3. Momento
• We are analysing the last scene from
‘Momento’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW9fnkhqrs
Story:
• Lenny has short term memory
• He is seeking to kill the man who raped and
murdered his wife
• Uses polaroid's and tattoos to remember
people and facts
• He has help with people he trusts including
a woman who he has a relationship with,
he doesn’t trust another friend ‘Teddy’
• Through his collected facts, he discovers a
close friend is the killer and he shoots him
with a gun
4. Is this a whole narrative, a section or an enigma?
Section Enigma
• This is only 2 minutes scene from the • Enigma present with non linear
film narrative (the film goes backwards in
time)
Beginning scene where main character is Because the chronological end is the
fleeing after wrongly killing a suspected beginning of the film this raises questions
murderer of his wife) to the audience:
-as to why he did it
-who he and the other character are
5. If you are looking at a section of a narrative, what
function does this section have for the narrative?
(Think about the whole) Just after
Lenny killed
wrong guy
Teddy knows
he is on right
track
Lenny knows
Teddy is
dishonest
Lenny Works with and is killer
waking up girl to find but needs to
(going back killer – he prove it
in time doesn’t Audience can
remember make sense
before
………. of story and
murder)
all enigmas
are answered
Polariod
developing Works with ………. ……….
in reverse Teddy to try
to find killer
Lenny killing
Teddy in He doesn’t
reverse trust Teddy
(which is
chronologica
l end)
The function of the END scene is to answer all enigma's that were answered at the:
-beginning (which is who did he kill)
-through the film (why did he kill him and how did he find him)
6. Does the film follow the conventional narrative
(3 part)? Explain yes or now
Narrative Structure of film
Beginning
Is
Chronological
End
End of Day 5
The film is non linear with changing the order of time in a very confusing way
NO to create enigmas for the audience
Audience emotions
7. Does the clip fall into a conventional narrative
structure? Explain yes or no
9. Is it linear? How? Or is it non-linear? How (Does it
have flashbacks, flash-forwards, or episodically)
Sees the
licence plate
and writes
down to
remember
later
Chronological Chronological Chronological FLASHBACK Chronological
Start (leaving location) (driving away (him thinking as (different time (him thinking as
(in car) from location
before)
he is driving) and location of
him with his wife)
he is driving)
NON LINEAR STRUCTURE
10. Is it being presented in segments, separated by
changes in location or time?
LOCATION TIME
IN CAR In real time
At abandoned location
Immediate cut to
next scene
OUT OF CAR In real time
At abandoned location
Ellipsis (a few
moments later)
IN CAR In real time
Driving away from 1st
location Flashback (of his
thought in car)
IN BED In the past
With wife in the past
Return to real time
(back in car)
11. Is it being broken up or linked by graphics?
• No graphics are present in this clip.
• (If they were then screen grab and explain
their function)
12. Is there a single narrative (even if different aspects in
this narrative are being shown)?
Or are multiple narratives being shown?
Single Narrative
Lenny Lenny writing Lenny driving Lenny thinking Lenny seeing Lenny
suspecting down Teddy’s off of his wife tattoo parlour obviously
Teddy Licence plate # going to tattoo
licence plate #
to remember
Only scene in different
location/time
(but relates to the single narrative)
13. Is there a single narrative (even if different aspects in
this narrative are being shown)?
Or are multiple narratives being shown?
Narrative 1 Narrative 2
14. Are there clear character roles and functions being
established, such as a hero or villain?
How does their role(s) connect to the narrative?
HERO VILLAIN
ROLE/REPRESENTATION Masculine, attractive Nerdy, unattractive
Blue eyes, blond Older, balding,
hair, manly jawline nerdy/glasses,
casual/unstylish clothes
Serious look on
face and wearing Worried look on
smart suit face
Drives sporty, posh Left behind (no car)
masculine convertible and not in control =
(in control) powerless)
THEIR FUNCTION -To get sympathy and understanding -To be hated by audience
from audience (he is nerdy and less attractive hero because he killed
(he is a victim = for losing his wife and having short Lenny’s wife and is a corrupt/dirty cop, he abuses and
term memory loss ) manipulates Lenny because of his disability)
-To be admired by audience -To get sympathy and understanding
(he is an attractive hero because he killed a killer = from audience
(his revenge is seen as fair justice) (he is a victim = for losing his wife and having short
term memory loss)
CONNECTION TO NARRATIVE
15. In what ways is the narrative constructing the ideology of the text?
Is this explicit/obvious (like in a lot of adverts) or is it
implicit/hidden?
IDEOLOGY Evidence Implicit Explicit
√
Masculine, and
victimized,
attractive and Lenny is clearly attractive: masculine,
blond short hair, blue eyes, well
powerful hero dressed, good character, has authority
and power
√
Being in love and
being driven by love
Ideal to be in happy heterosexual
relationship with woman feeling safe
with man who loves her, they are in bed
√
Seeking revenge
and justice
Revenge and justice is murder which is
not in this scene, yet the audience
piece together how he figured out it
was Teddy
√
Consequence to
deceit and bad
Behaviour Lenny is killed for his actions of murder
and rape (which is not seen in this
scene) He is left alone and helpless for
being deceitful to Lenny
17. Story Time & Discourse Time
STORY TIME DISCOURSE TIME
Screen
Grab N/A
Explanation
No evidence but probably within
an hour
-minutes to write down
licence, Takes 2:26 minutes to narrate this
-seconds to drive away scene
-minutes to drive while thinking
-daylight remains (light looks the
same = not much difference in
time)
18. Identify all types of time being represented:
Types of Time Screen Grabs/Evidence Explanation
Summary Clip is only 2:26 long, therefore by editing time
Scene takes place over approx 1 hr
is reduced to represent an hour over only 2
mins
Ellipsis 1) At abandoned location
2) Lenny driving away
3) POV of Lenny driving
4) POV of arriving at Tattoo parlour
Scene
When writing the licence plate
Stretch N/A
Flashback Real time (thinking) =
Flashback =
Real time (thinking) flashback back to real time
Flash-forward Back to real time =
19. In lesson
• Set up PowerPoint together (copy/paste questions)
• Watch clip at least 3 times
• Discuss questions together, write bullet points as answers
• Get screen grabs and begin to answer with bullet points,
charts, diagrams, etc
• If not finished, break up work (leader to make sure
everyone in group understands what they are doing)
• Everyone to have copy (USB or e-mail)
DUE: TUESDAY JAN 22
(Complete over weekend and then Monday put Powerpoint together)
