Se7en analysis

By Mimi

Director: David FincherDetective Mills: Brad PittDetective Somerset: Morgan FreemanKiller: Kevin Spacey

Seven genre is a thriller

thriller

jumpy

Eye opening

violence

Unexpected

shockingEdge of your seat

Thriller is a film that keeps the audience cliff hanging at the edge of their seat. Thriller is something that I shocking . We know it a horror films because it don’t scare and reveals horrible and worm things.

The chessboard is blurred out in the four ground making Somerset the main focus in this shot.

In this mid shot we see Somerset's curtains are closed, blocking him out from the rest of the world which raises the question… why are they closed?

This shot also has diegetic sound od the busy street and the water running from his tap.

This is a close up shot of Detective Somerset who is played by Morgan Freeman.

Diegetic sounds of detective Somerset taking hold of his equipment.

Somerset’s equipment is all placed down on a table. This shows us that Somerset is a detective; this also suggests how organised he is.

The audience can tell that this is a thriller film and not a horror because we do not see any worms and are not tolled about how violent it was.

Tilting shot reveals the body to the audience

Somerset’s voice is the same when entering the crime scene . This lets the audience know that Somerset has been a detective for a long time

This is a mid shot of detective Mills, played by Brad Pitt entering in the crime scene.

The style if his clothing suggests to the audience that detective Mills is a cookey and confident guy.

Detective Mills is chewing gum whilst speaking.

The camera is tracking Detective Somerset this shows the audience who is in charge.

During the scene it is raining, Pathetic Fallacy is used to give the sense of continuity as the atmosphere between detective Mills and Somerset is awkward.

There is diegetic noise of a busy city and bad weather. Its raining

This is a low angled shot of detective Mills and Somerset having a conversation.

This shot shows boarded up shops, bars on windows in

this shot but also the audience does not see a lot

of the city.

There is diegetic noise of a busy city and bad weather. Its raining

This shot stops at a low angle because Somerset is offended at Mills assumption.

Bags attached to the board suggests evidence to the crime=

The close up of the chalk board shows the seven deadly sins. The seven deadly sins are what the killer follows as he kills his victims, from the scene we can see the killer has killer three victims already and has five more planned

Behind the chalk board we can see images of victims/past crime scenes which the police have been involved in.