Friday 30 October 2015

Location and Setting: Se7en


Scene 1 - US Urban City






  • 90s
  • Polluted - buildings look dim
  • Rainy - dirty, musty, dark
  • Diegetic sounds - honking, siren (crime is the reason Mills sought to be assigned)
  • The real world - not hiding anything, verisimilitude
  • Bars on all windows - isolation and apathy
  • Aggression - Mills gets bumped into but no one flinches or apologises



Scene 2 - Somerset's Flat




  • Classy - antique furniture
  • Neat
  • Lives alone - no family
  • Knife - protection? Violence? Dangerous place, connotation of crime
  • Diegetic sounds - voices, siren, traffic, amplifies noises of actions


Car honking and sirens outside contradicts the stillness inside his apartment. Sounds are all diegetic to convey verisimilitude. Somerset lives alone, unmarried, with a place coldly lit and undecorated.

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