Seven - Working towards A Textual Analysis

Characters representation: Contrast between Freeman and Mills - young and old. This is shown at the end with Mill fall.

1.  Genre:
- Thriller
- Mystery
- Horror
- Cop Drama

It can be said that Se7en is a crime genre because it's about all the murders that a serial killer does and the detectives and policemen chase him.
On the other hand, it's also a thriller film that contains horror and neo-noir elements because, for example, there is always lack of lighting, shadows and some grey and dark lights, adding to it the rain that it's always present, creates a feeling of coldness. Also in the setting, for example, that there is always laberints and other places in which the audience can feel the enclosing and presure that the character is suffering - clausytophobic (element of setting are conventional in thriller and horror). The film has always diagetic sounds and background music that creates suspense and tense.
Mystery, because the film plays a game with the audience - there are twists and turns before we find out the truth plot.
Finally, the cop drama because the stock characters old and young partners put together.