memento
TRANSCRIPT
Memento
Mise-en-scene
Leonard in a suit
Camera used by Leonard
Set Design- no personal items in hotel room which
makes him anonymous
Gun
Cars
Scar on Leonards face
Broken window on car
Seedy part of town to suggest danger/crime
Sound
Voiceover- in Leonards mind = on his side
Score
Dialogue
Echo
Low tone
Hyperbolic Sound
Camerawork
Long Take- at the beginning of scene and at the arrival
of factory
Over the Shoulder- high angle and low angle to
demonstrate who is in charge
Establishing shot of the old building
Shot/reverse shot
Close up of the Polariod backwards developing which
foreshadows the plot of the film
Editing
Reverse/Rewind= foreshadowing the rest of the film
Black screen with bullet sound
Cut to black= death/the end
Questioned Posed?
Why does the character have this condition?
Who owns the blue truck?
Who is Sammy Jenkins?
What’s in the basement?
What’s the scratches on Leonard’s face?
Did Teddy kill his wife?
Characters Introduced
Leonard
Teddy- very unlikable person
What we learn
Leonards wife is dead
Leonard has amnesia
He is trying to find out who killed his wife