Greg's Titling analysis: Se7en

The title sequence of Se7en aims to set the dark and disturbing tone of the film. It achieves this in a few ways

 The text in the sequence jumps around the screen and also looks like it was handwritten. Sometimes the text gets inverted. This gives us a sense that the film is based around an unstable mind. It also fits with what is happening in the sequence, which shows him making a scrapbook of the crimes he's committed

 We also get some disturbing imagery. For example, there is a shot of this strange character using a razor so cut off this skin of his fingers. there is also a shot of someones hands, which have been broken and mutilated

 There is also this shot, which adds to the disturbing theme. It shows a man washing a cloth or something similar. Some colour is coming off the cloth, and we assume it is blood.

 The title is the same as the rest of the text, but in all caps. It also jumps around more than the rest of the text.

 The shot then fades into a shot of the character taking a book or something out of a box. This maybe him starting the scrapbook