Seven Analysis
0.00 - 0.04
Immediately, the sharp cut
into the scene we hear a rather bass heavy and eerie sound and a shot of what
appears to be a open book, edited so that everything closer to us is in view
clearly, whereas everything else is blurry and blended into the white
background. What is interesting is the fact in usual Thrillers they have an
establishing shot, whereas in Seven we begin with a close up of a edge of a
book. I do rather like it, it portrays a very stylised and serial edge for the opening
sequence, rather than the usual 'establishing shot, cut to another shot of a
city, then main character and then rinse an repeat (Drive and Casino Royale do
this aswell as hundreds of other films). However I quite like the connotations
of this shot and what it may represent; The opening of the book? May be
representation of the beginning of the film, or the fact the film will be
percieved as merely a work of fiction, you never know. The title are presented
in a very rough and sketchy way, a bit like a typewriter. What draws the eye
how is the fact it is not stationary, but slightly twitching around (possible
representation of a edgy paranoia?)
0.04 - 0.08
Only another title but I
really like it starts off the wrong way around, yet within a split second it
reverts back to normal, the way this is cut makes it look like a edgy
transition which emphasies the 'edginess'.
0.08 -0.11
A rather interesting shot,
taken from a very high angle shot of a drawing of crooked hands (again another
interesting symbol) with what appears to be a rotating fan's shadows very
slowly moving around, I think the shadows in this shot are excellent, with the
rotating fan (is it a fan?) it gives the efFect that time is passing very
slowly, yet as a whole the shot adds to the surreal feels to the clip.
0.11 - 0.16
0:16- 0:27
Here we see even more shots,
more frequent with the cuts and edits jittering around, we what seems to be a
man filing the skin of his hands off (adding to the bizarreness of the clip)?,
however we can see that he is making something (no doubt creepy). So far the
stylised shots and tints have been consistent and kept with the Thriller
conventions of being rather edgy, yet retaining it's own identity. This section
is also the first part we actually see of film name 'Seven', similar to the
other titles in the clip.
0:28 - 0:38
Here we see some of the shots
becoming more and more erratic, as we begin to see clips overlapping each and
having a ghosting effect over one and another. Similar with the titles, we can
see they are starting to become more erratic, and start to cover more of the
screen and last longer.
0:38 - 1:04
Pretty much similar to the
rest of the clip, yet the pace and speed of the shots is getting higher, and
the quickness of the cuts is becoming more and more obvious and evident.
1:04 - 1:12
Here we see some pages being
scribbled out, however half way through it reverses with the pages being
unscribbled, with it jumping to different sections of it, which could represent
that it is being declassified or that truth is being reviled.Aswell we see a
drawing of a young boy being crossed out
at the eyes, then it jumps erratically to where its fully crossed (connotations
of innocence being lost?).
1:16 - 1:18
Here we see one of the most
effective uses of proper colour, as the half the page is in deep red and other
half is a person typing, however both of these shots have been used before,and
now have merged together to create a new scene.
1:36 - 1:58
In the later part nearing the
end of the clip, we see the clips repeat from earlier and add new ones, (the
book and the needle repeat).
1:58 - 2:10
In the very last part of the
clip, we see a dollar note being literally 'dissected'. With the 'God' part of
'In God We Trust'. This could be a representation of the destruction of
religion and society, a common theme in the thriller genre.
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