Analysis of se7en

  Analysis of se7en

Element	Denotation-what you see	Connotation-what it means
Information- Theme – Characters – location- Narrative - Themes	U see dark scenery possible in a basement /attic, you also see a man cutting off his finger prints, you gain a sense of thriller from the psychotic man. You also can guess some of the story line from the opening titles a man who abducts females and ties them up in his lair.	The isolated scenery with beams of light shiny through the windows indicates that evil, mysterious theme. From the man cutting of his finger tips this makes the audience a little freaked out and gives them the impression that there is clearly something wrong with this man to be cutting off his finger prints with a everyday razor blade.
Genera	Thriller,  we see this by the lighting( Darks with beams of light), music (very slow and psychotic), props ( Books, records, photographs	All these props and music all come together and work with each other to create a atmosphere what can be projected to the audience.
Camera work – Shots movement	Throughout the title sequence you see a mix between close ups and extreme close-ups of different objects and body parts.	The mix between the two close-ups creates a mysterious theme as we do not see who is doing these things however we can only see what they are doing.
Mise-en-essence lighting movement actors props titles	Lighting- dark with beams of light shining on objects of focus, Movement- the camera looks like it moves around the room however it only moves to different objects and body parts. Actors-  you don’t really see the complete actor however we see his hands doing activities Props- there are a lot of props used all to do with the theme of thriller. ( razors, files, photographs, needles, Books You see titles come up introducing actors and creators of the film.	Lighting in the title sequence causes the audience to recognize that the person is located in an isolated place where the person can do what he wants in private. The actor is hidden from the audience we do not see his face as he acts this creates a sense of mystery that the audience can pick up on. The props look very old fashion e.g. the files are hand made and the pages look really old instead of a folder with sleeves, the audience pick up
Sound	The music is an upbeat dark mysterious tempo. Some screeching at climax parts	The music is the easiest way to tell the music used in se7en was dark, mysterious, and psychotic this lets the audience no straight away that the film is a thriller.
Editing	The editing is of different activities  been combined in smooth motions hover it has been given jumpy features at times, also some effects of scribbles have been added to the screen as the title sequence places through climax parts.	The editing such as effects of the scribbles going across the screen let the audience know that there isn’t something normal about this film from the effects added. This all helps the audience gasp the theme of the film.