Planning and Research

Opening Sequence Analysis the difference between Panic Room and Se7en

• Camera Shot/Angle/Movement
• The difference between the opening of Panic Room and Se7en is that in Se7en you get a lot of short camera shots that show different objects that look like would kill people which makes the character look evil/ a killer. Although in Panic Room has lots of long establishing shots which tells them audience more about were the film is going to be set. Both Panic Room and Se7en are directed by the same person which is David Fincher.   

• Sound
• The sound in the opening of Panic Room is all non diegetic until you get to the and when you have some dialogue with the two women talking who are walking through the streets. Although in Se7en their is a lot of diegetic sound. You hear what sounds like a saw/ knife being sharpened, also what sound like a women screaming. This adds a lot of tension to the opening scene.   

• Editing
• The editing in the opening of Panic Room shows a lot of long cuts which shows the audience a lot of information amount the film. Compared to Se7en where there are a lot of short cuts which makes the scene more intense and gives it a more scary effect about the film. 

• Mise en Scene
• The lighting in the opening of se7en is all artificial lighting/ yellow light which gives the effect that it has been filmed inside. The props used are all very evil like a someone is getting ready to kill. The setting seems to be in like a basement. The lighting in the opening of Panic Room is all natural light/ white light. This is due to it has been filmed outside and tells that audience more about the film. The setting is set in New York. 

• Characters
• The character in the opening of se7en we only ever see their hand. Which look to be male. In the opening of Panic Room we hear and see the two women talking which gives us the impression that these two people are going to the main characters. 

• Locations
• The location in the opening of Se7en seems to be in a basement. Which is dark, damp and seems like an unhappy place to be in which makes us feel sorry for the person who has be be in  the scene. The opening of Panic Room is set in New York which is a busy city and makes us feel that the film is going to be set in and around the city of New York. 

• Narrative/Plot
• Because the opening of Se7en focuses on the activities of the antagonist the audience can assume that the narrative and plot based around time and the consequences of his actions. This differs from Panic Room in the way that the tall building of the city dominate that opening without giving us any sort of really sense of the main character.