Comparing ''Se7en'' to ''Panic Room''

Camera Shot/Angle/Movement

‘Se7en’ uses many camera shots, with lots of close ups and alot of fast cuts between shots.  Compared with ‘Panic Room’ which does not use that many different camera shots,  we see lots of long shots of the buildings of New York. 

Sound

Se7en uses lots of sounds which we can relate to what is happening in the scene, for example we here the sound of a type writer and also the sound of scratching when he is scratching a piece of paper. whereas in Panic Room we here the same piece of backing track through out which sometimes gets faster this creates more tension. 

Editing

Se7en uses a lot of quick cut shots, compared to Panic Room which does not have that much editing as it is one continuous shot. 

Mise en Scene

In Se7en there is not much range of lighting we only see a few colors, black, white and beige. In Panic Room they use natural day light. We also see a lot of where our scene is set, compared to Panic Room where we do not establish where our scene is set. 

Characters

In Se7en we see one character we can not see who this character is but we gather he will be one of our main character. At the end of Panic Room we see two characters in which we can establish straight away they will be our main characters. 

Locations

In Se7en we do not no where our scene is set, we kinda assume that it is set in a basement type place. Panic is set in a busy city, maybe New York as there are lots of tall buildings. 

Narrative/Plot

In Se7en there is no speech what so ever. whereas in Panic Room we have speech right at the very end of the opening, this gives us a taster of what the film will be like. 

Themes

From the beginning of Se7en we can see that the themes are murder and crime. we can see this from the images of death, blood, needles and razors. The opening of Panic Room does not really show us the theme, but we can guess straightaway that the theme will be crime. 

Visual Style

Se7en stands out from other films as it moves very fast, with the color red used it shows the theme of blood and death. whereas Panic Room as first starts off slow and then slowly gets faster, the visual style in this changes throughout most of the time with the music. 

Genre

Se7en is a thriller film as it contains the stereotypical thriller conventions of crime and murder.  Panic Room also is a thriller film, although it does not have a lot of blood or murder, but still creates tension by moving very fast which makes your heart beat fast.