Se7en Title Sequence Analysis

Se7en Title Sequence Analysis

0:02 - image of a book with the pages open

0:06 - still image of a book with the writing "new line cinema presents" also on the screen

0:10 - image of a pair of hands, distorted and in black and white

0:14 - actors name appears on screen "Brad Pitt". Black background with white creepy writing

0:18 - close up of fingers with blood and mud on them and holding a small silver blade

0:22 - flashing across the screen an actors' name "Morgan Freeman"

0:25 - title "se7en" flashes over a black screen with white font, fades to black

0:31 - shadows flash across the screen as well as another actors' name "Gwyneth Paltrow"

0:34 - close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images of this image overlapping, so one looks like a shadow. One more actors' name "Richard Roundtree"

0:37 - red filter over the camera, slightly blurry picture with bits of random writing flashing across the screen.

0:41 - image of scissors cutting up photography films and lots of shadows in the shot

0:46 - small photograph of a child in black and white, this is over more photographs and pages of writing

0:50 - close up of a newspaper cutting in a bird's eye view, drop of blood spattered on the page

0:56 - actor's names "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie"

1:00 - extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink on a page of black writing

1:02 - black marker pen crossing out words on a page, POV shot

1:07 - writing in the background, blood like smudges in the foreground with black marker pen on top of that

1:11 - black background and image of a boy's face (drawing) in the top right corner, black marker pen going through his eyes. white writing "casting by..." in the foreground.
1:14 - red filter over camera, boys face in the same place again but completely crossed out this time with black marker pen and red over the top.
1:17 - top half of the shot has a red filter, images of photo (darkroom) bottom half of the image is upside down with pen writing. Writing in the foreground "music by Howard Shore"
1:27 - close up of dirty thumbs and a line of tiny hooks, writing in the foreground "production design..."
1:30 - books of writing with a page of handwriting on top. Page is upside down
1:34 - photograph in the background, clear filter over the camera which has black smudges. Marks and blots all over it. Reminds me of looking through a microscope at splattered blood.
1:39 - extreme close up of dirty thumbs playing with needles, black background.
1:43 - lots of flashing images and quick cuts.
Last 15 seconds - lots more flashing images, more writing included "produced by..." and "directed by...".
2:08 - film starts, end of title sequence.