Se7en

This is a film trailer for the film Se7en.

Today I watched the film seven and thought it was absolutely amazing. It was such a clever idea and I really was interested the whole way through. This has made me think about my film and how I want it to be a simple idea which isn't made too obvious too soon.

The Stepfather (1987)

This is the original opening for the film 'The Stepfather'. At the start we are curious to see what the man is doing as the non-diegetic music is constantly building suspense. The detail of what as happened isn't revealed, however it's safe to assume that he has murdered his wife and stepchildren. We can assume this because the character isn't fazed by the dead bodies around him as well as the fact he was washing blood off of his hands. Something which I find to be rather creepy is how much the mans identity changed within a small period of time. He comes across as psychopathic as whatever has happened was obviously planned, and not accidental in the slightest.

Examples of twenty-five word pitches.

BIG: When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body.

TITANIC: Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship.

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR: Grossly overweight Prof. Sherman Klump, desperate to lose weight, takes a special chemical that turns him into slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.

MEET THE PARENTS: Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE: Peyton Flanders seems to be the perfect nanny, but secretly she's out to wreck the lives of the family she's supposed to be helping...

All of these pitches are twenty-five words or less. I decided to look up some examples before creating my own pitch so that I could get a better understanding of how much detail was necessary. Since looking at them I feel that I feel more confident about the task ahead.

Mute.

I think that the opening for "Mute" is extremely clever.  The music and the opening credits build suspense so that we stay interested in it. There aren't a wide range of camera angles used however the angles that were used proved to be effective. I was also impressed with the music fading out as she took her headphones out of her ear. However I didn't like the fact that we know there was so speech for a reason. It could have been better by not giving the whole film away only two minutes in.