Seven Opening

The opening scene of Seven focuses in on a man (played by Morgan freeman) getting ready for his daily trip to work; The man seems to be taking his time getting ready which could suggest he is not enthusiastic about his job, he is seen putting on a suit which suggests to the audience he is in a job with high importance, diagetic sound is used in this scene to create a naturalistic setting to the scene, this scene is also very simple because in reality this scene is just a man getting ready but when you break it down and pick out all of the details it is quite complex in what it is representing.

As the scene progresses we see the man go into an apartment were a murder investigation of a young woman is taking place indicating that Morgan Freeman is playing the part of a polce oficer; This gives us an incite as too what the basis of this film is going to be about; during this scene we meet two more characters one of which is played by Brad Pitt the way Brad Pitt's character is introduced the audience can immediately see the difference in the two characters;For example Morgan Freeman's character seem cool calm and collected and he is very well set out in regard to what he is wearing his suit is all pristine and nothing is out of place but when you compare him to Brad Pitt's character we get a totally different opinion. From the outset Brad Pitts character seems cocky and aware of his status at his work place, the fact that his outfit is all scruffy e.g. the shirt hanging out and the looseness of his jacket and the chewing of his gum suggest he's not to fussed about this enquiry but he just wants to get it over and done with this could also be interpreted by the way Brad Pitt's character is talking to Morgan Freeman's character because to the audience it seems very degrading and like he's the man in charge and Morgan Freeman just works for him.

As the characters leave the apartment the camera cuts to a shot of them on a city street, even tho the audience doesn't know what city it is exactly the diagetic sound we hear suggests it is a busy city which works very well in setting the overall pace of the film.

We are then brought back to the apartment at the very beginning; We see Morgan Freeman's character lying in bed again this scene is very simple because all he is doing is lying in bed watching television but its what he does after that that makes the scene worth watching, as he turns the television off he turns on a metronome the ticking noise of the metronome is similar to that of a clock which could be perceived as a comfort to him this could foreshadow his characters actions for the rest of the film on the other hand it could be perceived as a thing to drown out the noise of the street outside.

As we move into the opening credits the colour scheme of the credits are black white and red the these colours are often used because they catch peoples eyes and they make more of an impact to the audience. It is during the credits we get introduced to the third main character the "killer" and this is when the theme of the film starts coming together, although we never see the killers face what we do see oh him/her is their hands cutting out things and putting them into a book and it is this that keeps the audience watching because we want to know Whats in that book? Why are we seeing him stick things into the book? What is its relevance? The music within this scene is quite rocky which gives the audience a rush of adrenaline that makes us keep watching the film to see how the "killer" is going to interact with the two police oficers.