The director of the film Inception - Christopher Nolan - uses generic thriller conventions but makes the film a high bred of thriller and action. The story of the film centres around crime as the idea of inception is to get into someone's mind and steal information from their conscience which is illegal.
A large aspect of the film is action but the complex plot makes it a thriller. The film plays on the readers emotions, as audience experiences excitement, exhilaration and a sense of suspense.
The opening scene starts with clips of the end scene, one character's appearance isn't revealed and is portrayed as a villain. The audience is left with an enigma, a sense of mystery and unanswered questions come across through this opening scene which matches that of a conventional thriller.
The main character Cobb lost his wife (Mol) to suicide and his love for her is his one weakness as she appears throughout the inception process and makes his judgement and descisions harder to make. In the film she comes across as the antagonist and is constantly making their plan go wrong. Cobb puts himself in dangerous situations as his determination and bravery gets the better of him.
The city Cobb and Mol have created come across as dull and lifeless which emphasises that its not real.
The director uses close up's to create an intense emotional moment which creates suspension. Fragmented long shots are used to create a chaotic action scene. The fragmented shots together represent the state of mind they are in this quick thinking, quick acting mission. For example lots of point of veiw shots which show the character looking around quickly for danger.
The film has a theme of amnesia, and secrets. In the end scene Fishers son is completely unaware of any of the intense dramatic plot that was going on within his very own mind and they had the power to put an idea in his mind and make a decision for him and this shows the power of inception.
The sounds used in the film were mainly diagetic which made the film more realistic than a soundtrack as the audience can hear what the characters are hearing, and you engage with the characters. Sounds of gun shots, explosions and machinery where used to make you feel as if you were right there in the middle of all the action.
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