Overhead View of Shots
After watching the first 5 scenes from the movie "Se7en" I determined that the director tried to keep the shots fairly simple in the movie and didn't seem to break any rules in this particular part. I assume he did this because as the story is concluding and the audience is in charge of figuring out the main story. Making complex camera angles and movements might throw the audience off at this point completely defeating the purpose of the active ending that the movie is trying to portray. The first 5 scenes mainly consist of a few OTS shots but at different distances away from the character. The first OTS is a medium shot while the same character has a medium close up a couple shots later. I feel they did this to emphasize when he is looking into the box and the upcoming horror he will experience from it. The other character has an interesting 2 shot OTS that includes the antagonist in the background blurred out. The angle on him is also low suggesting a power of the protagonist over the antagonist. This is very interesting because that soon changes immediately after the other character discovers what is in the box. The rule 30 rule in terms of size really fit when the opening of the box happened. The character changed two shots and it went smoothly. The rule of thirds was also used to help keep your focus on the emotion of the characters as well as the mysterious box without even showing what was in it. The director did not break the 180 degree rule in this sequence as the characters did not move much and so he could preserve the notion of the story intended.
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