Inception

Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Christopher Nolan
Produced by	Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas
Written by	Christopher Nolan
Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio Ken Watanabe Joseph Gordon-Levitt Marion Cotillard Ellen Page Tom Hardy Cillian Murphy Tom Berenger Michael Caine
Music by	Hans Zimmer[1]
Cinematography	Wally Pfister
Editing by	Lee Smith
Studio	Legendary Pictures Syncopy Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	July 8, 2010(London premiere) July 16, 2010(United States)
Running time	148 minutes[2]
Country	United States United Kingdom [3]
Language	English
Budget	$160  million[4]
Box office	$825,532,764[5]

Slow motion

This shot apply slow motion to arouse the attention of the audience. Let the audience to guess will the main character awake from his dream.

This scene is also another slow motion shot in the movie. This shot is illustrating the dream of the main character.Using slow motion is to create a spectacular, stunning and exaggerated  effect.

Panning

And this is also a panning shot, it is used to show clearly what is the whole street happening and also shows the stunning effect to the audience.

This another panning shot to show the audience the view beside the main character which they are walking by, and shows how large of the world and how small are they.Besides, large angle are used, which can let the audience to see the whole view.

Birds eye shot

The birds eye shot is to show a hints to the audience that the scene has been change, and show this is another layer of the dream to avoid the misunderstanding of the audience.

Canted shot

The shot is sowing the movement of the character. It shows that the place where they stay are moving, showing the audience that this is a dream of the character and they are not yet arrive to the real world.

Selective focus & Medium close-up

This girl is important in this scene, therefore, she is focused and closed up in this scene,and the background is blurred. It is used to arouse the attention of the audience of what the girl are talking.

Tracking camera

This scene is tracking the van, since all the character are inside the car, so it is used for focus with happening with the main character in the movie.