Research- Inception

Inception(Nolan, 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICig7aW9Tmg

Camera

The Extreme Zoom

The Camera zooms in to the opening titles, the font that is used looks like a maze the use of the zoom into the text helps to reinforce the theme that the audience are being taken into the maze of the film, this helps to reinforce the fact that Thriller genre films have a complex narrative which is part of the conventions of the genre. After the camera has zoomed in the camera then reverse zooms out of a new title, this helps to reinforce the themes of the maze and being trapped in a certain area.


Sound


The soundtrack throughout the opening sequence contains a drum beat and guitar, this type of music gets louder towards the end of the sequence this adds more tension to the sequence as it puts the audience on edge with anticipation the correct term for this is narrative enigma.


Editing


All of the editing used are straight cuts, this is because most of the clips are shown through the reverse zoom of the title sequence, the fact that no complex editing techniques are used it adds a lot more tension as the whole sequence is simple but the clips and titles used help to connect to the theme of being trapped in the 'maze' making the audience feel on edge with anticipation.

The low key lighting of the clips

Mise-en Scene 

In the opening sequence all of the clips used contain very low key lighting, this makes all of the clips look darker and more menacing, the fact that they are also all in black and white help to create tension for the audience as the audience are on the edge of their chairs wondering what will happen next (narrative enigma).

Opening Titles

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Title to the film

Legendary Pictures
Syncopy
A Christopher Nolan Film
Leonardo Dicaprio
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ellen Page
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Marion Cotillard
Production design Guy Hendrix Dyas
Casting John Papsidera
Cinematography Wally Pfistek
Original musice Hanz Zimmer
Directed Christopher Nolan
INCEPTION

The titles always begin as an extreme close up on the screen, its then cuts to different parts of the title, they finally zoom out to show all of the title. The font  of the title sequences are all done in the same font, it is shown to almost look like a maze which helps the give the idea of being lost or the unknowing which links to the characteristics of the Thriller genre. The font is a large size, this is so that all of the audience can see it. The titles are always placed towards the bottom of the screen, this is so that small clips and action can still be shown above the title sequence.