Sunday, 11 October 2015

Analysis of codes and conventions in Se7en

Se7en Macro Analysis 

What is the key plot idea introduced in the sequence?
- Subtle violence
-Crime
-Psychopathic

In what order is teh storyline intorduced?
-Shows pages at first, books etc.
-Razor blades, scissors
-More books
-Cutting up pictures
-Cutting skin
-These all progress in terms of violence, creppiness and a certain unsettling insanity

What characters are introduced?
-No characters are really introduced.
-We only see the hands of a man (assuming it's the main character) going through trivial tasks from reading books to using razor blades, seeing the development of his madness

Se7en Micro Analysis

Camera (shot distance/ angels/ movement/ framing)
-Close shots
-Mid close shots
-Fixed camera
-Bird's eye view
-Corner view

Editing (cuts/speed/special effects etc)
-Credits flash very fast
-Typography shakes
-Something cuts to black bg with shaking and reversing typography
-White typography

Mise-en-scene (location/setting/costume etc.)
-In a room
-Lighting is quite dark
-Surroundings look desolate

Sound (musical score/sound effects etc.)
-Booming sound effects
-Foley sound when a cresit appears
-Creepy music

Order of the credits
-Company name
-Production company
-Director name
-Selection of popular actors/actresses
-Title
-Less popular actors/actresses
-Music/ Production/Costume design crew
-Editors/Photographers/ Designer crew


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