Inception Ending
PERFORMANCE
REPRESENTATION
EDITING
CONTEXT
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AESTHETICS
MIS-EN-SCENE
SOUND
close up
cobb eyes opening him waking up from limbo
audience questions if they did shoot themselves to wake up?
zoom's out as he takes in his surroundings and realises that he's no longer in limbo
Medium shot
Fischer awake on the plan and he looks like he's made a decision, the plan has worked
of arthur and ariadne, it pans across to see both of them looking at cobb
arthur looks ecstatic that the mission worked, while ariadne looks deep in thought because of what she has experienced
non diegetic sound
very dramatic
orchestra music, implying the importance of this scene
Saito, realising he's awake he quickly get up to look out the window
of Cobbs passport, audience remembers the deal he had with Saito
Steady cam
used to follow cobb out of the airport, see each of the people from the team them all looking happy
Pans from cobb holdings his children to the spinning top
cut on action
The spinning top begins to shake, although it cuts before the audience is knwos for sure that it's going to fall down
this creates another whole enigma, leaving the spectator thinking about the film after they've finished watching it
the film begins with an enigma and ends with one