Film intro analysis #3

The opening sequence to 'Se7en' is very creative and one of the first of its kind. It rolls credits over what we see is the main character, in a very illusive font which jumps slightly, and at points even flashes from normal to reverse. The colours and lighting in this extract are very dark and dim, this sets the mood for the film. The sound effects are very screechy and eery, and are almost piercing to the ears. The sound and picture, when put together, give off a very creepy and disturbing effect and give the audience an insight of what the film will contain. From the opening credits we can clearly see that the film is at least rated 15, due to the explicit imagery of bodies and blood.
The pace of the extract is very slow, and gives a very cringey effect when we watch, especially when we see what seems to be the main character using a razor to slice off dead skin from his fingertips. The use of that shot shows the audience an awful lot. His fingers are very damaged and show dead skin, which tells the audience that his life intakes very repetitive and grueling tasks, day in, day out.
I personally thought the intro was very effective, and it gave me a shivering effect at one point because of the slow pace and eery sounds. I personally would watch the rest of the movie due to the fact i like horror films, and because of the intro, it shows that it will contain horror scenes.