Monday 10 January 2011

Conventions of Seven

Seven includes many of the stereotypical conventions of thriller movies. The opening sequence is made up of a montage of clips in which relate to crime and possibly police work, the clips are extremely short and flash up quickly. The colours are very dull and dark, this shows the film to be tense and makes it suspicious. The location is set in the city and we are introduced to the villain, this is a convention as the scene is set. Despite this, because it is a thriller not much information is given away.
 Also, there is a certain prop used, in this case it is a ticking metronome, when this is shown all other sound is turned off, it zooms into the metronome and then goes to a cut, this builds up tension and confusion, the audience feels like something is going to make them jump.
 Another convention of Seven are the actors included, Morgan Freemon and Brad Pitt are binary opposites and they are all big name actors, this draws attention to the film and persuades people to watch it.

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