Camera Movement: Throughout the whole opening sequence the camera does a lot of panning and tracking, it follows Katie around the house. This suggests that she is the main character within the scene and it shows the audience her importance, with the camera following her, it also shows that she is alone in the house, which suggests vulnerability. There is also a low level shot that shows Katie running up the stairs and then the camera cuts to a close up of her feet. There is another low angle shot of her walking along the passage, whilst the camera is focusing on the water spilled along the wooden floor. This builds up suspense as she opens the bedroom door and comes face to face with the television, which then leads to her face becoming all demented , followed by her brutal death.

Camera Angles: There are a lot of close ups and extreme close ups used on Katie's face, as she realises something strange is happening within the house, this shows the audience her reactions and facial expressions which suggest that she is extremely scared. Zooming is also used to help the audience focus on what Katie is looking at, e.g. the television and the fridge. This also builds up tension and mystery to the scene. Low angle shots are used to look up at Katie, which creates suspense by only focusing on Katie's feet, e.g. when she is running up the stairs. There are high angled shots used to look down on Katie as she walks up the stairs, this suggests that the camera is the protagonist, as she looks directly up to the camera, with the extreme fear in her eyes. This also adds tension to the scene as the high angled camera suggests the protagonist is looking down on the victim and watching every move she makes, which also represents vulnerability.

Titles: There were no titles/credits used within the opening of the film, which suggests the director wanted to the audience to interested in the film straight away, instead of waiting for all the credits to end.

Sound: Within the opening scene there is mostly non Diegetic sounds used such as, the rain in the background, the rain continues throughout the entire opening, which creates the effect of horror/dark/wet night. The television turns on automatically, but crackles in the background, this continues in the background behind the dialogue. Katie shouts 'Becca quit being a bitch, wheres the remote' this shows the tension within her voice, which suggests that she is completely freaked out. There is also a gush of wind that flows through the house, as Katie turns the television off, this adds suspense to the scene, and also suggests that there is something supernatural within the house. This reflects on the typical thriller movie, as there is an empty house, weird noises happening, and strange actions being made. Footsteps are heard whilst Katie is running up the stairs, with the heaviness of her feet on the floor, suggests that she is a hurry to check on Becca. With the running water coming from Becca's bedroom it suggest that something is going to happen, which makes the audience jump, this also raises some questions, such as, Why is there water coming from the room? and Is Becca ok?. Finally a high pitched squeal fills the room and then turns back to the television crackling in the background, which suggests that this is going to happen all over again.

Mise En Scene: All of the lighting within the house is very dark and sinister as it is set in a massive house, late at night. There is a lot of red and black used which connotates danger, blood and evil, as the house it fairly big and situated in a large suburban area it gives the genre of the film away immediately. Throughout the entire house, all of the objects are normal and expensive, which suggests that it is a wealthy family living there and it is a mystery that something would go wrong.

Editing: The editing in this opening is fairly slow and doesn't seem to pick up until the end, where there is a jump cut of Katie running up the stairs and then jumps to her feet. There is mainly straight cuts used within the opening, which suggests the movie is fairly easy to understand and not to complex to follow.

Sound: The opening credit music is a spiced sample of an uncredited remix of the 'Nine Inch Nails' song 'Closer', this piece of music adds even more tension to the scene and helps the audience to establish the genre more. The music is non Diegetic, but includes sounds from a fire, a record scratching and heartbeats. The sound from the fire connotates danger which contributes to the thriller genre. The scratching of the record creates a piercing effect and portrays an awkward atmosphere, making it uncomfortable for the audience to watch. The effect of the heartbeat pounding in the background creates a horror feeling to the film and the heartbeat is beating rapidly which shows the nerves and promotes tension

Mise En Scene: The Mise en scene is the main key to setting the mood and atmosphere in this opening and for the rest of the film. In the opening scene there are only a few colours used such as black, white and red. The red is a light shade and this connotates to blood which also symbolises danger and violence. Red is limited in the opening scene, but is being used in a darkroom, for photo development, which suggests that the person in the image is either dead or has been involved in a violent attack. This adds tension and mystery to the clip because the audience start using the enigma code, such as What happened to him? How did he die? Why was he targeted?. All of these questions are what the audience may be thinking when watching the opening scene of Se7en. There are parts in the opening where it flashes red, which adds to the existence of death, a drop of blood is also used in the scene. The blood falls from above the camera which suggests that the protagonist has cut themselves, the blood falls directly onto the picture of the dead male. This suggest that death is the main role in the film. There is a lot of black and white used within the opening sequence, which adds mystery and tension, it also symbolises darkness and evil. White is also used a fair amount, which suggests there are innocent victims within the film as well as protagonists. With the black and white film and a hint of colour, this encourages the audience to watch the rest of the thriller .

Titles: The titles are placed on a black background, which makes they stand out from the rest of the image, this helps the audience to pick out the names of the actors involved within the film. When the credits appear they are wrote in a note or ransom font, which contributes to danger and violence. The titles are spaced out around the screen which suggest that it is a cluttered atmosphere and the investigation has been going on for some time, resulting in a lot of paper work. When the credits appear they are situated on the screen for a couple of seconds and then they start to fade out, which contributes to the slow death of the male victim.

Editing: There are a lot of straight cuts, fades, fade to white and fade to black, all of these transitions add to the tension and mystery of the film. There are a lot of flashes used in the opening scene which helps establish the genre more. In Se7en we get a montage of clips showing ominous activities of writing, cutting pictures and news documents. However some of the clips have been repeated in the opening and some clips are overlapping so we get to see do different activities at once.

Camera: There is a kaleidoscope of images being portrayed by an anonymous person doing mysterious activities in the opening sequence, all of these images are to do with police work or they're involved in a forensic investigation. With the shadow of the hand reflecting on the book it gives the impression that the film is going to be based on a bloody, investigation. This is shown through a series of close ups of this anonymous person cutting up negative images, writing in a notebook and even cutting their finger with a sharp razor blade. Also we never see the persons facial or body features, we only see their hands and fingers, the person cuts their finger with a razor blade and then in the rest of the clip we see bandages on their fingers. The camera never moves throughout the opening it only focuses on what the person is doing, this suggests that they don't want to be seen on camera, but want the audience to know what they are up to.