Inception clip analysis

Institution linked (titles):  

Legendary pictures, Syncopy.

Target audience: 

25-40 year old males.

Genre: Sci-fi/Action

Main Characters:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page.

First two minutes of the film opening:

The film opens with non-diegetic  tense music in the background the make us feel as if we know something bad may happen at any point. The camera the cuts to a establishing shot of the sea in a exotic location with diegetic sound of the waves crashing on each other. The camera then cuts to a close up of a man laying on the floor we can clearly see his facial expression. There is diegetic sound of small children laughing and shot reverse shot is used as we see the children playing with a bucket and spade its slightly blurred as if its what the man on the floor is looking at we had to associate with him. Then the camera kept cutting back to his facial expression. Then the camera cuts to a mid shot of a man poking the guy on the floor with a gun. Then a camera cuts to a establishing shot of a large castle type building. Then we hear diegetic dialogue between two characters in a different language as sub-titles are shown. Finally the camera cuts to a mid shot of the back of a man the camera slowly starts zooming in the lighting is very dark associating this man as a antagonist. The final shot used match on action as a man puts down a gun the the side. 

Created by Sophie Duncombe.