Seven

Noir elements of opening:

Setting:

• Dark, cold setting made through dark lighting.
• The constant fact that it was raining created a certain grey and dark mood.
• The setting of the dark and abandonded buildings which are in dark cold nasty places helps create the setting in the film.

Characters:

• they are cold and bold.
• there vestiment is always the same, dark colours.
• the work in which the charcaters specialize is in violence and crime. this helps convey this dark mood.

Sound:

• Diagetic sounds - sirens wailing in the distance.

Summary of Notes:
        After seeing the beggining part of the movie, we can see the diffferent factors from the Noir movies and especially from seven. One of the main and most important factors that I took into hand was the blueish and cold lighting that the movie genre has. There are many contrasts in seven, one important and big one that is very obvious is the contrast between the new detective (brad pitt) and the old detective (morgan freeman.) we can see that brad pitt the new detective believes that the world can be saved and that crime can be stopped. he is always around and in bright lighting when he is alone. When the other detective there is always a dark and cold setting. One particular example is from the beggining of the movie. The office of the old detective before the new one moves in is cold and dark, but once the new detective occupies his office there is a sence of bright light. We can also see the effect of contrast between the two from the editing sequence that the editor uses. The editor switches between both characters which allowed the viewer to view and take in the contrast.
Also, the noir films concentrate and occur in dark and cold themes. These movies are set in a world with no MORALITY and with no hope. It is a world  full of crime of violence resulting in an dead end street for the detectives.
Another Noir theme that is very typical in the Noir movies is showing the presence of a maze, something that can trap you and lead to dead ends. Things that can lead you to having no hope, no morality and live in a world full of crime and death. One clear example of a maze is from when the old detective goes to the library to investigate on the seven killings that he believes will occur. The director shoes how there is a precense of a maze from when the detective is looking for the books that he wants. The long lines of never ending books and the same basic shelves that are repeated and repeated. The representation of a world of repetition of repeating crime and death.
Another theme that appears is the shot of a headline or a news report which lets the viewer know what has happened or is going to happen. It lets us advance through time faster and easier. There are clear examples of this when the murder of the attorney occured (2nd killing.)
Another theme that we could see is the gluttany of the victims house, all the colors of the victims house were cold and dark. Showing no sign of life. Non-Diagetic sounds, loud high pitched noises and sounds of doom and evil are key examples of the noir film mood represented in the film.