Isabel Wong and Title Research

1. What institutional information are we given in the opening title?
Throughout the whole opening sequence of se7en, the actions of fliping through some books,
highlighting some keywords, soaking the teabag into a cup of hot water, writing journal, dealing with
photographs, doing copy and paste work etc. give the evidence that the main character of the film is
a researcher. When we observe those actions in detail, we will find out more about the film or the
main character. For instance, keywords that are being highlighted contain some negative words like
"capricious" and "offensive", which indirectly give the clue that the film isn't about something postitive. There are even photographs of dead bodies in the sequence which provide further information to the audience that the film maybe about crime. Nearly at the end of the sequence, the word "GOD" is being clipped out in which the film maybe related to religion as well.

2. How is presented (fonts/style)?
The font used by the opening sequence is kind of handwriting type.
But the font it uses creates the impression that the words are written by
a sentimental man or devil. The style throughtout the whole sequence is quite
old-fashioned because there is continuous frame jitter as if the video clip is from an old tape.

3. What visuals do we see? How does this relate to the genre?
There are continous flashes and different couloured tone filters in the opening.
Such effects create a sort of fear or wonder to the audience especially the red filter,
when it matches with the black coloured background of the sequence, audience may easily
relate the film to death or crime. The sudden flashes and the overlap effect of pictures and words put a mysterious impression to the film as well.

4. What can you learn from this title sequence for your own?
The most fabulous thing that can be learnt from the sequence is the close up of the actions and objects. Even without a shot of the main character, the audience have already had a minor picture of the character and his personality in their mind.