Se7en Analysis

Se7en Analysis


We begin with a sepia style editing in the beginning, with a book swiftly moving through the pages with a heavy motion blur. Then jump cuts with scrawly texts and a heightened view of a picture of hands. Then numerous jump cuts of strange objects being used. More swift jump cuts are used of real hands being stitched and torn etc.  the music in the background is distorted and contains screams and other random disturbing noises, which heighten the strange and tense atmosphere. The title 'Se7en' erratically moves to different areas, switching to different sizes, intensity of light. it then fades into a close up of hands, but with a overlapping layer of hands to create and 'double vision' look. As the cuts begin to get faster and faster, the sequences speed up as if they were subliminal, until eventually many different pictures are moving incredibly fast and then abruptly ending.

Notes taken for my Film:

I really liked the heavy use of editing with the motion blur and sepia tones throughout, and liked the erratic titles and texts used throughout to create a more 'psycho' feel. I especially liked how the sequences of the pictures got faster and faster as the ending came closer.