Se7en (David Fincher,1995)

Titles in Se7en (in order of listing) :
*New Line Cinema Presents an Arnold Kopelson production
*A film by David Fincher
*Brad Pitt
*Morgan Freeman
*Se7en
*Gwyneth Paltrow
* Richard Roundtree
*R.Lee Ermey
*John C. McGinley
*Julie Araskog
*Mark Boone Junior
*John Cassini
*Reginald E Cathey
*Peter Crombie
*Hawthorne James
*Michael Massee
*Lelan Orser
*Richard Porthow
*Richard Schiff
*Pamela Tyson
*Casting by Billy Hopkins, Suzanne smith, Kerry Borden
*Music by Howard Shore
*Costumes designed by Michael Kaplan
*Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
*Production designed by Arthur Max
*Director of Photography Darius Khondji
*Co Producer Stephen Brown, Nanu Greenwald, Sanford Panilch
*Co executive producers Lynn Harris and Richard Superstein
*Executive producers Gianni Nunnari, Dan Kolsuid, Anne Kapelson
*Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
*Produced by Arnold Kopelson and Phylis Carlyle
*Directed by David Fincher

The main actors are shown on a cut black background with white writing in a sans serif font, with a 'high pitched' sound effect featuring over them.  The screen shot above shows the cut black background with a small moving image at the top. The image shows a black marker pen drawn across a photo of a young boys eyes. This portrays a disturbing image to the audience and foreshadows what will happen in the story line. The lighting in the opening sequence is low key which creates an eerie theme and shows clear signs that Se7en is a thriller.There is fast pace editing that adds a mysterious element to the piece. The editing also creates movement and distortion. High pitched sounds of machinery can be heard which creates a uneasy atmosphere.

extreme close ups are shown of disturbing images. Screenshots show two of them above. The first image shows a person peeling the skin off their fingers with some type of scalpel or knife. This is particularly disturbing for the viewer and adds a horror element to the thriller. The second photo shows certain words covered over with a marker pen. These words tend to be 'pregnant' 'birth' and 'child' that suggest the unknown character doing this is slightly deluded and also foreshadows murder.