Seven Opening Sequence.

The first word that I would use to describe this opening sequence would be distorted. There is fast pace editing and cuts throughout the sequence and that create a sense of anxiousness and mysteriousness. So it sets the right tone for the rest of the movie. All of the credits, which appear between other more unpleasant shot, have been made small and the words are in different fonts and sizes. They are put on a black background which looks effective when watching it. I think they have been shot like this to show that something is not right and the black background gives a darker, negative feeling.

In the many shots that we see between the credits there is a lot of worn down machinery. Most of the things we see such as a close-up of somebody peeling off their finger skin and also a desk with a book and various other items on it tend to look very dirty and grotty. Amongst these very extreme images we also see a teabag being put into water and just a normal cup of tea being made. This makes me think that all of these messed up things that we see are part of somebody's normal everyday life.

The sequence most definitely creates tension. The audience can clearly see that something of great depth is happening but they have no idea what, it makes you want to know who, what, where and when and it very successfully does this through the opening sequence.

The editing has been thought into very much. There is a lot of overshadowing for example there are pages of a book and with the screen jolting around there is a shadow of something over the page. Another common thing used in the sequence is super imposing, a lot of shots overlap making it seem more sadistic the contrast is also lower whilst this transition takes place. The screen jumps around all the time so it's never just a still shot of something and I find this creepy and strange. The very first shot of the sequence is a huge old looking book. The book is the main feature of the sequence and the background is blurred with some hands turning the pages.

The fact that we see a person scraping off their fingerprints does not only seem brutal to us but it also perceives the idea that a crime has committed and therefore somebody really doesn't want there to be any finger print proof. There is also shots with very strange images such as some very aged and deformed hands I find this very random but fitting to the sequence. We also see somebody putting lines through random words on a sheet of paper full of writing and over the face of somebody in a picture. All of these images put together create a worrying image in the audience's head and they would start to imagine a very insane and mental character to behind all of this stuff.

Throughout the sequence the lighting is very dingy and dark. There are some images which appear very clear and easy to see however there are also a lot of blurred images that are darker and I think that this may be because the darker blurry things are what they don't want you to see and be sure of but the clearer things are important for you as the audience to be aware of.