Written by Kyle Cooper, Se7en symbolizes the new wave of screen titling that began in 1990. The title sequence has been produced using many close up and extreme close up shots of such items as a notebook, a razor blade held in a persons fingers, and also a needle. Many of the shots onscreen are far too brief to be thoroughly "read." The text is composed in what appears to be handmade scribbles whose letters sometimes jiggle and shift.
The camera angles used in the title sequence of Se7en are mainly close up and extreme close up shots. There's an ECU of a person turning pages in a scrapbook, and of a pair of hands, supposidly broken or crippled, perhaps from arthritus. During the title sequence many close up shots are used to show the writing in the scrapbook, this suggests the person in intelligent and has written a lot of journals, possible obsessed. The CU shot of a tea bag could show that the person is British or posh, as people from Britain tend to drink tea whereas Americans are always seen drinking coffee. The director may have used these types of camera shots so we can't see who the person is, they want to hide the identity of that particular person.
During the title sequence irregular edit shots are used to symbolise the persons state of mind, they are an irregular person with irregular thoughts. Super imposed images are also used to show the cluterness of that person and how jumbled up there mind may be. The jump cuts used could show a passive of time, this could be over weeks months or even years of the person writing, also some shots are blurred to show how out of sink they are. Quick fade outs are used to show the tension and the persons different thought processes and most edits cut with the beat of the music. Flashing, overlapping and flickering images are are used, there's a picture of a boy shown once with the whole of his face, then with his eyes crossed out and finally the whole of him had been crossed out, this could show that the person doesn't want the boy to look at him and makes them aware of how sick they really are.
There are many different sounds used in the title sequence, some high and some low pitched. Sounds such as radio waves, screetching and screams of torture are used, this could also represent the persons unhealthy state of mind and how it varies. The music is very disturbing to the audiences ears, they sound almost like machinery being crushed, suggesting the person could be quite a mechanical criminal, and very orderly. The sounds convey the audiences minds as they are uncomfortable to listen to as they are irregular and distort. The music is disturbing to anyones ears - Just like the CRIMINAL.
The scence may have been in an dingy and dark place, possible someone's workspace underground as there is very little light been let in, the person may be trying to isolate themselves from anyone on the outside. It may have been set in a dark room as negatives have been shown, this could suggest the criminal takes a lot of photos. The title sequence is almost like a nightmare, different objects flashing before your eyes, all negative images. There's many disturbing shots, these include the person shaving off their fingertips with a razor perhaps to get rid of their prints (CRIMINAL!), also there's negatives been cut, and a needle threading a book together. The person obviously has a lot of time on their hands and is very patient, they could be creating something monsterous! The text is like somebody has handwritten it, it seems childlike and jumps around the screne a lot. In the scrapbook, images of naked children are shown, the photo with the childs eyes scratched out could symbolise the person not wanting to be seen by others. The photo could be the criminal when they were younger, they may have been molestored by somebody else, and now he's become just like his perpetrator. In the scrapbook the words 'intercourse' and 'transexuals' have been crossed out, God wouldn't want this so therefore the criminal wouldn't either, they both detest such words of misconduct. Also the word 'God' has been taken out of the dollar, the person doesn't want God to be associated with money, as they obviously don't agree with America using God to help them make money. The criminal thinks he's helping God by doing what he thinks God would want.
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