Tidy up trevor

in this lesson we wrote scripts based on children books Tidy up

The opening credits of the film 'se7en' uses many codes and conventions based on its genre: thriller. some of the codes and conventions it uses in the opening credits were: the fast editing, the quality of the scene, the text, the camera angles, the filter and many other things which are used to add to the thriller effect.

within the opening scene of 'se7en' one of the codes used is fast editing, this is something you would expect when watching a thriller, it makes it seem as if everything is going by fast paced and makes it a lot more interesting. The use of the fast editing associates with the thriller genre because you are viewing many scenes over a short period of time; you get shown vital information which may lead to clues later in the film for about 1-2 seconds. It also shows some disturbing scenes for a very short period at a time so the audience becomes surprised when they view it, during the opening scene these images are scattered about so they pop up unexpectedly which also associated to the thriller genre.

Another important convention is the quality of the video, it makes it seem as if it is a very old tape being played and also look grainy. This adds to the effect of suspicion which makes the audience wonder why it is this way and also makes this scene seem like something which has already happened and the audience is watching it because it may lead to clues later on within the film. Another technique that the film maker uses related to this is the filter on the camera, it makes the scene look red, grey and also gives it an earthy tone, this conveys the impression that the life out of the opening scene has been drained, this also relates to the fact it looks old and not very important.

One other important code and convention which is used by the director of the film 'se7en' is the font he uses within the opening scene/credits. the opening credits look broken and look as if they are falling apart, this also relates to the fact that this film is a genre, it makes it seem unusual and also looks like it belongs to a horror film, it adds to the effect of mystery because you are unsure as to what it has to do with the rest of the film. in relation to this (the font) within the opening scene you can see a mans hand and he is writing something, the audience does not get to clearly see what the character is writing therefore this also relates to the mystery of this film because it gives to audience the impression that this will also be revealed later on but for now they are still having to figure out what is going on within the scene, also what this will lead to later on in the film.