Dominick Cobb and
his partner Arthur use a machine to enter people’s dreams and get the
information they want from them. At the start of film we see them do this to Saito.
In some cases they go into a dream within a dream, to wake there has to be a ‘sudden
kick’, or they have to die in the dream. Each person in the dreams carries a
small item that they know, this tells them if they are in a dream or not. Dominick’s
item is a spinning top
that will continuingly spin if he is in a dream and if he is in reality it
stops. Domi has memory projections of his wife who died and she ruins there
project within the dream. Saito then says to them he wants to perform
inception, where you plant an idea into someone’s dream so that they actually believe
it. Saito has a plan
to use inception on Robert Fischer the son of Maurice Fischer, Saito’s
competitor. To do this he needs Dominick’s help, if he done it Saito would clear
a murder charge against him, so Domi can return to his children. Dominick
accepts and gets a team of people to help him do it.
(need to finish plot) Inception is a
very good psychological thriller, it doesn’t scare the audience, and it makes
the audience tense throughout the film. The film has many twists throughout, such
as finding out Dominic’s wife is dead, that he used inception on Mal first,
therefore he knew it was possible. And that Saito grew an old man in the ‘Green
Space’ and that was who he met at the start of the film. Also, at the very end
of the film the viewer doesn’t see Domi’s spinning top stop, just wobble,
therefore he could still be in a dream, creating mystery even at the end. The narrative
is restricted as the audience only knows what the characters do. The enigma
code is, are they still in a dream? It is non-linear.
This task helped me to know exactly how to use garage band and how to make
the sounds sound like they are coming from the images. I found it quite
difficult to find the correct sounds to match the movements on the clip at
first but as I got used to it, I downloaded a few more sounds and I could put
smaller detailed sounds in too, just to make it more effective. Doing this task
will help me for future tasks when I need to use garage band; this is because I
will know exactly what to do.
This Se7en edit helped me to learn how to edit and make and opening title sequence. I know know how to cut and put sounds onto a clip, then cut and put effects on each slate. This will prove useful to me when I come to make the proper thing.
This film is non-linear, this is because it has dropped the audience straight into the film. Right at the beginning the audience is dropped into confusion and panic, crating suspense and tension.
Narrative is restricted.
The setting and location looks like its a flat in a city.
the enigma code is, why has they poisoned him.
The Usual Suspects
Non-linear, because the audience has know idea what is going on at this point, or who the characters are.
Narrative is restricted, we don't know much, we don't even know who he is talking to.
The typical scene is crime, because a fire has just been instigated.
The setting is on a boat
The characters are unknown, we are unable to see the man in the cloak's face, creating mystery and questions.
The enigma code is, who is the man in the cloak
Memento
This film is non-linear, drops audience at the end of the film
The setting is abandoned, unknown
The film is restricted you only know what the character does.
It has an enigma code is, who has just been been shot and why?
The thriller is a crime, psychological thriller
Enemy of the state
Is Linear, it has a beginning, doesn't confuse from the very beginning
The film memento is a story that confuses the audience from
the very beginning. The opening of the film is a backward clip of him killing a
man. Consequently the audience is already thinking why this man has just been
killed and why it was shown backwards. He then takes a picture, for proof
assumingly. The man who has killed this man wakes up in a motel room, he doesn’t
know where he is but he knows his name, Leonard Shelby. The last thing he can remember
is his wife being killed by two men, she was raped and murdered. He killed one
but the other man got away at the same time hitting his head against a wall and
Leonard having memory loss from then on in.
Leonard is determined to kill the man supposedly with the
name ‘John G’ that got away, for revenge of his wife, in doing so he creates
mementos of everything he chooses and thinks he needs, he does this by taking
pictures and getting tattoos on his body. He meets Natalie who then tricks him
into thinking she is trust worthy, but really she uses him to get rid of someone
else car, and thinking that the John G he is looking for is his friend Teddy,
this is because she knew he killed her boyfriend as he was wearing his clothes
and driving his car.
The twist in the film is that when the audience finally
thinks Leonard is getting to the bottom of it, that he has found the other man,
his friend Teddy tells him that everything is a lie, his wife survived the
attack, but Leonard cannot remember it. Also that the story of Sammy Jenkins was
in fact what he done to his own wife, he overdosed her on insulin by accident. Leonard
chooses to forget what teddy told him and writes the note ‘Don’t believe his
lies’ on the picture of teddy, and the story in affect goes on from there,
leading to how Teddy is then killed, the man killed in the opening sequence.
Memento is a thriller because of the setting used throughout
the film, there is an abandoned building. Also, Leonard is wearing a suit
throughout the film, suggesting the film is a thriller. And there is quite a
bit of dull lighting such as, when Leonard is on the phone it is in black and
white. The film also creates mystery and suspense for the audience, as they
have to constantly try and work out what is going because the film is being
played backwards. It is an investigation.
21-28 Impressive. You are thinking
around elements we have discussed in class and have clearly been
studying around the topic and applying your knowledge rather than just
remembering. I'm expecting a good Thriller from you.
Now comment on your blog: Self evaluation
How many did you get?
I scored 25 out of 28. Are you meeting the expectations of an A Level student by taking responsibility for your achievement/grades?
I believe I am meeting the expectations for an A Level student. This is because I scored quite a high score for the quiz, this shows that I have learned the key aspects of what a thriller is. I am learning the key factors of thriller movies and I know what is involved. How much do you know - how effective has your note-taking in class?
I know quite a lot now, my note taking has helped to remember key parts, for example the types of thrillers, how to position a camera in the correct direction, I know the rule of three. This helps when seetin up the camra and when filming as I know hwo where the audience focuses on the screen. What was the activity that stood out that helped you remember (watching student work, making the se7en edit, studying own film examples, or the mind map)? The activity that helped me remember the most was the mind maps, they helped t get an over summary of what a thriller is and what feelings that create. What I also found helpful was the practical learning, which involved for example, the class getting up and holding some tape, we would then move the tape to where it needed to be. This would represent rewinding the tape inside the camera.
How effective has your 3 hrs Independent Learning (H/W) been? The individual work has been effective in help me to know exactly what a thriller film is and what kinds of thrillers there are. How will you improve? I will improve by doing more revision and keeping up to date with my work, setting my self allocated time to do it in, like we have in lesson, that way I won't take to long doing one task.
