Presentation Script
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Image of Christopher Nolan And Alfred Hitchcock
Christopher Nolan: The modern day Hitchcock
Slide 2
Still from Inception/Movie Poster
This is my focus film ‘Inception’
Made in 2010
Budget:$160 Million
Gross Revenue: $820,186,685 Million
Stars: Leonardo Di Caprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page
Awards: 4 Oscars, Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, ASC Award
BAFTA Film Award Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
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Video Clip of Scene ‘Time’
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Still from Scene.
In this scene we see Cobb after he was just in limbo, waking up on the airplane and seeing that his mission was successful and that all his team mates have made it back successfully. Relieved that he’s returned to reality and finally going home to see his children. The music in this scene is called ‘Time’ and is composed by Hans Zimmer. It fits well into the scene as it has high pitched violins at the start as Cobb opens his eyes to reality and keeps quiet for a while as it shows his team mates all relieved he is back as well Satio after he thought he was dead and now has to hold up his end of the bargain. It cuts to the customs area of the airport where there ambient sound has been cut out and the guitar kicks in as he says “Welcome home Mr. Cobb”. This signifies him finally returning home. The music then becomes louder as the voices fade to quiet in the scene the music takes over the only sound that can be heard over the music is Cobb spinning the spinning top which signifies the dream/reality of it all. Then the music gradually fades out and the tempo slows when he finally sees his children and he puts down to the spinning top. still spinning this signifies if he is dreaming or not. The camerawork of this scene fits in well with the suspense as it shows close ups of Cobbs face and body shots of his team mates looking as though he was dead. The scene with the border police adds suspense to see if Satio kept his end of the deal as it shows with close ups of the policeman’s hand and Cobb looking very worried that he will be denied to come into America and the policeman’s face looking very suspiciously at Cobb as though he knows he from the past. When the “Welcome home Mr. Cobb” line hits Cobbs shows a sign of relief shown in him looking up and giving a little smile and saying “Thank you, Sir”. There are more closes ups of Cobb grabbing his luggage and the there is a tracking shot of Cobb walking past his team mate giving them all a tiny nod to say thank for helping me get home. When they Arrive at Cobb’s father’s house we see Cobb looking around to see if it’s all a dream and we have a close up of him spinning the spinning top the it goes slow motion and it then cuts to his Cobb’s children turning to see their dad and Cobb face then is then overjoyed with happiness to finally see his children and we see him run toward them and hug then both then the camera cuts to the spinning top, still spinning then it cuts to black this is used to add suspense to thinking if the end was a reality or just a dream.
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Still of Vertigo/ Movie poster
Budget: $2,479,000 million
Gross Revenue: $ 25,000,000 million
Major Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes
Awards: National film Registry, NYFCC award: most distinguished Re-issue
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Video Clip of the green scene
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Still from the scene
In this scene we see the transformation of Judy into Madeleine she come to the hotel where Scottie is waiting he see her and see that her hair is loose not in a bun like Madeleine used to have he insists that Judy goes and puts it in a bun. When she has finished she re-enter the room and in a dream like state Scottie sees her as Madeleine and they embrace and kiss as the camera rotates 360 degrees and goes to livery stable form where Scottie had his last kiss with the real Madeleine. Then camera work in this scene fits well with the suspense with the closes ups of the transformation happening and the and the over the shoulders shots adds more suspense to this scene and the close up of Scottie’s face when he see Judy re-enter the room as Madeleine. The 360 degree rotation in this scene symbolise that everything is flooding back to Scottie about Madeleine and his last kiss with her is at this livery stable just before she commits suicide and then returns to the motel. The music in this scene fits in well with the suspense at the beginning it sounds like time ticking away and as we go to the motel where Scottie is waiting the music fade to quite as we can hear the rustling of the paper and his footsteps pacing through the room and the ding of the elevator. The music then heightens adding more suspense as Judy enters and the returns back to normal. Then music then changes to add more suspense and then speeds and heightens up when she re-enter the room and then the music completely changes to symbolise the change and also the romance between these two characters. When they embrace the music slows down to the romance to the scene.
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Still form the dark knight/ Movie poster
Budget:$185,000,000 million
Gross Revenue:$1,001,921,825 billion
Major Stars: Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman.
Awards: 2 Oscars ( Best actor in a supporting role, best achievement in sound editing)
Nominated for 6 other Oscars.
Slide 9
Video Clip of Rachael’s Death
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Still from the scene
In this scene we see batman go to save Rachel from avenue X and the police have gone to save Harvey Dent from 200 55 second street as the tension mounts in this scene we see both Harvey and Rachel in a warehouse wired to oil drums as they both are talking over the phone to each other. As soon as Batman arrives to Avenue X, he finds Harvey and the joker sent him to the wrong address and as soon as Harvey is out of the warehouse both building explode with Rachel still inside. The camerawork in this scene is very gripping and keeps right in with the action and the tension of will batman get there in time or has the joker tricked him once again. From tracking shots and close ups of the two victims faces, this adds all the tension and makes us feel sorry and hope that both Harvey and Rachel will be saved. But what we don’t know is that Batman is actually going for Harvey and the police are going for Rachel but we don’t know that until Batman arrives at the warehouse and sees Harvey. The camera work of this final part of this scene shows the anger in Harvey’s face as they rescued him instead of her and the disappointment in Rachel’s as she knows she is dead and before the explosion we see he crying this shows then tension between both of them and us wanting them to be rescued. There is very little dialogue in this scene but the important dialogue is Rachel telling Harvey she doesn’t want to live in a world without him and that she agrees to marry him. And then Batman rescues Harvey realising that the joker has tricked Batman and hearing Harvey scream “Rachel no”. The music in this scene fits in very well with the tension as it fades in quietly and quickly paces up and gets louder and then when Rachel and Harvey are talking the music fades and goes slow and sweet as you know one of them will die. Near the end of the scene the music gets louder but the background noise of polices sirens and wheels screeching this adds to then tension and suspense. When see she says yes the music stops dead. And has a first person view of batman looking at Harvey and him screaming “NO, NOT ME, WHY ARE YOU COMING FOR ME?”. The music returns to add suspense to see if the police will reach to Rachael in time the music then cuts out again when the explosion hit and all you can hear is Harvey saying ‘RACHAEL!”.
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Image of Christopher Nolan and Alfred Hitchcock
Both Directors have a lot of similarities like both British and both have the similar specific film genres mystery film genres. The films I’ve analysed have the similar genre of mystery film noir and both ‘Inception’ and ‘Vertigo’ scenes I’ve analysed are both in a dream state like feel and the characters feel as thought there dreaming there is some similarities between ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Vertigo’ as Batman tries to save the girl he loves and in ‘Vertigo’ Scottie tries transform a woman into the woman he loves. The camera work in ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Inception’ both can be taken back to ‘Vertigo’ with it’s close ups and iconic 360 degree rotation shot to add suspense and romance. The music is very similar as it adds suspense where needed and speeds or heightens up where suspense is needed. In conclusion, both directors share very similar camera angle and music to add towards the suspense to the audience.
