Providing and Withholding Information

Providing and withholding information within film is a very potent way to make the audience anxious and curious to find out what has happened. Look at recent blockbuster hit "Inception", we see throughout the film the point that this totem will always be spinning in his dream, and that if it falls over, it is reality. We see in this ending scene, that we do not actually get to see if the totem spins out of control or not, a perfect example of withholding information and making the audience want to know even more

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