With the camera angles they all seem
to be very close up shots of maybe the razor cutting rubbing against the man’s
hand. This could suggest that as it is a detective film the killer has to be
unknown and silent. If you were to see the killer within the film no doubt
there would just be an extreme close up of maybe his mouth or his eye, this is
because they want him to be unknown until the very end of the film when usually
they get caught or killed. Both the close up and the image instantly shows that
it is some kind of detective move.
The
movie at the very start of the movie David Fincher decided to copy the ‘Film
noir’ style and go with a starting scene then bring in the credits which is now
used in pretty much day to day crime/detective programmes/films. Although
throughout the credits it is all extreme close ups which I’ve said suggests the
unknown about who ever the killer may be, it starts with the medium/long range
shot of Morgan freeman which could be shown as the good guy/detective.
When
it comes to sounds David Fincher has been quite original, what I mean by this
is when he is lying in bed trying to relax and clear his head with the metronome
you can hear the typical and known city noises which include Dog barks, sirens
from police cars or fire trucks etc, car horns and even people
arguing/shouting. When the two main characters get together right after they
see the body you can hear the extremely loud rain over the lightly sounded city
sounds and their voices. David Fincher hasn’t been creative with sound other
than the music he inputs in the opening titles. 
The editing is quite unique in the intro scene obviously you have the
cut to cut from different places implemented, you couldn’t really do anything
else other than maybe add a couple of special effects or filter like there was
in spooks then you have to edit it the sound which was very original. In the
opening sequence the use of the camera angles and the different images which
were edited in with the perfectly timed music for the transactions to appear
and disappear, was great. The music its self is quite tense especially with the
images that appear. It gives the viewer the feeling of the genre of the film,
it hooks them to continue to watch especially after the introduction. 
When
Detective Somerset and Detective Mills meet up for the first time you can
clearly see who is more experienced and who is more dominate. You can see that
Mills is wearing a shirt and tie but with a leather jacket which would possibly
be the style of his generation, but Somerset is in a full coat with a full suit
on. This could suggest a change within the different generations and how things
will progress when his generation is not around. When they finally meet outside
you can again see the difference between the clothing. You can see that David
Fincher has created the stereotypical detective with his long coat, hat and
full suit when it comes to Somerset but it’s not when it comes to Mills which
again suggests the change of generations. 
With
Detective Somerset you can see that he has some sort of suffering with OCD. You
can clearly see this when you get the close up of him in the mirror doing his
tie up to perfection. But also when he starts to pick up his personal items off
of his desk. When the movie continues he picks them up in a purposely order,
this could suggest some sort of routine but overall I think it’s some sort of
OCD. Couple seconds further he inspects his suits jacket. You can then again
tell he is the detective due to the fact that he picks up one hair off the
jacket. This means he looks for minor details like hair samples which is a
massive gift to detectives. 
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