Se7ens title sequence doesn’t start straight away into the film; instead it introduces characters (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) and its plot; a little similar to ours. Our film starts off introducing all three characters before the titles start.The beginning is important to let its audience in on some sort of insight of the films story: the two main characters brad pitt and morgan freeman are presented as being two detectives figuring out some sort of crime/murder. A variety of shots are used in the beginning bit of the titles to show reactions and dialogue between characters; ranging from longshots to close up. Tilts and Pans are used to highlight the mise-en-scene of the scene.
After the establishing scene the camera zooms into a metronome ticking loudly and flashes to black then the title sequence starts with a diagestic stormy sound track, creating a sense of sorrowful atmosphere, the music has a certain beat to it that carrys along the ticket sound from the metronome. The titles show a close up of a book/diary, overlapped by flickering titles, which effectively move to the sound in the background, the book/diary creates suspense and leave the audience questioning themselves about its purpose. Our title sequence is heavily influenced by se7ens title sequence in the way we have put in quick dark, shaky shots, revealing no sort of identity and includes creepy music and sound effects.
The titles are on a black background with white flickering writing; the font is a handwriting type font which links with the clips (diary, pen, paper, writing) the flickering writing is used effectively because it creates the effect of thriller/jumpiness. The flickering effect is also carried out onto some parts of the action, mainly when we are shown the characters fingers doing something, such as writing, cutting, etc.Se7en title sequence creates suspense and mystery throughout through using the generic conventions of dark dingy atmosphere,tense music, close up and extreme close up shots. The sequence is very action packed and there isn't ever a shot on for longer than 2/3seconds.
The only hint of colour during the title sequence is the three/four quick shots of red that apear creating the impression of blood or a photograph generating room. The use of the red is clever because there isn't a lot of it, but its emphasised because its the only hint of colour within the titles and this could allude to the genre of the play and that blood and murder may be a significant part of the play.
After the establishing scene the camera zooms into a metronome ticking loudly and flashes to black then the title sequence starts with a diagestic stormy sound track, creating a sense of sorrowful atmosphere, the music has a certain beat to it that carrys along the ticket sound from the metronome. The titles show a close up of a book/diary, overlapped by flickering titles, which effectively move to the sound in the background, the book/diary creates suspense and leave the audience questioning themselves about its purpose. Our title sequence is heavily influenced by se7ens title sequence in the way we have put in quick dark, shaky shots, revealing no sort of identity and includes creepy music and sound effects.
The titles are on a black background with white flickering writing; the font is a handwriting type font which links with the clips (diary, pen, paper, writing) the flickering writing is used effectively because it creates the effect of thriller/jumpiness. The flickering effect is also carried out onto some parts of the action, mainly when we are shown the characters fingers doing something, such as writing, cutting, etc.Se7en title sequence creates suspense and mystery throughout through using the generic conventions of dark dingy atmosphere,tense music, close up and extreme close up shots. The sequence is very action packed and there isn't ever a shot on for longer than 2/3seconds.
The only hint of colour during the title sequence is the three/four quick shots of red that apear creating the impression of blood or a photograph generating room. The use of the red is clever because there isn't a lot of it, but its emphasised because its the only hint of colour within the titles and this could allude to the genre of the play and that blood and murder may be a significant part of the play. 
During the title sequence there is a repetative use of fingers and hand, this could just be an emphasis on how they're not giving away any sort of identity whether its the murderer featuring in the film or the two detectives shown at the beginning trying to figure out who the murder is. When the titles finish, instead of them looking out of place; they link into the way the film starts, through using the same font featured in them within the film and the music fades into the sound of the scene.
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