The document provides details about the use of sound, lighting, camera work, editing, mise-en-scene, and conventions in the film Se7en. It summarizes that low-key lighting is used throughout to create a gloomy atmosphere. Camera shots include long shots, birds-eye views, and medium shots within a closed frame. Editing is minimal to create a naturalistic feel. Mise-en-scene depicts a grim city under threat and questions the morality of the antagonist. Conventions include a crime-based narrative, ominous weather, and building suspense through music and unknown perpetrators.

7. Requiem for a dream

8. Camera and Editing Majority of films today contain around 500-700 different camera shots. Requiem for a dream contains over 2,000. this is a result of the movies fast paced sequences of camera shots and abrupt editing A unique style of shots called a hip hop montage is used to exaggerate the themes of loneliness, exhilaration,ect within the film. This technique is used to show the viewer the chain of events which take place once the character has taken the drugs. This technique helps the director to highlight the emotions which characters are feeling (for example taking a pill may make one feel motivated to move and feelings of anxiety may be apparent so face paced camera shots are used to show this emotion). When the characters are craving for things in life and taking drugs fast close up shots are used to emphasise on their need to want it instantly and the abrupt change in their equilibrium. Many of the shots go from fast to slow within seconds to show the change in moods and emotions being experienced by the characters for example Jared Leto’s character in the party scene feeling depressed craving drugs the camera shots are slow and cut in a normal paced sequences but as he and his friends envelope themselves with the drugs the scene is flipped into fast-forward mode.

13. Vantage point

14. LIGHTING AND USE OF TITLES The most dominant colours in the opening titles are orange and black. Orange light rays are fragmented across the screen on over the black background appearing for a short duration representing some sort of enlightenment from being in the dark, this foreshadows the events which later take place in the film as we feel as an audience that we are left in the dark not knowing who assassinated the American president but once we are introduced to different characters point of views pieces of the puzzle begin to fit together. Within the orange rays there are pictures moving shifty overlapping each other showing many different images confusing and disfiguring the viewers perception and understanding as the images within the rays change constantly and disallow proper recognition. Using black and orange in the opening titles interacting with each other connotates the ideology of the unknown and neutral opinion. The black symbolizes darkness and the unknown it makes the viewer feel that something bad is going to happen as they are left with a blank dark canvas. The orange being a neutral colour allows the audience to have a clear mind not being biased to a particular point of view.

15. CAMERA An establishing shot is used immediately at the beginning of the film to show where the film is set. Panning shots were used shortly after to show the viewer which characters were of importance. When we came across one of the eight main characters the camera would pan the crowd of people around them as if looking for their culprit then it would focus on them and zoom in to make the audience know that that charater is of importance. An aerial shot is used to show the large crowds of people gathered in the opening scene. This shot permits the audience to understand what is going on from a clear vantage point

16. SOUND AND EDITING SOUND There is use of intense non-digetic music played within the first few seconds of the opening titles. The music dominates the opening as it builds up anxiety levels with consistent drum being beat throughout the sequence creating a ambience of suspense. Watching the opening credits you expect the names of the actors to appear but we are left without a idea of who is starring in the film so we stay neutral to make our minds up about who committed the assassination after we have viewed each characters vantage point. EDITING We are entered from the opening titles to the opening camera shot through the title vantage point as it swallows up the dark background around it into a establishing shot. From this there is a lot of straight cuts to shows different characters. A lot of normal cutting pace is used throughout until action kicks in then fast past cutting is used.

18. MISE EN SCENE Within the first few minutes of the film we are drawn in to the point of view of the news reporter. The atmosphere is chaotic as shots a franticly changing between the news reporter and the crowd. The use of quick paced slides create an ambience of chaos and anticipation for something exciting to happen. The shots alternate between the key characters withing the first 20minutesof the film.