Inception

Inception* (Christopher Nolan, 2010)

The same maze style font is used throughout the text in the sequence, this has been used as it links directly to the theme of the film this is clearly evident through the use of an insert.  When the camera zooms in on the text it gives the feel that the audience is entering the maze, this creates narrative enigma and tension/suspense as we as the audience want to know where we are going. 

Throughout the whole opening sequence the colour scheme sticks to black and white,  and in the background there are slightly visible images of different scenery by including these images it builds the suspense as the audience wants to know where they are. Graphic matches are used in the transitions between the different actors' names. In addition an extreme closeup of the 'Legendary Pictures' title logo is used as it look like a sheet of metal being cut, this camera angle adds to the tension as the audience doesn't know what it is.

The music used in the sequence has a guitar and drum beat, this type of music builds the tension as it gets more prominent towards the end of the sequence, by doing this it puts the audience on edge with anticipation.


When the titles appear on the screen they are situated at either the top or the bottom of the screen where they travel across it. The only titles that do not lay at either the top or the bottom of the screen are the ones that appear once the audience is moved 'into' a title and the name of the director and the film title itself. The reason for this having been done is so the audience is able to identify which are the most important titles, furthermore in the title of 'A Christopher Nolan Film' the directors name stays on the screen for a moment longer than the rest of the title. This again reiterates to the audience the importance of the title. 

All the titles that appear in the sequence are as follows in chronological order;

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Legendary Pictures
• Syncopy
• A Christopher Nolan Film
• Leonardo Dicaprio
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Ellen Page
• Tom Hardy
• Cillian Murphy
• Marion Cotillard
• Production design Guy Hendrix Dyas
• Casting John Papsidera
• Cinematography Wally Pfistek
• Original musice Hanz Zimmer
• Directed Christopher Nolan
• INCEPTION (main title)

By having the title of the film at the end, shows to the audience that it is the key title in the sequence.

*The video for inception has disabled embedding so the name of the film has been made into a hyperlink.