Se7en: Thoughts

This is one of the clips that we analysed during a lesson.
There were two particular parts that I thought added a sense of atmosphere to the clip.
One of these was the transition effects and the effect used whenever text was placed across an image. this is superimposition. The text appears in literally a flash, glowing and out of focus. It then snaps into focus so to read it. It happens within 2 seconds and imitates the pulse of a beating heart. This timing and speed enhances the tension of the text building the suspense.
There was another effect used with the text transitions which is something that often is seen on war documentries: that is secondary images behind the main image and lines, blanks and dots scrawled across parts of the tape. A grainy effect. These would usually be caused by damage to the tape.
This affect creates a much darker and mysterious amosphere and to me, creates questions like; what was recorded on this tape before? Where was it filmed? Why is it damaged?
Combined these two effects highten the audiences sense of tension, suspense, fear and intrigue.