opening credits of seven

Seven

The opening credits of seven works really well as this straight away cause a strong enigma code with the torture equipment and this hidden character. The use of close ups and extreme close ups give an almost abstract feel as we cannot see enough to identify this character. Also the manipulation of time causes this to jump and look like a dream sequence where we see a photo being drawn on then a jump cut shows this image completely scribbled out. Also we only see parts of the characters movements and then the conclusions. This gives us the information we need yet keeps the scene short. as well as causing this evil feel.
We can tell this character has an aggressive side and is pretty messed up almost psychotic as we see shots of him slicing skin. Also the use of mixing up the credits work well while some are text over the live action and others have their own title screen. With both a handwriting and typewriter style scratchy small font, the way these are animated gives a sinister feel. This is the style of text that I would like to use in our production as this scratchy writing is almost like that on a ransom note so the kidnapper can not be identified by his writing.


-jack storer