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Next the audience sees a jump cut from when Cobb has woken up to being in a posh, classy room which is the complete opposite to where he once was; another binary opposite. As the camera moves into the room, an over the shoulder shot of what seems to be an elderly man is used, this could be used to cover his face and hide his appearance and make the mood even more suspicious and eary. It gives the audience the feeling of creeping up on the man, to see if he is up to no good. Both characters; the elderly man and Cobb in the opening scene are kept very hidden to the audience and their identities are not fully revealed for a good two or three minutes, which adds to the suspense of the mood and gives the idea of a concealed image; making it even more secretive and mysterious.
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For the first few minutes, there is very limited dialogue which makes the film itself seem very secretive as the lack of communication with the audience is confusing and the audience will be left wondering why they are being kept out of something that is shown as being so important.
Next, another jump cut is used to go to another location or time. The audience do not know what had just happened, which confuses them further, so does the idea that Cobb has been in all scenes; and in all of them; a different type of person, in one scene a wealthy man, in another a poor man. This will cause more suspense and again leave the audience questioning themselves as to whether they have missed something.
Lastly, there is use of more dialogue in the third scene, where Cobb is a wealthy man and talking to two other men. However the dialogue used makes no sense whatsoever to the audience and is a completely random topic of conversation. This will again puzzle audiences and allow them to ask more questions about what they are watching and try to guess what the film may be based around and try and suggest what will happen next. But, with all the jump-cuts that have already been used, the audience will find it hard to try and guess what will happen next; which will have them on the edge of their seat and waiting to see what confusion will be caused next.
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