Se7en

The film "Se7en" (1995) directed by David Fincher who has directed other thrillers such as "Alien 3" and "Panic Room" was nominated for an oscar and has won 19 other awards. The film stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as detectives Mills and Somerset who work in an unspecified American city and are partnered together. They are issued to work on murder cases where the words greed and gluttony are written in each of the victims blood. They both make a theory that this killer is basing his/her murders on the seven deadly sins and try to find the killer before he/she can strike.

I feel that the opening of "Se7en" is an impressive opening titles to the film. During watching this clip I felt disturbed, tense and disturbed. This is most likely the exact reaction the creator of the title sequence wanted to instill into the audience. I particularly enjoy the flickering writing and the effect of the editing where the film looks as though it is scratched. Another aspect of this effective title sequence is the mystery surrounding the person who is doing all these creepy things. There is no view of the person only of his/her hands writing or cutting out things. This gives the impression of the themes of identity because the audience wants to know who this potential killer or criminal is.

After watching and analysing this clip in class, we as a group were impressed and decided that we wanted to do something similar to "Se7en" Our thriller opening will be largely be inspired by this clip but we are not copying this idea.