Se7en Analysis

The first shot is a close up of a gun, a pen, a badge and some other items. this shows that whoever arranged the items is very organised and possibly a little too over-organised. The audience can make a judgement that the owner may be in some kind of police force because of the the gun and badge which suggests that the owner is someone who is used to doing his/her job and is well established. The scene is in low lighting which suggests a darker tone to the movie and is typical to the thriller genre

 

In this shot we see the outline of a dead body lying in a pool of blood which sets up the crime genre as it is showing what looks like a homicide. The darkness of the scene sets up mystery as the audience can barely see what is going on properly and the only light there is is a natural light that outlines the body making the body the key focus of the audience. It also gives the audience an idea that the owner of the items in the previous still shot has this job.

This shot is giving the audience a clearer look at the outside setting of the crime scene as there is police tape near a building. The setting shows the audience that this is happening in a dark, gritty and seedy place as there is an abandoned sofa next to the building and what looks like a homeless person in the right corner. The audience can then make the link that it might be downtown. The shot is a mid shot/long shot and looks like the camera is angled up to look at the place which might make the audience feel vulnerable.

In this shot we see a mid shot of a character. The audience can make out that this is not the owner of the items in the the first shot as this guy looks a lot less experienced as he is wearing a leather jacket and chewing gum. This shot also makes him look slightly naive as he looks like he is not taking the job completely seriously. The audience can then realise that this guy is not suited to the owner of the items and is most likely younger. 

This shot is a mid shot of another character. The audience can already figure out that this is most likely to be the owner of the items as he looks a lot more experienced and organised than the previous guy which suggests he is serious about his job as well as being used to doing it. The audience can also figure out he is a detective as the character has a film noir detective get up on. The shot is also very dark which suggests the character may have darkness in him.

This is a mid shot as well as a two shot to show the character are working together as well as not being connected to each other. The audience can tell they are not connected to each other but are working together because of the body language of the actors. They are not looking at each other as one is looking at the floor and the other is looking towards the right and you can tell they are working together because the are obviously walking together. The shot is very dark even though they are outside and is raining. This is pathetic fallacy as the weather symbolises the darkness of the movie.

 

This shot is a close up of a metronome ticking. This is the focus point of the shot as the audience can't really see much else in the shot. The audience can tell this is the organised detectives room as in the shot after we can see him looking at the metronome. This suggests that the only way he can sleep is through trying to filter everything else out with the metronome. This also suggests that the detective doesn't really like his job anymore as he has to use a metronome to filter out everything so he can sleep.

In this shot the audience gets a look at the killers record of what the killer is doing and they get a look at his/her life. The audience don't get to see a lot but they do get to see paper/fabric, blood, black ink and some sort of mark or symbol over the fabric/paper. There is chaotic music to add to the atmosphere and this leaves the audience tense and slightly disorientated.