Film & Literature Benchmark

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Vincent Ochwo & Cameron Booker: Film & Literature

Transcript

Vincent: Hello, my name is Vincent and today we’ll be reviewing a unique clip from the movie Inception. This clip starts off with the characters Cobb and Ariadne in a dream that Ariadne is having. The two characters are being dolly tracked with an unstable camera movement while they’re walking down a city street. This two shot stays at an eye level view with a medium close- up. A lot of background movement is involved in this scene with background characters and vehicles. A quick transition is used that now shows them walking on the sidewalk, when they were initially in the street. Cobb and Ariadne come to a stop along with the camera, as it seems something intriguing in this dream has caught their full attention.

Cam: The sky begins to flip and Cobb and Ariadne are watching as it flips. You can see a lot of dolly/tracking going on in this scene, not much dialogue but throughout this particular clip as Cobb and Ariadne walk around look at the visual there is a camera in front of them tracking them at eye level.

Vincent: The two characters walk up a flipped street, while the camera remains stationary. As they now walk down the street, a birds-eye-view shot is used with an upward tilt to a long shot of Cobb and Ariadne. A quick transition to the next shot was filmed from the point of view of the two characters in the dream. They walk down the street led by a shaky camera movement panning back and forth to strangers in the dream staring at them. A combination of Medium shots and close-ups are used to display the strangers. Ariadne walks ahead during her conversation with cobb, leaving a single medium close up shot with just cobb being shown. A staircase appears in this dream, and a long shot is used to show the two walking up. Shaky camera movement is used again as they walk past more strangers on a bridge. And Finally, this unique clip ends off with a long shot reflection of Cobb and Ariadne. This series of reflections was used to represent Ariadne discovering a way to create changes in the dream that Cobb’s mind could accept.

Two Verified Reviews: https://www.vox.com/2020/7/18/21328590/inception-review-rec-still-slaps-ten-years-later “Inception is the most imperfect of perfect movies. 10 years later, I still love it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/movies/16inception.html “This Time the Dream’s on Me”