Research task movie 4 (Se7en)

Se7en

In the first scene, we see a close up of a book. This creates enigma as the audience does not know the significance of it yet. The titles are also at an angle and flickering with non diegetic sounds which appear to be distorted. This is used to make the audience know what type of film it is and would make them uncomfortable.

In the next shot there is a close up if two decrepit hands. This connotes that a character is deformed. One hand appears to be lighter than another suggesting someone is torn between two realities a dark path and a lighter one.

In the next shot there is a close up of a man cutting off the skin from his finger tips. This could be so people cannot find his finger tips on things. This connotes that he is a secretive and mysterious person. The props in the sequence also make it seem as if he is a photographer or a detective. This is as he has a lot of photographic equipment and a lot of files which could give the audience information on the character. There is also dark lighting connoting a mysterious and dangerous atmosphere.

After this, there is a close up of someone censoring something. It appears that they are censoring anything unholy. This could mean they are very religious and don’t believe in unholy things. However it could also be him marking the errors in human ways and what he thinks is wrong in society. This also explains why he is in a dark room room segregated from others. This is also linked to another scene of someone removing “god” from a note. This connotes that he does not believe there is a god so he wants to remove it or, he has a god complex where he thinks he is god.

After this there is a close up of the character crossing someone out and then the image turns red and then the message “this will be you” come up individually. This connotes that he has killed someone and is crossing then off of some kind of list. This links to the god complex where he believes he gets to decide who lives and dies. This also suggests that he will not be stopping any time soon connoting he wants to kill everyone.

In the next shot we see someone with something through there head. And after a few shots we see the character putting hair into a bag in front of a picture of a child. This suggests that he takes pictures of those he kills as mementos and takes something of theirs.

In the next shot there is a tracking shot of a shelf of folders. The audience can infer that these are folders containing information of those he has killed. This connotes that it his obsession and he has many issues and makes the audience feel unsafe.

Throughout the scene, the character has been kept anonymous. This could be used to create enigma or could be foreshadowing future events which happen due to the story line.