Kile Howard: Assignment 2
Film Research
this shot is important because it shows the bright colors that are in the dreams and how realistic they are.
this is also another scene where the colors are bright and the mood is more of a happy scene until the actor gets anxiety and then their surrounds start to explode and become chaotic.
this shows the architecture and how the film goes to the extreme when designing. some design that are shown are not possible so it makes the scene look more dream like.
this is the main element of the movie. this suitcase is how the people are put under to the dream state.
Essay
When the mind is most vulnerable Leonardo DeCaprio as Dom Cobbs extract people’s secrets when they are the most vulnerable. Using the subconscious in the dream state of the most complex part of the body to discover and learn about the subconscious and the ways of people. Creating dreams within a dream of levels upon levels of architecture and design to convince the dreamer that they are in an authentic dream for him or her to fill with their unique ideas and experiences. Cobb’s rare ability attracts the business of corporate espionage. A company assigns Cobb the job of inception. Instead of extracting an idea Cobbs must plant an idea in the subconscious. When a fully developed and functioning idea is placed in the subconscious the mind can’t get rid of it. If Cobbs completes this job he gets a second chance at life.
This movie is developed with an abstraction. An abstraction that is built off layers of complex scenes. The movie has layers in which the viewer must navigate to understand the order of the movie. The movie starts off in a dream and then comes back to reality and then back to a dream. There is a back and further motion within the scenes between reality and the subconscious of dreams. The structure of the dreams starts off with a baseline story of reality and then continues into the subconscious with very detail architecture and design. The color scheme in the reality is of cool colors that are mostly dull and in the dream state, the colors varies of vivid and bright colors.
Words to Idea + Thesis Statement
This film is a exciting and suspenseful sci-fi ideation of extracting secrets and implanting illegitimate thought in the subconscious.
Visual Research (Inspiration Board/Collection)
Exploration/Formulation (Style Board/Examples/Studies)
Exploration/Formulation (Motion Tests)
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Story Board
Final Film Titles
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