"Se7en" Opening Credits

The opening credits from the film "Se7en" consists of many different type of sounds and images, some disturbing. You can see in the opening credits a person developing pictures of his victims, cutting out letters from newspapers and also sewing notes on to his victims.

Over the top of these images, music to build up tension. The sounds in the opening scene work very well because  they fit in perfectly with the dark, eerie atmosphere of the opening scene. Their are many different sounds used for example you can hear the rewinding of tapes, cameras taking pictures, coins dropping and also a radio tuning in. The screeching of violins can also be heard which help emphasize the evil and the darkness. The whole opening scene is covered with a sepia effect to give the impression of old footage, possibly to show that whatever has been going on has been going for a while.

 There are many, static, distorted sounds which make your heart beat and they also help to build up the tension throughout.  Overall this clip is quite disturbing. The dark atmosphere throughout the scene gives you a clear idea of what type of film this is going to be. Throughout the opening scene you are forced up on an evil feeling, it gives you a genuine idea of what type of film this is going to be.