The opening sequence to Memento, is very simple it is just a picture, that someone shakes in till it gets blurrier. It goes like this because its like rewinding time, as it then goes back in to the camera and you then see the death of a guy. Right at the end you see the main character and what you see you believe that he is the antagonist.
The opening sequence also uses specific sub genre conventions in terms of the four micro areas.
Mise en scene: The lighting of the opening sequence is very dark and blurry. As you can see from the opening sequence that it is a Mystery and that helps by making it dark and blurry as you doint know truely what is going on. for the first two minutes it makes you anxious to watch , and lets the film be more of a mystery to the audience that are watching.
Camerawork: The camera work in the opening sequence is very slow, it is all very the same of a close up on the photo. but near the end of the opening sequence it all moves very quickly but they still use the close up shot.this suggests that something has happened but they dont want to give away the whole story so they, only show little bits of it, which i expect they will become more clear once the film goes on.This gets the audience questioning what is going on,and what is happening.
Editing: In the Opening Scene, it hardly cuts to other scenes apart from right at the end it goes very slow and then speeds up and when it speeds up, there are many cuts involved.
Sound: There is a non diagetic soundtrack played in the opening sequence this is a slow as it is like classical music. there is also diagetic sounds used when he is shaking the picture and when he shoots the guy you here the bullet land on the floor.The music is not parrell in what is going on in the opening sequence.
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