Memento powerpoint

1. Memento

2. 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

3. Sound
 Voiceover- in Leonards mind = on his side
 Score
 Dialogue
 Echo
 Low tone
 Hyperbolic Sound

4. 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

5. Editing
 Reverse/Rewind= foreshadowing the rest of the film
 Black screen with bullet sound
 Cut to black= death/the end

6. 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?

7. Characters Introduced
Leonard
Teddy- very unlikable person

8. What we learn
 Leonards wife is dead
 Leonard has amnesia
 He is trying to find out who killed his wife