This week’s ‘Inception’ discussion messed with my brain. However there is a lot that can be learnt from the film especially when talking about ‘the thinking film’. One of the questions Dan asked the class that really got me thinking was (something along the lines of this) if the frame is what is crucial to telling the whole story of ‘Inception’. On first thought I wasn’t sure because of how essentially the entire first half of the movie is spent explaining the different rules of the dream universe. There is a strong focus on this kind of story/dialogue. However, I think this was a little naive – everything is demonstrated through the frame even when explaining all of these rules. Particularly the scene at the cafe in Paris and when the entire city flips over. The film messes with you because of how visually mind blowing everything is. Also, the music and sound is such a key indicator of how cinematic and intensive everything is. This couldn’t be communicated without the frame. On second thought, I would probably really agree with the statement.

My project has been moving along pretty well – I managed two create two clips on the weekend, one which was pretty experimental and trying to discover how exactly the point of view of the subject or character can be cued and conveyed. I was switching constantly between the character’s point of view, as though the camera was actually via their eyes, and then from behind and infant of the character so as to cue that this was their experience. I’m still wondering what this conveyed – did it feel like the viewer is spying into them while simultaneously being them, or both or neither?

The second clip went really will – I emulated a lot of linear movements, pushing the camera in and out and panning across. It made the whole scene feel very impersonal and separate. I think the linear movements conveyed a kind of subjectivity. I might curate some more of these linear movement later on in the project.