Research - 'Seven' Title sequence

 

Seven title sequence

 

2 seconds- image of a 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" with a black background with white creepy writing

18 seconds- close up of fingers 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 a black screen with white font which fades to black

31 seconds- shadows flash across the screen as well as another actors name "Gwyneth Paltrow"

34 seconds- close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images of this image overlapping, so one looks like a shadow. One more actors name appears "Richard Roundtree"

37 seconds- red filter over camera, slightly blurry picture with bits or random writing flashing across the screen

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 cuttings in a birds eye view, a drop of blood is splattered onto the page

56 seconds- actors names "John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Crombie"

60 seconds- extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink onto a page of black writing

62 seconds- black marker pen crossing out words on a page, a POV shot

67 seconds- writing on 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 . White writing "casting by..." in the foreground

74 seconds- red filter over the camera again, boys face in the same position 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 says "music by Howard Shore"

87 seconds- close up of dirty thumbs and line of tiny hooks, writing in the foreground "production design..."

90 seconds- books of writing with a page of handwriting on the top

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

99 seconds- extreme close up of dirt thumbs playing with a needle, black background

103 seconds- lots of flashing images and quick cuts

last 15 seconds- lots more flashing images and more writing included saying "produced by..." and "directed by..."

128 seconds- film starts, end of title sequence