DW: Film Openings Research

Se7en (Fincher, 1995)

The fast cutting rate, snap zooms, and overall 'sketchy' style of the sequence is appealing, and somewhat conventional of a thriller-style film and also connotes multiple lines of action.
The ECUs and CUs build suspense as they show specific details and the odd-doings of the person holding the pen.
The film noir, minimalistic theme connotes a limited amount of information is being revealed to the audience at this stage.
Entirely non-diegetic soundtrack, technological sound; quite a dense sound track towards the end that builds up throughout the clip.

The non-diegetic soundtack of 'Immigrant Song' by Led Zeppelin dominates the clip and anchors the fast cutting rate.
Jump cuts are combined with tilts shot at a CU throughout the clip to reveal different parts of the image at different times and stops the audience from focussing too much on one element.
The lack of continuity adds mystery to the clip, as there is no way of seeing how any of this sequence could have any relevance to the film.
The film noir / black and white style of this clip allows the fire to stand out midway through, and averts the audiences attention away from what is happening in the clip.
The snap induction of the text at the start of the clip fits to the music, combined with the sharp looking text suggesting a horror/thriller type film.
With each snare drum or bass drum in the music, the shot changes, presenting lots of information to the audience, fast.

The simplistic style of the clip is affective in building suspense, the typewriter effect especially connotes something official and crime related - followed by the appearing blood stains which suggest a murder or a thriller type situation.
The minimalistic non-diegetic soundtrack anchors the overall style; the random loud 'glitch' sounds make the audience jump and further connote the thriller genre.
The pan shots varying in speed and the tilts throughout, replicates how people would glance over a document, picking out the key information and not focussing on the rest.
Shot at a CU, it focusses the audiences attention on the text.
Uses the rule of thirds in positioning the important text; means the audience do not get bored of concentrating in one area of the shot.