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In this essay I am going to discuss theoretical approaches to Christopher Nolan's Inception which revolves around a character who is able to enter people's dreams and alter them I am going to interrogate specific scenes from Inception and demonstrate how mise en scene and sound operate together to produce meaning in the film Nolan s challenge is to convey to the viewer that what is seen is a dream and he uses various techniques to do this Bordwell Thompson define mise en scene as everything the director wishes to put into the scene Bordwell Thompson 2008 112 Along with our second element which is Sound and understand why sound s contribution to the sum of a film s meaning is fundamental Dix 2016 15 To begin my analysis we will first consider how mise en scene and sound correlate together efficiently in conveying the director's vision To do this I will focus my analysis in the scene from Inception at 1 18 50 1 21 42 Discovering mise en scene the audience lean in towards all that is accumulated in the picture which includes costumes lighting props set design space and the actors Without this it would be very difficult for the director to achieve realism and the desired visual arrangement due to the idea that not all elements are present When thinking about the first second that the audience is introduced to a new scene Bordwell Thompson have made it clear that
