The title of the film 'Memento' appears over the top of an image of a photograph, and it appears in the colour blue. If you look at the first picture in my screen shots, it shows the blackened out background, slowly fading into the picture of the photograph the man is holding. By doing this it shows the audience that the photo he is holding may be a key part of the film and that it relates to the word 'Memento'.

The setting is revealed to the reader by showing the action sequence going backwards. It is shown as a flashback, that comes from something rewound. At the beginning you only see the picture of the dead man and blood everywhere, and then it shoots back to the black and white image of the man in his room and explains why he is there. By showing you his tatty room it shows the audience the type of background the man comes from and immediately the audience builf a stereotype of what the character may be like in the film. The second shot shown in the screen grabs shows the place that the main character drives to, and by showing a shot of the whole scene and what the house is like, the audience begin to imagine what the interior might be like.



Some of the key props used is the photograph that is shown in shot one, and because it is the first thing that we see except for the black background, it shows that it has a high importance which is later revealed in the opening sequence/film. The glasses are also a big prop used in the opening sequence because they are blood spattered and they are a key to the man 'teddys' identity. By showing the glasses at the beginning, it means the audience are intrigued into seeing what significance the glasses will have in the film. You can see this in the third shot i have used, and because quite a large amount of camera time is given to the glasses it also shows the importance of that prop.





The names of all of the cast and actors come up, they are all exactly the same and are written in a blue font, that looks eerie and gives the film a sudden feel of excitement and wonder. Because of the writing slowly getting brighter and lighter it shows that there could be a light coming up or could have many different meanings. When the titles are used with the dark background it makes the actors name stand out more and therefore it fills the whole frame. By filling the frame the audiences attention is focused solely on the name of the actor. By using a blue font for the actual name of the film it may be showing that it is a male orientated film, and may not appeal to women as much because of the stereotypical colours used.




The overall camera work in the opening sequence for Memento is good and consists mostly of master shots and close ups, and mid shots. By using the different types of shots effectively it gives the whole film an eerie feel. Also the close up shots used show the actors expressions and show the man 'teddys' fear just before he is shot. The master shots help the audience to understand where the film is set and get a feel of the sort of area where it is set.



The opening sequence enticises the reader into wanting to watch the rest of the film. Because the opening sequence shows the taster of the film, and shows that the man has a condition which is that he has short teerm memory loss or amnesia or something, which makes the film immediately interesting because you want to know what sort of effect this will have on his life. And by having writing on pictures and showing him kill the man as he felt it was what he should do, it shows there will be story behind it.