Analysis of the film Seven - Mise - en -scene.

Throughout the film Seven, I focused on the micro element of the Mise-en-scene.

At the beginning of the clip it starts off with a shot off Morgan Freeman in his house. This opening clip is a clear view of his clean, tidy and decorated house, showing him dressing up. His clothing is off a stereotypical detective costume smartly dressed with a trench coat and hat; this is showing us his career immediately and that the film will be based around solving murder mysteries and other crimes.

We meet the other detective within the scene, Brad Pitt, who is a contrast to Morgan Freeman, as he is young, a lot more relaxed, and has a cheeky attitude, whilst Morgan is a lot more serious about the situation.

Brad Pitt has an individual detective costume this is a leather jacket and more casual clothes.

Seven uses mise-en-scene to suggest different characteristics for the two different characters. Through the mise-en-scene you can tell that the two policemen are binary opposites. As Brad Pitt is the trendy cop with the unique costume and attitude and chewing gum. Pairing these two characters together creates conflict between the two characters adding an element of drama to the film. One could be referred to a protagonist and the other as an antagonist. These contrasting characters at the beginning create an enigma, to interest the audiences to see the further complications.

The setting starts off with Morgan Freeman’s house, which comes across as a very neat tidy organised house; this is a complete contrast to the typical thriller which starts off with dark gloomy settings. Then we see a complete different setting of the house where the crime is located. The house the crime took place is in immediately all Smokey, undecorated and has a dull, gloomy aspect towards it. This suggests that something terrible happened there.

The detectives then leave the house and walk into the typical urban city. This gives the audience an idea of the location. That it is based around the poorer areas of a city in America, with heavy rain pouring down in a very low class, untidy city.