Monday 6 December 2010

Study of the "Se7en" Title Sequence



2 seconds- image of a book with the pages open
6 seconds- still image of a book with the writing "new line cinema presents" also on the screen
10 seconds- image of a pair of hands, distorted and in black and white
14 seconds- actors name appears on the screen "Brad Pitt". Black background with white creepy writing
18 seconds- close up of fingers with blood and mud on them and holding a small silver blade
22 seconds- flashing across the screen an actors name "Morgan Freeman"
25 seconds- title "Se7en" flashes over a black screen with white font, fades to black
31 seconds- shadows flash across the screen as well as another actor's name "Gwyneth Paltrow"
34 seconds- close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images of this image overlapping, so one looks like a shadow. One more actor's name "Richard Roundtree"
37 seconds- red filter over camera, slightly blurry picture with bits of random writing flashing across the screen
41 seconds- image of scissors cutting up photography films and lots of shadows in the shot
46 seconds- small photograph of a child in black and white, this is over more photographs and pages of writing
50 seconds- close up of a newspaper cuttings in a birds eye view, drop of blood splattered on the page
56 seconds- actor's names "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie"
60 seconds- extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink on a page of black writing
62 seconds- black marker pen crossing out words on a page, POV shot
67 seconds- writing in the background, blood like smudges in the foreground with black marker pen on top of that
71 seconds- black background with an image of a boys face (drawing) in the right top hand corner, black marker pen going through his eyes. White writing "casting by..." in the foreground
74 seconds- red filter over the camera again, boys face in the same place again but completely crossed out this time with black marker pen and red over the top
77 seconds- top half of the shot has a red filter, image of photos (darkroom) bottom half of the image is upside down of a pen writing. Writing in the foreground "music by Howard Shore"
87 seconds- close up of dirty thumbs and a line of tiny hooks, writing in foreground "production design.."
90 seconds- books of writing with a page of handwriting on the top, the page is upside down
94 seconds- photographs in the background, clear filter over the camera which has black smudges, marks and dots all over it. Reminds me of looking through a microscope or splattered blood
99 seconds- extreme close up of dirty thumbs playing with a needle, black background
103 seconds- lots of flashing images and quick cuts
Last 15 seconds- lots more flashing images more writing including "produced by..." and "directed by..."
128 seconds- film starts, end of title sequence

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