This is the opening sequence for Se7en. The piece is a montage edit of lots of different close ups of bandaged, dirty hands putting together a scrap book of 'victims' (there are shots of polariods of people who have been significantly injured). The shots are all in low key lighting, which is a convention of the thriller genre. Non-diegetic music plays throughout the piece, in some places the music almost fits diegetically with the shots of the book being put together- however it is consistently slow tempo and gives the overall opening a tense mood that establishes the genre.
The typography is unique to the film and was designed by Kyle Cooper- the scratchy, scribbly writing is iconic of thriller and horror films. The text flickers across the screen in the same way the shots do, and in some cases are illegible until later on in the shot. The fast-paced editing of the text is a very effective contrast to the slow and eerie diegetic music and makes the opening as a whole seem unpredictable and therefore effective in establishing the genre of thriller.
No characters are established in this opening, however, I would assume that the close up of the dirty hands belong to someone who will, at the very least, be a key role to the narrative, if not the main protagonist or antagonist. The fact that the role of this character is left to be known to the audience is a very effective way of establishing the genre, as well as maintaining a level of interest for the rest of the film.
The typography is unique to the film and was designed by Kyle Cooper- the scratchy, scribbly writing is iconic of thriller and horror films. The text flickers across the screen in the same way the shots do, and in some cases are illegible until later on in the shot. The fast-paced editing of the text is a very effective contrast to the slow and eerie diegetic music and makes the opening as a whole seem unpredictable and therefore effective in establishing the genre of thriller.
No characters are established in this opening, however, I would assume that the close up of the dirty hands belong to someone who will, at the very least, be a key role to the narrative, if not the main protagonist or antagonist. The fact that the role of this character is left to be known to the audience is a very effective way of establishing the genre, as well as maintaining a level of interest for the rest of the film.
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