Se7en opening sequence

The opening credits of se7ven begin with all of the actions/images such as books turning, drawings and razors in a dull shade of colour. This is significant straight away because it's a plot give away of the film. The visuals connote the film as a dark, ominous and chilling thriller. The images used begin to introduce the idea of the genre and are provoking to the audience, for example the newspaper cut outs and the picture of the little boy’s eyes being blanked out. As the sequence goes on, the visuals become increasingly sinister; for example when we see a pair of dirty hands performing disturbing actions. The hands are likely to belong to a central character of the film, so the audience have already been introduced to perhaps a threatening character. The actions in the sequence also appear not to be shown in chronological order, and often 'double vision', they flicker across each other. As well as having this, there are flashing lights at erratic moments, often coinciding with the screen titles changing. This is an indication that the film is jumpy, and is likely to be unpredictable and scary. It also creates enigma for the audience. As the title credits begin to appear, they seem to be in a child-like handwriting, this is chilling because when the audience thinks of a child and their innocence they don’t think about grime actions that are being shown along with the credits. The music follows the action on screen, as it starts off quite slow, then when the hands seem to be creating a plan, the music picks up pace. The soundtrack also seems mismatched and this further connotes the fact that this film will be a thriller of some sort.