Seven - Meg

The first 6 minutes of the film...


Camerawork
- a blocking shot of the man in his kitchen is used, almost like somebody is watching him from another room, maybe we're just made to feel like we're there watching him... We get a meduim long shot of the man and see he's in a nice clean modern kitchen

-An over the shoulder shot is really interesting because it's over his shoulder looking at himself in the mirror. Again, this gives us the feel that someone else is there.
-A tilt up of the body on the floor shows us the whole picture in a more interesting shot. We then get the idea of scanning the body and looking at it up and down.
-A low angle of Pitt and Freeman shows their status and their role in the film. This makes them look powerful and tall, which conveys a message to the spectator that they're important


Mise En Scene
-The first shot of the man in the kitchen shows us that he's probably a business man who makes a lot of money, because he has a bright, clean modern kitchen and he's dressed very formally. In the next shot we see him doing up his tie so this just ties in with our judgement.

-He picks up a pen, police badge and keys so we then learn more about the character without any dialogue yet.
-We then learn that he is a detective through mise en scene because we get a medium close up of a dead body on the floor and he is scanning the flat for evidence.
-The lighting for the opening sequence is low key, and you get a lot of shadows cast on the objects and face. You also don't get to see a lot of detail because of this, but it conveys the feel of the film.


Editing
-The first shot is shown by a fade from black. This creates a slow effect and we are shown the image slowly so the audience aren't pushed straight into the film.

-The sequence also uses cuts to get from scene to scene, but these aren't very fast because even though the circumstances are abnormal, theres no need for a fast pace
-The pace of the sequence is very slow, and only contains a few cuts. This shows the mood of the main character, as he looks very chilled out.

Sound
-Diegetic sounds are used to make it seems more realistic, and these go with action, like when the man is moving things around the kitchen, we hear the sounds of them even though we can't see them because he is in the way

-Dialogue is brought in a bit later, and it isn't really a lot because we don't find out much about the characters.
-The sound is always on screen, but it gets louder when they go outside, which is realistic because they're standing at the side of a busy road.