Monday, 7 November 2011

Se7en Title Sequence Analysis

00:00 – 00:05 Book opening with the production company ‘New Line Cinema’ appearing in a white gothic font.
00:06 – 00:07 Black screen with white gothic font of “An Arnold Kopelson Production”.
00:08 – 00:11 Screen fades to an ariel shot of a table with two pictures of hands on it. The text in the same font "A film by David Fincher"

00:11 - 00:12 3 quick cuts of a drill and other surgical tools.

00:13 - 00:14 Another black screen with the actor "Brad Pitt" wrote in the same style of font.

00:15 - 00:17 Sudden change in music with quick cuts of man peeling his skin with a razor. Low lighting with close up.

00:18 - 00:19 Another black screen with the actor "Morgan Freeman" wrote in the same style of font.

00:20 - 00:22 Shows a brief scene which flickers of someone dipping some paper like material into some yellowy looking water. The colours are very depressive so far.

00:23 - 00:25 A black screen appears with the title of the film "Se7en" appearing.

00:26 - 00:28 The intro now fades into a scene of someone opening a book. The book is a sickeningly colour surrounded by darkness.

00:29 - 00:30 Dark screen with a book in the background. "Gwyneth Paltow" credit appears in white text.

00:31 - 00:34 A person writing in a book with a thick black pen. Another credit appears with the name "Richard Roundtree"

00:35 - 00:36 A selection of quick edited shots appear of text just written from the previous shot and random red shots.

00:37 - 00:38 Another black screen with the name "R.Lee Ermey".

00:39 - 00:40 Another quick shot of someone cutting some old classic film tape.

00:41 - 00:42 Black screen with white text of "John C. McGinley"

00:43 - 00:45 Another selection of quick cutted shots of cutting up a picture and taping it into a book.

00:46 - 00:47 Two more names appear in white text of a black screen.

00:48 - 00:52  Pages in a book are shown and more actors names

00:53 - 01:01 Black marker pen crosses off words in a point of view shot.

01:02 - 01:11 A young boy in a black and white photo is shown, another POV shot of someone crossing out his eyes.

01:12 - 01:14 The face gets completely crossed out and a red filter appears.

01:15 - 01:16 Screen splits where the top half of it shows a photo being dipped into a red liquid whereas the bottom is normally coloured with someone writing in a book.

01:17 - 01:19 More quick cuts mainly showing a book which is probably of importance within the film.

01:20 - 01:25 Close up of fingers binding and making a book.

01:26 - 01:28 Close up of some dirty fingers with a bandage on them.

01:29 - 01:30 Range of photos on lined paper.

01:31 - 01:36 Extreme close up of a dirty hand playing with a needle.

01:37 - 01:42 Another shot of someone threading a needle.

01:43 - 01:47 Another shot focused on the book creation.

01:48 - 02:07 A selection of fast edited images containing mainly shots of the book and photos within it. Also includes more credits in same style.     

02:08 -           Intro ends and first scene starts immediately.

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