Thriller Titles

The film "SE7EN" is a thriller and just from its opening titles we can see this. The opening credits does not have any action in it, but the speed of editing does increase as the opening goes on. It is a mystery thriller and that is why all the shots involve a lot of documents, pictures and hands. There is a montage of strange shots and one of them being the shot of where the person scrapes their skin of their finger. The director may have chosen to do this to make the audience feel at ease. This type of shot may intrigue the audience and make them want to watch more to find out why the razor blade was so significant in the story and why the person decided to do this.

In the title sequence of "SE7EN" we are also given the names of the people who have helped produce, film and edit the film. These are known as credits. The credits given to this film go to the film studio, which is New Line Cinema, the director - David Fincher and the other members of the crew. Most importantly we see the title of the film before it advances into the other crew members who made the film