This document analyzes the mise-en-scene, sound, camerawork, editing, and characters in the film Memento. It discusses the visual and audio elements used to convey Leonard's condition of having anterograde amnesia as he tries to investigate who killed his wife while not being able to form new memories. Key questions are also posed that Leonard seeks to answer through his investigation.

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