The document provides analysis of key elements in the movie poster and trailer for the film Inception. It summarizes the purpose and effect of techniques like using prominent actors, enigmatic images, dramatic music and jump cuts. These elements are intended to attract audience attention, tease the plot, establish genre and build intrigue without revealing too much of the narrative.

1. Ancillary Task

2. The title is at the bottom The background of the
of the page which I think Name of the main actor in bold and
poster is a scene from
is not ideal but it is in the the other actors in a smaller font
the movie . This gives
brightest font which underneath . This is to get the
the audience a hint as
immediately attracts the attention of the target audience as
to what they should
attention of the reader . they have a high interest in the film
expect to see in the
movie
Title
The colour of the title is red and This is the slogan for the film
it catches your attention as and its short and catchy. The
soon as you look at the poster. slogan targets the minds of the
The colour red suggests. Red audience causing them to think
brings text and images to the
The photograph is a unique one as
foreground
such cant be portrayed in real life.
Instead of telling the audience The picture leaves the audience
to come and watch the film it asking questions about it and the
says ‘experience it’ indicating to picture also links in with the slogan
the audience that its something Tagline and Credits
that’s not to be missed

3. The actors posture indicates to
the audience that he is a man who
The title of the magazine An image of the main has some serious business to take
The fact that the title is in character in the film care of . Leonardo Dicaprio is the
capitals immediately main character of the film which
captures the audiences indicates his importance as an A-
attention and so does the list actor.
brightness
The name of The tile of the film
INCEPTION’s being promoted
director. This is done
to promote the film
The gun gives the
Barcode audience a clue of
what the genre is
The success of this film is
being used to promote
Inception

4. The trailer is a teaser which means not a lot of narrative is
revealed. These shots (background)were taken from the first
20 seconds of the film . After a eleven seconds into the
trailer we hear a voice over which was recorded by the main
character Leonardo Dicaprio which says ‘ there's one thing
you should know about me I specialise in a very specific
type of security …….. SUBCONSCIENCE SECURITY . The
music then becomes louder . One of the first characters we
see in the trailer is Leonardo Dicaprio, and we are told his
name. This is because Dicaprio is a well known A-list actor.
An audience will immediately recognize him, and want to
watch the film along with the trailer because he is starring in
it.

5. Inception consists of four genres but thriller is the main one and
the others are action, adventure and sci-fi. The conventions that
make it clear to us that this trailer falls under the thriller category
is that they take place in ordinary suburbs /
cities, terrorism, stalkers , innocent victims and overlapping
mystery stories . The music used in thrillers is usually tense. The
music will start off slow and then the pace will quicker and
become more dramatic at the climax of the shot. Props are usually
in form of clues, murder weapons or guns used by agents in the
thriller trailer.

6. All the titles appeared on a black background
and the front was in silver and to make it stand
out they were also in capitals. The main
character was the only one whose name
appeared in this trailer. This goes to show the
importance and significance of the character.
During the trailer there was a shot which said
‘your mind’, I believe this was done so that the
audience would be able to indicate the film
revolved around works of the mind.

7. Inception appeared on over 273 critics' lists of the top ten
films of 2010, being picked as No.1 on 55 of those lists. It was
the second most mentioned film behind The Social Network.
The film won many awards in technical categories, such as
Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, and the
British Academy Film Awards for Best Production Design,
Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound. In most of its
artistic nominations, such as Film, Director and Screenplay at
the Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, the film was
defeated by The Social Network and The King's Speech.

8. There are jump cuts in this trailer and this is because
multiple things are happening that we are unaware of
an the jump cuts fill us in, they also allow us as the
audience to make assumptions .
Tracking and panning shots are commonly used in the
beginning and throughout thriller films, especially a
certain person (in the film) we should be interested in
as an audience for example Leonardo Dicaprio. High
angle shots are also portrayed. There seems to be a
main character in the beginning who seems to have a
lot of power in the film and these are shown through
camera shots.

9. There was non diegetic music playing which
creates a sound bridge to create a certain
atmosphere . There is a lot of diegetic and non
diegetic speech. This non-diegetic dialogue in
the opening 30 seconds of the trailer is
essential because they are the first words that
the audience hear which helps give the
audience an idea of what the film is about.