Se7en

Se7en is a 1995 crime film about two detectives who investigate a serial killer who kills people that he feels represents one of the seven deadly sins. The title designer is Kyle Cooper who also worked on American Horror Story and The Walking Dead.


The title sequence throughout feels very dark and disturbing. A lot of disturbing imagery used including someone peeling of there skin with a blade and someone crossing the face of a young boy off with a marker. Dark colours are used through with a dark song that isn't pleasant to listen to. the text used is very scruffy and handwritten. The text is placed on a black background and flashes onto the screen and shakes while on the screen.


The sequence itself has been seen to have similarities to Stephen Frankfurt's title design of To Kill a Mockingbird, which similarly to Se7en features a lot of close up photography of items that relate to an important character in the film.


Being that I haven't seen the film I feel the title sequence relates to this serial killer. The scraping of the skin shows the mental state that this serial killer is in and the crossing out of children faces could either be the people that he has killed or him as a child. It could show him saying that the boy is dead and that he's a new person now.


I like the intro and can see the similarities to it in more recent projects such as American Horror Story. The intro is very unique and off putting which reflects the way in which the killer would most likely make you feel if you were in that situation. I also like the art style and flashing imagery and fast paced cuts which makes it not drag, unlike how I feel about a lot of title sequences.


Se7en Title Sequence: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/
American Horror Story Title Sequence: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/american-horror-story/
To Kill A Mockingbird Title Sequence: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/to-kill-a-mockingbird/