https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw "Nolan engages the audience in such a way that causes both their mind and heart to be involved in the story" Looking at Motifs and symbols helps understand one of the structural devices used by directors to link scenes as well as providing another layer of understanding to the meaning of the text. Add discussion to the motifs on this wall to build up a collaborative understanding of Nolan's use of motifs in 'Inception' and consider whether they do indeed help to engage both the mind and the heart in the story. en-us 2018-07-29 19:29:27 UTC 2018-07-29 23:09:30 UTC hello@padlet.com fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378451 Ariadne has a golden bishop chess piece that she creates for herself in order to know if she is in the real world or not. This specific totem represents her strategic nature in the grand scheme of the heist they are pulling off as she is the architect of the dream worlds that they will be traveling to. Thus, she is the one who must master the moves on the board in order to place the King in checkmate.]]> 2018-07-29 19:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378451 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378464 At the end of the film, we see Cobb's top spinning on the table as he walks away to his children. The top continues to spin as Nolan cuts away to black. The symbol is that Cobb may or may not be in reality yet. Only more time will tell if the top will continue to spin or will topple over letting him know he is finally home.]]> 2018-07-29 19:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378464 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378471 Robert finds a paper pinwheel in his father's safe next to his deathbed. It is a symbol that his dad has held on to Robert's childhood as the most precious thing he's ever created. It is a symbol that he loves his son and wants what is best for him, not to rip his life apart and diminish him. Finally, it is a symbol that the team has done its job and infiltrated Robert's mind to convince him to dissolve the company.]]> 2018-07-29 19:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378471 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378478 Cobb places a spinning top inside of a toy house in the subconscious realm when he is with Mal. The toy home represents the deepest place in Mal's mind, a place so deep that she may not even know it is there. The home is a symbol of safety, and by Cobb placing the top there he has betrayed this safety as he has implanted the thought that "this world isn't real."]]> 2018-07-29 19:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378478 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378485 Cobb and Mal lie down on the train tracks in the subconscious level of their minds after spending a lifetime there with each other. The train runs them over and it is a symbol that one must die to the unreal world of our minds as they hold us back from creating a life in the real world. Unfortunately, it is also the idea that Cobb plants into Mal's head, and as that idea persisted into reality, eventually that leads her to kill herself. In other words, a literal train of thought.]]> 2018-07-29 19:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378485 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378546 The soundtrack is made from slowed and speeded versions of this song. It is also the song played diegetically to make the characters wake up, thus blurring the line between fiction and reality.
Lyrics]]> 2018-07-29 19:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271378546 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271380257 "Nolan engages the audience in such a way that causes both their mind and heart to be involved in the story" (Grade Saver)]]> 2018-07-29 20:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271380257 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271382969 Water is dark, a subtle reminder of the fact that, most of the time when water appears, Cobb is drowning in it.]]> 2018-07-29 21:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271382969 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271384885 Hanz Zimmer composed the entire score to be in the same tempo, where different music speeds are simply subdivisions (half, third, quarter etc.) of the original tempo. This gives the music a seeming consistency throughout the film, which contrasts with the way that the film plays with time in all other aspects.

The entire score is also apparently derived from the instrumental backing of 'Non Je Ne Regrette Rien', and thus develops further consistency throughout the film.

Unusually, there are no pieces belonging to or characterising specific levels of the dream.]]> 2018-07-29 22:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271384885 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271384987 Is basically the only thing that cobb trusts. its what grounds him and keeps him sane.]]> 2018-07-29 22:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271384987 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385017 Safes appear all throughout the film]]> 2018-07-29 22:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385017 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385162 the link between dream levels - Yusuf going to the toilet results in it raining in the dream level]]> 2018-07-29 22:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385162 fionab7 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385511 2018-07-29 22:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271385511 https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271386555 Mal - means bad 
Ariadne - goddess that leads you through the labryths ]]> 2018-07-29 22:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fionab7/2gp0nnu1ejnw/wish/271386555