Analysis of the film script

1. Inception
Genre: Inception is a film
that consists of multiple
genres such as Action,
Thriller and Sci-Fi.The
filmis an Anachronic film
that contains flashbacks
for the lead charcter
Cobb. You know itis a
action filmas there are
car chases and fight
scenes, Sci-fi
conventions include
concepts such as dream
invasion.
Target audience: The target audiencefor this filmis likely to be
people who are in their teenage years and upwards,this is because
the filmhas scenes that contains would be inappropriatefor younger
audiencemembers and at times the plot would be too hard for
younger viewers to follow.
Narrativestructure:
Inception follows a
standard 3 actstructure
where in the opening act
we are presented with the
characters and learn about
their background with them
coming together and
realisingthe task that is at
hand for them, act two sees
our characters startto
tacklethe issueathand and
build towards the third act.
In the final actwe see the
solution to the main issue
being solved with the
Protagonisttakingon and
defeating the villain.This
filmfollows Propp’s theory
in many aspects with the
villain in thefilmbeing
Cobb’s wife, Cobb being the
hero who wants to go home
to his children, Ariadne
being the helper, Saito
being the dispatcher and
the princess beingCobb’s
kids who he is rewarded
with when he completes his
mission.
Content: This filmis a
standalonefilmthatwas
released in 2010 and
was directed by
Christopher Nolan,It is a
filmthat is based on the
concept of dream
invasion,thefilms plot
follows Cobb whose
mission is Inception
which entitles him to go
into someone’s dream
to try and plantan idea
which grows insidethe
dreamer, he is required
to do this in order to go
home.
Style: The media for this is
filmwith the filmbeing
distributed through
Warner Bros. The styleof
the films involves a lotof
mystery and leaves a lot
for the watcher to
consider,for example the
main character Cobb spins
his totem on the tableand
if it keeps spinningthen
you are in a dream and if it
stops you aren’t dreaming,
at the end of the film
Cobb spins his totem on
the table to see if he’s
dreaming before running
to his kids,we never see if
the spinner stops and
therefore no one knows if
he was dreaming or was
really home, this leaves a
sense of mystery for the
watcher to make their
ownjudgementon
whetherhe gothome or
was still dreamingand
leavingfilmsinmystery
iscommon with
ChristopherNolan