Se7en

Half way through our Media lesson last Friday we were ordered to switch off our phones, take a seat and "prepare to be silent for the next hour & a half of our lives".. along with sighs of relief came the surprise that we were actually about to watch the film Se7en together!

The film was astoundingly intelligent; from the opening to ending credits the storyline kept everyone's minds churning, aswell as Mollie's body flipping out in ways never seen before..
It's clear to see this film set the standards for future phycological thrillers, such as the Saw series and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - standards which I don't really believe have been surpassed (yet!). The shots, camera angles and audio used in Se7en were brilliant in helping to create a dark atmosphere and just added to the amazing attributes of the entire film.




Although it could seem the shots were purely used to add effect, some of them were clearly put in place to add depth to the film and in one defining case, highlight the contrast between three characters in the penultimate scene..







The shots that only two out of the three characters in the final scene are focused on through the bars within the car is a hugely symbolic piece of footage - which only made the film more intellectually built!