Inside Man

Shot Types

Over the shoulder
Action Match
Wide Shot
Close Up
Two Shot
Arial Shot
Dolly


Titles

The opening scene opens with a character speaking very frankly to the audience in a black area completely devoid of features, this emphasizes the importance of what the character is narrating by ensuring that the audience is focusing entirely on the character and what he is saying. As well as this the blank background adds to the sense of mystery and shows that through the film the audience will be shown only as much information as they need to see, at the time they need to see it.

Music

The soundtrack is very minimal in the first segment to, again, allow the audience to focus on the main character. Despite this there is some non-diegetic synth music if the volume is raised high enough. this is likely to give some ambient noise for the audience as pure silence can be disconcerting to listen to for the audience. In the van segment the music is very loud and overwhelming (in direct contrast to the first part) and seems to be of Indian culture, this may help the reader identify the setting of this flashback. The music track has a very fast tempo and cheery sound which is contrapuntal to the scene, as we know the van is on it's way to rob a bank. This gives a good effect and lightens the tone of the scene.



Mies en Scene

"The only initial clue to the character's personality/purpose are his clothes, which are very dark in color. This would normally influence the viewer into thinking the character was the antagonist or morally corrupt, however this is at odds with the way we are introduced to the character, which immediately makes the audience associate him as the protagonist of the film. These two factors clue in the audience that this character is an antihero of sorts, someone who the audience are intended to root for but who other characters would not. It is shortly revealed that he is a morally corrupt character as he is in a prison cell, however his clothes do not seem to match this (as they don't resemble prison uniform) this could either be an inconsistency in production or be a hint that the man is narrating from a time after he was imprisoned."


Target Audience

The target audience of this film is fans of action thrillers or films which focus on a bank robbery theme, the characters follow general conventions from movies made in this style, the main difference is the story which provides a rich in depth riddle for the audience to follow.

Distribution

This film is distributed by Universal Pictures which usually focus on large budget box office films, the movie was budgeted at 45 Million USD. Other movies on this genre produced by Universal include, fast and furious and the Bourne series.

Social Groups

The social groups represented in this film come in the form of criminals and the investigation and negotiation team, these are portrayed as very advanced and smart characters, the criminals are well organized and are well prepared and the investigation/negotiation team are very intelligent in their ways of resolving the situation made very difficult by the criminals.

Audience Expectations

Any audience who enjoys action thrillers would thoroughly enjoy this film, the constant twists and developments in the story allow the user to try and decipher  and attempt to understand the acts performed by the criminals as the film progresses.