Director: Christopher Nolan
Lead actor:Guy Pearce
Titles: There is blue writing on a black background for the opening titles which emits a cold feeling and shows the cold emotion. As the titles are black and white you as yourself is he dreaming? and also the black and white represents that the color has gone from his life.
Shots:Over the shoulder lets us see what he is seeing and this with a extreme close up as the opening shot are confusing as you cant see around that shot so you dont know the location of the shot or whose point of view that you are seeing. Also , after the opening shot we see close up shots that look like crime scene pictures. This shows mystery and makes you want to know what has happened. Also , there is a worms eye shot of the main character which makes him look very dominant and powerful.
Movement: The camera stays consistently very steady and we also get the feeling as if we were standing with the main character.
Generic themes:There are no voice overs at first .We then get a voice over later on from quite obviously the main character as he speaks as "me" and it is as we see his vulnerability. And we automatically know whose story that we are following as he is in the second shot and the camera is very focused on him. We also then progress to see him and where he goes so you know within a couple of minutes and shots whose story we are following.
Sound: Always low and classical yet eerie in the background and it is so quiet that we can hear the main character shaking the picture that he is holding. The music peaks as the opening title comes onto the screen as if to show its importance.
Mise-en-scene: Naturalistic as you can hear him shaking the keys and the photo and the traffic. Also he is staying in a grotty hotel room which is old and dirty which shows the main characters anonimity.
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