Thriller Film Analysis: Inception
The opening music is loud and sounds like a trumpet it being played. The title 'Legandary Pictures' appears on a black/grey, cloudy background. It slowly gets louder and then fades out which creates tension.
The first image we see on the screen is the serenity of crashing waves (slightly slow motion) which is seen as a pleasant, soothing sight however after a few seconds a washed up body is revealed which is more unpleasant. Which contradicts the mood. Immediately we are unsure of what's going on as the character opens its eyes to see a scene of a child laughing and shouting. We, at this point, are unsure of whether it is real like or a hallucination. The shots cross back and fourth from the character laying on the beach and the children playing which suggests that they are linked in some way in the story. The close up here of the main character allows the audience to get a bit more of the story as we can make out some cuts and bruises, which automatically makes the audience question what has happened.
The first image we see on the screen is the serenity of crashing waves (slightly slow motion) which is seen as a pleasant, soothing sight however after a few seconds a washed up body is revealed which is more unpleasant. Which contradicts the mood. Immediately we are unsure of what's going on as the character opens its eyes to see a scene of a child laughing and shouting. We, at this point, are unsure of whether it is real like or a hallucination. The shots cross back and fourth from the character laying on the beach and the children playing which suggests that they are linked in some way in the story. The close up here of the main character allows the audience to get a bit more of the story as we can make out some cuts and bruises, which automatically makes the audience question what has happened.
The noise of the waves and the children's voices are drowning out the character thoughts as they are loud and exaggerated. We can see the character is confused as shown by his facial expression.
The shots switches very rapidly. There has been no establishing shot to set the scene therefor the audience is unaware of what's happening. However soon after a giveaway is shown of a beach, with cliffs and a house. We are unaware of whether the character lives in the house on the beach at this point.
A shot is shown of the character lying face down and a second character is introduced as he pulls up the back of the first character top to which a gun is revealed, this tells the audience that the genre of the film is a thriller.
In the second setting a prop placed on the table. To an audience this is a unimportant prop however further on in the film it is shown to be very important therefor establishing it in the opening sequence allows the audience to recognise it further on in the film.After the first minute the music becomes very deep and quite in the background of the dialogue which reflects the characters to be antagonists. Prior to that their is light music in the background as there is hardly any dialogue in the first minute.
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