YE WANG Scene Analysis




Date 8/18/10



Memento

Scene from 26:00 to 27:00





1. SCENE OVERVIEW





First scene



BURT want Leonard to change room for rent



Next scene



Leonard checks the restaurant name against the note. He gets out his Polaroids,



FLIPPING through them until he finds the one of Natalie.





Next scene





Then Leonard express what he first jop case is .





Next scene



Leonard just become an investigator when he came across Sammy. Mr Samuel R. Jankis



strangest case ever. Guy’s 58, semi¬-retired accountant. He and his wife had been in this



car accident... nothing too serious, but he’s acting funny — he can’t get a handle on



what’s going on.



The doctors find some possible damaqe to the hippocampus, nothing conclusive. But



Sammy can‘t remember anything for more than a couple minutes. He can’t work, can’t



do shit, medical bills pile up, his wife calls the insurance company and I get sent in.



the scene is talking about what Leonard ‘s memento that he have done in the past.





















Camera Movement. First scene camera have stable place and have a blur effect to



background environment, so that can focus on what main character



talking about. The camera also use close shot to show character



face.



Second scene use movement camera putting close to Leonard’s back.



After that change to a close shot to show Leonard have found what



he looking for .



Color: First scene and second scene use color screen for describing that the time is now



The other scene use black and white to represent things happened in history.





Sound: All scene above is character talking, then show what the story is.



Lighting: The scene with color use normal natural light to represent that things happen at



Now.



The black and white scene is use a artificial light and a little dark to repersent that happen



in the past.



Character: the main character is Leonard, Burt and Natalie. Burt is rent room to Leonard. Natalie have a very close relationship with Leonard