Analysing a thriller opening sequence - Se7en.

Keynotes

The narrative consists of no dialogue or acting sequence, rather a series of close up shots of rough looking fingers processing pictures and making a book and black or dark backgrounds with the credits scratched or carved into the film, this conforms the conventions of thriller openings because the images placed in front of the audience pose a lot of questions, such as are they following the people in the photographs, are they planning to kill them?
We do not see a lot of the character, but the actions shown, for example peeling skin off of fingers or developing photos in a dark room, which looks sinister and allows the audience a window into the mind of the Antagonist.
The narrative shows that the antagonist is crossing out the eyes of photos before crossing out the entire face giving the impression that he's going to blind his victims then kill them. The antagonist is seen shaving his skin off his finger tips, this could be to destroy any chance of under covering any of his fingerprints of any of his victims.
 Red can sometimes be seen as a warning of danger so when you see the photos in the container and the lighting is red, this makes you feel uncomfortable about whats about to happen and it also makes you aware of the photos that he's developing.



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