Research Title Sequence of Seven

Title Sequence of the film Seven

 

 

2 Seconds = image of book with the pages open

 

6 Seconds = still image of a book with the writing "new line cinema presents" also on the screen

 

10 Seconds = image of a pair of hands, distorted and in black and white

 

14 Seconds = actors name appears on the screen "Brad Pitt". Black background with white creepy writing

 

18 Seconds = close up of finger with blood and mud on them and holding a small silver blade

 

22 Seconds = flashing across the screen an actors name "Morgan Freeman"

 

25 Seconds = title "Se7en" flashes over the black screen with white font, fades to black

 

31 Seconds = shadows flash across the screen as well as another actor's name "Gwyneth Paltrow"

 

34 Seconds = close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images overlapping, so one looks like a shadow. One more actor's name "Richard Roundtree"

 

41 Seconds = image of scissors cutting up photography films and lots of shadows in the shot

 

46 Seconds = small photograph of a child in black and white, this is over more photographs and pages of writing

 

50 Seconds = close up of a newspaper cutting in a birds eye view, drop of blood splattered on the page

 

56 Seconds =  actor's name "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie"

 

60 Seconds = extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink on a page of black writing

 

62 Seconds = black marker pen crossing out words on a page, POV shot

 

67 Seconds = writing in the background, blood like smudges in the foreground with black marker pen on top of that

71 Seconds = black background with an image of a boys face (drawing) in the right top hand corner, black marker pen going through his eyes.

74 Seconds = red filter over the camera again, boys face in the same place again but completely crossed out this time with black marker pen and red over the top

77 Seconds = top half of the shot has a red filter, image of photos (darkroom) bottom half of the image is upside down of a pen writing. Writing in the foreground "music by Howard Shore"

87 Seconds = close up of dirty thumbs and a line of tiny hooks, writing in the foreground " Production design..."

90 Seconds = books of writing with a page of handwriting on the top, the page is upside down

94 Seconds = photographs in the background, clear filter over the camera which has black smudges, marks dots all over it. Reminds me of looking through a microscope or splattered blood

99 Seconds = extreme close up of dirty thumbs playing with a needle, black background

103 Seconds = lots of flashing images and quick cuts

Last 15 Seconds = lots more flashing images more writing including "produced by..." and "directed by..."

128 Seconds = film starts, end of title sequence