Se7en - My Personal Analysis

I finally got round to watching the thriller film Se7en last night which was directed by David Fincher in 1995 (yeah, the film's as old as me!), and I thought it was brilliant: both in concept and style. It had the typical idea of a thriller underneath but the use of the seven sins that's incorporated into the story is really interesting and gives the film a fresh spin on turns of events such as homocide which is depicted too, in nearly every thriller film.

Each shot gave a slight meaning to how the panning out of the film occured and after studying the trailer near enough ten times, I was entirely sure what to expect or make of the film. I noticed subtle subliminal actions that the characters carried out which due to the angle of the camera was suggested to the audience - such as when Morgan Freeman's character puts the five books down (each one circles around or includes the idea of the five sins left of the seven to be used in the murders), the camera is at mid shot, but I saw how he stretched out his fingers and thumb, signalling as he held the last book- before putting it down -the number of sins left. Now whether the character does this on purpose or whether it is completely subliminal and no-one thought anything of it, I'm not sure. But I picked up on it as I watched it, all because of the shot chosen to capture the movement.

I was quite fascinated by Se7en. I really like the film; it's intense, exciting, mysterious, funny at times and just a tad scary for me at parts too. It's got what an essential thriller film needs and I think it was well made, edited and all put together, the opening titles giving just enough suspense and information to entice the audience to watch the rest of the film.