Comparing Se7en and Panic Room

Both Panic Room and Seven had the genre of the film as thriller but the way they portray this is different. The opening to Panic room uses different shots for example establishing shots, long shots and wide shots of building whereas in Seven uses a lot of close up shots of many object like books and smaller objects.

 The wide shot used in panic room gives the audience a feel for where the location is. Whereas in Seven the close up shots don’t give any clues to where the film is set. The setting in Seven seems claustrophobic and closed whereas in in Panic room it seems open and spaced out. The lighting used is dark and gloomy in Seven and also artificial light would be used for this whereas in Panic room natural light is used because it’s really bright. This is another difference between the two opening scenes. The editing in Seven is really fast paced and there are many jump cuts whereas in panic room there are lots of shots and simple cuts used. The location for Panic room is known as you can see its taking place somewhere in New York whereas in seven you cannot see any location the place seems as though it is a room we are unaware where it is. The characters in panic room are revealed at the end which are tow woman, in the opening scene for seven we only see some hands of someone who seems as though they are a manual laborer, we do not see and actual person.

The graphics used in bot opening scenes are again different panic room looks nice and not as though it would be a thriller, whereas in panic room the colours of red and black used for the fonts which flash seem appropriate for the genre it looks eerie and creepy. Another difference between the two opening scenes is that they both have different ways of showing the genre of a thriller. Panic room doesn’t seem as though it would be a thriller whereas in Seven the colours used makes it seem scary and eerie and has the conventions of a thriller.