blog #6 storyboard imitation

This is a pivotal scene of Inception directed by the world renown Christopher Nolan.  Christopher Nolan is a director who very much pushes the line when it comes to vision.  As a director Nolan knew this scene was very important which is the number one reason why there are so many shots and cuts back and forth between Cobb and his children.  The 180 degree rule is not broken in this scene.  The camera never breaks the 180 degree line from where the center of action is occurring.  Nolan also follows the rule of thirds.  Nolan as a director has broken the rule of thirds but not in this particular scene.  As a director he never has the point of interest in the dead center of the shot.  Nolan did visually break up each shot into thirds accurately.  Nolan however does use limited space in some of the shots in this scene.  Nolan did follow the 30% rule, to avoid jump cuts.  As a director he did always make sure when he point of interest in different shots changed he followed the 30% rule.  The final shot is a wide pan shot from Cobb and his kids to the spinning top on the table.  This is a beautiful continuous shot and adds great effect and really leaves the viewer on the edge of their seats.  Overall the shots in this scene were well done by both Nolan and his director of photography.  The shots and framework done in this scene is perfect for the ending of such a well directed film.