite

fast paced.

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The opening uses mulitple layers of sound, which

adds to the narrative as making the location sound

busy and noisy and gives it the atmosphere of a

real life city and real situations.

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The sounds such as the police sirens and ticking

used are not natural sounds so they are there to

enhance the overall atmosphere of the film and the

sounds are mainly sounds to do with the plot of

the film. Hence the police sirens.

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There is a majority of sound used is diegetic

such as the rain when they are walking down

the street. This represents the reality of the case.

Also the dogs barking in the backround can

represent this aswell & people arguing/talking.

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The camera tracks the two detectives when

the are walking down the street and talking

about the case. This 'follows' them and allows

the audience to keep up with the pace of the

film.

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We don't see the higher ranked detective's

face until the point that he does his tie up in

the mirror, this makes the character even

more mysterious.

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When the two detectives are talking, the

camera jumps from one to the other to

show what each of them has to say and acts

fast paced and important conversation.

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Point of view and close ups are used when

the main detective is lining out all of his

clothes

and tools e.g. the gun laid out on the bed.

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A lot of low angle shots are used in the

opening of Se7en. Particularly when the

main characters meet and one is a high

ranked detective and the other is not.

The low angle shot shows the higher ranked

detective's power over the other detective.

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How was the narrative effective?

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How was Mise en Scene used?

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How was editing used?

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How was sound used?

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How were camera angles used?