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