Title sequence research of se7en.

As well as ‘The Italian Job, we also studied the title sequence of ‘Se7en’ and 'The Haunting in Connecticut'. We looked at what different images and camera shots are used and why they were used.

Seconds.                    Image

2               Extreme close up of a book with the page open
3               ‘New line cinema presents’ Title on the book
7                Intertitle ‘An Arnold Kopelson production’
8                Distorted black and white hands in the book.
13             Title ‘Brad Pitt’
16             Close up of fingers with a blade
18             Title ‘Morgan Freeman’
23             Title of the film ‘Seven’ Flashes Bigger.
29             Book Opening with title ‘Gwyneth Paltrow’
34             Close up of pen writing, overlapping images
36             Red Filter     
39             Extreme close up of cutting up film
43             Black and white photographs/paper images of a girl
52             Pages turning in a book
1:01          POV shot of black marker crossing out words
1:11          Crossing out mans eyes and casting titles
1:13          Photo of a man’s face that is completely crossed out
1:14          Red Filter of the face crossed out
1:16          Top half red filter with photos, bottom half pen writing
1:19          Film Negatives and books
1:25          Binding/Person making a book
1:30          Range of different photos stuck in a book
1:36          Extreme close up of dirty fingers with a needle
1:42          Threading a needle
1:47          Binding a book
1:58          Fast images of book/photographs
2:01          Cut out of the word ‘God’ from money
2:02          Title sequence finishes

This title sequence uses fast, extreme close up of objects that relate to the storyline of the film, this gives the audience some clues about what the film is going to be about and what it involves without letting on the whole storyline. We could use this idea in our own title sequence, using images and objects that will relate to the rest of our film.

Se7en was released in 1996 and grossed $316,400,00 worldwide.