Inception 2010, Directed by Christopher Nolan, introduction analysis

I have chosen to analysis this film, due to the high amount of drama that it used to draw in the audience. There are many enigmas; what is happening? why are they dreaming? who are the children dancing and why are they relevant?

Inception, directed by Christpoher Nolan did extremely well in the 2010 box office, to it's constant enigmas, it's on going storylines, but mostly because of the use of advertising. Leonardo Dicaprio, a man very famous worldwide for his acting in films such as Shutter Island and Titanic, draws in an audience himself.

Setting:
Main character cobs begins by washing up on the shore of a beach, we have no idea where he is or why he could be there. the children playing on the beach are the first enigma that we are introduced to. as we can tell from the isolated choice of area that there shouldn't be any children running around this area.  He is dragged by Chinese guards into a Chinese authentic building where the conversation leads the audience to believe that him and his partner "arthur" are planning to extract thoughts from somebody's mind. This is where the person realizes what is going on, so he wakes up, only for us to be lead into another dream.

Locations:
The locations of this opening sequence are chinese looking old palace, the war torn country outside the old apartment, and the train.

The various enigma codes within this are:

• Why are they in his dream?
• How did they get in his dream?
• What are they trying to extract?
• Who is the women, who is known to Cobb, trying to ruin their plan?

Cinematography
As Cobb is wahsed up on the beach, through the medium close up, we feel like we have been washed up on the beach with him. This is also done through the imaging of the waves hitting the camera hard, making the camera sway.
As the dream is beginning to end, the scene begins to shake very quickly, as if you were there.
There is a lot of shot reverse shot pattern to show the clear conversation that is happening.

Sound
The sound is very effectively used in this scene, such as Cobb washing up on shore. - We can clearly hear the sounds hitting his face and crashing into his body. This helps the audience to feel like they are right next to him. 
Also when the dream is collapsing you can hear all the sounds of the building breaking and the water crashing through when he is pushed into the bath.