Thriller Opening 2 - Inception - Harrison Blake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4 - to 1:30
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Camera Work
-There are a lot of close ups in the first minute of the trailer as the man who has been washed up on the beach is clearly unsure of what is going on, the CU's show the confusion on his face.

-This is then followed by a few mid-shots, one on some children playing on the beach and another on a man who is clearly a guard.
-This is then followed by an extreme long-shot which shows a man standing on some rocks and after we see the man, the camera pans to reveal a Pagoda (traditional Chinese styled building).
-In the next few scenes there is a lot of tracking in which is used to reveal the facial expressions more clearly and to get more into the room so what's going on is more apparent.
-Also, all the camera work is mostly eye-level with the unknown man, if it's not eye-level it's a high angle to show that we are looking down on him portraying him at that time as weak.


Sound
-The first scene that is showing a logo has very serious music playing, lots of bass and drums beating, this is then contradicted by the diagetic sound of waves slowly crashing into the shore.
-As well as the diagetic sound of the waves, there is the sound of children happily playing on the beach complemented by some mysterious but calm music which adds to the atmosphere of us not fully knowing what is happening, are the children we see on the beach real? Or is it all in his imagination?
-The non-diagetic music comes to a sudden halt as there is a guard appearing on the screen, he then shouts to another man in a foreign language which is the only dialogue in this scene on the beach.
-As camera enters the room there is a non-diagetic beat of a drum which puts a halt to all sound and let's the dialogue be easier to hear.


Editing
-There are subtitles used for the guards when they speak to the old man, these are here as people want to know what they are saying but as they are foreign they wouldn't expect them to be speaking in fluent English.

-When the man is on the beach, the overall colour is not different to what a normal person would see, it seems a lot brighter which could be portraying someone opening their eyes after them being shut for a long time, not fully focused and not properly coloured, this shows that the man hasn't been awake for a long time and is probably very confused.

Mise en Scene
-As said with the editing, the overall lighting and colour is distorted, it's not the colour a normal person would see, it's also very bright, this adds to the assertion that he is very confused has no idea what is going on.
-The costumes of the guards clearly indicate that they have authority and power over the man who is wearing run down clothes which are soaked through.
-The Pagoda (Chinese styled building) shows that the man is situated on a beach somewhere in an Asian country (most probably China).

-When entering the next scene, the room has a very warm glow to it, it's not lit up particularly well, this shows mystery, we are not too sure who or what is going on and the low lighting is making us more eager to find out.
-The camera is focused quite clearly on the little metal spinner, the focus on the spinner clearly shows that it will have some significance throughout the movie.