Thursday, 19 January 2012

MC: What techniques might we use from the opening of Se7en (Fincher, 1995)?

 Seven (Fincher, 1995) film opening


- In the opening of Se7en, titles of both stars and the production team are featured amongst montage editing of the protagonist's odd and suspiciously criminal activity. I believe a range of cuts in montage editing could develop our own protagonist's characteristics, providing him with a sense of urgency and apprehension; possibly during his morning routine. This would also stylistically time compress this sequence. 
- When it comes to graphics, Se7en has inspired me to experiment with the possibility of unconventional fonts. The handwritten titles featured in Se7en connote the erratic behavioural pattern of the character, and a suitable font connotative to the characteristics in the opening of our own; I believe would be very effective.  These titles could be placed either between these montage shots as separate frames or more favourably over the top of cuts. This range of title positioning in Se7en is demonstrated below:

Graphics on top
Isolated title, note the random prints.

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