2. CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF A THRILLER
Thriller is a genre of a film. all films have genres. Each film you watch you will be
able to tell wether its a horror, comdery or action adenventure. for example if its a
horro were exoecting to see alot of blood and scary things. a big key scary things is a
young female child in a film. what makes a thrilker is a series of suspence leading to
one thing. som epeople may get confused with a horro and a thriller. a trhiller is
something you dont wont to see but its so intersting you wont more. everytime it
leads you with wonting more.

3. In this scène there is a full shot of what the film is called. The white
on top of black shows the purity of the word. However it can also
be seen as an oxymoron. Doesn’t tell us a lot from this screen shot
however gets us thinking about how the film will be like.

4. In this shot we cant see the actors face, he is facing the other way,
hiding his identity. This creates a mysterious feeling. Moreover in
this wide angled shot we see before the character, water coming
through the windows in front at a speed however the character
stands his ground casually.
A light is missing and another is not working
where as all the others are, this foreshadows
un certain events.

5. James looks up casually as city
folds as if this is normal
In this long narrowed shot, we see the city literally
getting folded in half. This indicates that this is the
fantasy/dream world as everything seems to still
carry on a normal; from this the audience think this
is a place where anything can happen

6. The character is floating in the air as he
is reaching out for something, this is
unreal as we can not normally float in
the air.
The camera is at a high angle wide
shot of both characters on the side of
the wall on top of a bed post.

7. Mid shot. Alan looks tired
however is aware that someone is
coming in the room and is alert!
Blurred out sofa and lamp shade to make Alan
the man focus in this scene, there is also
medication in the fore ground which suggests
Alan suffers from sleep deprivation or some
illness.

8. All characters are asleep in this shot as they are in
their “dream” phase.
Listening to music
as it plays an
important part in
the whole dream
sequence.
The water coming throw the
window in this mid shot is from
when the back of the van (they
are currently in) collides with the
water. The reason for the van
falling in the water is intentional
as it acts as a shock to the body The sack of the middle characters head is so
and all the characters should he can not identify any of the other
awake at this time. characters as he has been kidnapped and put
into the dream.

9. Much is made of this totem in inception. This full shot of the
totem comes up more than once in the movie at unexpected
moments which raises question to the audience … what is the
use of the totem?
Cobbs totem is a top, a top which spins endlessly whilst he sleeps to represent
he is dreaming. The problem is however, the top is not originally Cobbs, it used
to be his wife (Malls). Malls used this top as a symbol of life. She dies in the
movie as he experimented Inception on her and it went horribly wrong, casuing
her to kill herself as she thought she was living a dream. In the movie, Cobb
remembers her suicide