Se7en

The film Se7en starts with an exteme close up of a opened book on a table, the camera is facing it from the side so it can take a couple of seconds to take in exactly what the picture is, which gives the viewer a slight sense of confusion right from the start.
Almost straight away, the titles start coming up on the screen in a small white font that looks nearly handwritten. The letters ysed are tall and thin and with the music used in the background, its obvious from the start that the film is going to be a thriller/horror.
The music used is very eery and creepy, which builds tension right from the beginning. As the credits go on, close ups of hands are shown working with metal objects, the music in the background is very scratchy at this point, like the sound of drills, which creates the impression that someone is making something.
The lighting used throughout the whole opening credits scene is very dark, only black and white colouring is used, with red occaisonally used for some shots.
More close ups are shown at the beginning, the music also goes with this as its still scratchy and almost sounds like writing.
A close up is then on the screen showing what is actually being wrote on the page and a black pen is shown crossing certain words out.
As the credits get closer to the end, the pictures on the screen speed up, at the same pace of the music which causes further tension for the viewer.
Images showing torture are also placed on the screen, quickly changing from one to the other in very flickery and flashing transitions.
Although its quite obvious from the opening credits that this film is a thriller, its still quite unclear what the film is actually about as the quick shots, flickery images and music creates enigma for the viewer. These factors all used together confuse the audience as it's not totally sure what is going to happen in the film and therefore, they won't know what to expect.

In contrast, Emma looked at Wild Child which can be seen here.