ARTH 334 UMGC Understanding the Film Se7en by David Fincher Essay

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FINAL PROJECT: Your assignment is to write a 5-7 page research paper on one of the following: (a) an important film director, (b) a specific film, or (c) the development of a particular element of film making. The description of each of these options is below.

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(a) You should select a director who was active (directed more than 3 movies) during the time period of 1950 - 2000. In your term paper, give me the basic details of the director's life and career. Identify some of the director's most important films. What honors and awards did the director receive? Provide a sampling of critical opinion about the director's work (i.e. film reviews or articles). View at least two films by your director and comment on them (one of them can be a film you would have watch previously for the class). Do not summarize any plots. Write about how this director used the following in these films: Editing (montage), Sound and Music, Cinematography, Special Camera Work (steady cam, hand held, optical effects), Special Effects (this can include stunt work).

(b) Select one film of feature length made during the time period of 1970 – 2000. You are not to use a film already used by you, the instructor or the course content. In your term paper, you should present information about the making of the movie, about its success at the box office, about awards it was nominated for and/or received. Also present a sampling of the critical reaction to the film, from both the time of its release and later. Finally, you should watch the film and react to it. Do not summarize the plot. Assume that I've already seen the film. In addition, write about how this director used the following in these films: Editing (montage), Sound and Music, Cinematography, Special Camera Work (steady cam, hand held, optical effects), Special Effects (this can include stunt work).

(c) This option is more of a research option that the other two. You are to take a topic or item with in an element of film making and write a short research paper on its development. For example, if you want to write about camera development, take a more focused part of that broader topic such as the steady cam and use that as your subject. You do not need to get too technical in your paper. Some broader topics include: Camera Development, Projection and Viewing in Theaters, Film, Special Effects, Director Training, Actor Training, and Editing.

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SE7EN Film

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SE7EN Film
Introduction
The film Se7en is a psychological thriller directed by David Fincher, who was
directing his second movie after the popularity of Alien 3. Morgan Freeman plays a
soon-to-retire detective William Somerset, and Brad Pitt plays a young detective David
Mills in the film. In addition to Freeman and Somerset, Gwyneth Paltrow plays David's
wife Tracy Mills, and Kevin Spacey plays serial killer John Doe, the major adversary.
Howard Shore composed the music for the film. New Line Cinema produced the film,
which was released on September 22, 1995. The movie grossed $325 million at the box
office, outperforming its $33 million budget and becoming one of the year's biggest
grossing films. At the 68th Academy Awards, the movie was nominated for Best Film
Editing.
Making of the Film
David Fincher's 1995 thriller Se7en successfully develops the image of a realworld monster and gets the spectator to believe that sin and evil live universally in all
human beings by generating an unsettling mood suitable from the film's opening scene.
The "moral disintegration" that characterizes the film's topic significantly impacts all of
the key characters' motivations, beliefs, and conduct (Macek, 1999). By employing the
seven deadly sins (greed, gluttony, sloth, jealousy, wrath, pride, and lust) to portray the
malice of the movie's community and the people who reside within it, Fincher can
convey to the audience that the true monster dwells not only within the killer, as well as
within all of humanity, as seen from multiple perspectives throughout the film.

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Cinematography & Special Effects
Se7en is set in an unnamed city and tells the narrative of two homicide
investigators on the hunt for a cruel serial killer who, as previously said, chose his
victims as per the seven deadly sins. Detectives Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and Mills
(Brad Pitt) work together to track down the killer, watching the aftermath of his heinous
crimes one by one as the survivors pile up in quick succession, all the while drawing
closer to a terrible destiny neither of them could have forecasted from the beginning
(Ibrahim et al., 2018). The usage of mise-en-scene is a critical aspect that connects all
of the film's central themes. From the opening titles through the closing scene, the
backdrop, design, lighting, costumes, and performance contribute to the unsettling
atmosphere. Fincher generates thick shadows t...


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