Inception

Titles

This opening sequence is a bit different because the titles of the roles are not shownat the beginning. as an alternative, the title INCEPTION is shown at the end of the title sequence. All the other essential conventions of a thriller opening sequence are presented .As shown in the screens that I got from the film, many close ups are used. this is done to keep the veiwers guessing and making them want to see more of the film.

Setting / location

The setting and the location is revealed with the use of a master shot. It is 6th shot in the opening title sequence. The screens shown beforehand are close ups of the main character. this limits the veiwers vision of what they want to see and makes us as viewers ask questions like who is this? and what role will he play in the film?

We can tell its a thriller by the opening sequence alone just because of when Leonardo Di Caprio was laying down on the beach it sunddenly changed to a dark eerie enviroment.


Editing work

As I mentioned, many of the shots in the opening title sequence are close ups. this is to obscure the veiwers guessing and leaving mystery aswell. The main character is dragged into a building and thrown infront of a chinese man.Neither of them speaks for several seconds, making the atomsphere seem tense and suspense builds.

Conventions of a opening title sequence

-The title of film

-Infomation of genre

-The details of the casting crew

-Introduction of the characters

-Little clues of to how the film is going to pan out

-Sound is used to create a certain mood and tone which usually tells us as the audience the type of film we are going to watch.

-mis en scence e.g. framing of the and cinematography e.g. close ups etc... is used to tease the audience and leave us guessing.