Se7en

 

This first shot is a close up of the table. This tells us a lot of different things. The objects on the table include a notebook, a knife, a pen, a police badge and gun. So the first thing we think about this person is that he is a police officer or detective. This gives us the idea that the person has done the jobs such as this before, he is experienced in this field of work also he is organised. However, the lighting in the shot is minimal we can see a light on but there is little light coming through the lens.

The next shot shows the typical conventions of the thriller genre. It makes the audience ask questions and be mystified about what has happened. We don’t know what has gone on, so it makes us as the audience feel like a detective being dropped strait in at the deep end so we feel the sympathy further on in the film for Brad Pitt. The shot show a clear mid shot, not showing the complete body but showing enough to the audience to get what has gone on but it still keeps the tension high as we still don’t know what went on.

 

There is not much to say about this shot other than the fact that it is dark even though they are outside, it is raining all of the time to show that it is never a good day the weather this is a technique called pathetic fallacy, this gives us the idea that something bad is going to happen. This is a mid-shot with the actors only taking up ½ of the shot and a sofa taking the other ½ to show that there in a rough area.

This shot shows a different person. He looks a lot more laid back and maybe not as serious as the other more organised character. He seems to be quite naïve and inexperienced. It seems as though he doesn’t really know what he has got himself into. This is another mid shot to show what his wearing as well as giving clear indication on his facial expression.