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Scene Analysis
[Memento]
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1, Scene Overview
Memento is a Psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
Lenny is a main character who has suffering from short-term memory loss, use notes, photos and tattoos to hunt for the man who killed his wife. He doesn’t want to face the truth is he kills his wife by accident. He chooses forget and forged a fake memory, because he feels painful and guilty. He always tries to find the murder, however he already killed that guy. Revenge is the power to encourage him to continue his live. This propped up the meaning of his life.
This scene is we will explore the Lenny try to lie to himself.
2. Scene Analysis
Duration: 1:29:43- 1:30:01
Setting: Hospital
Shot type: Close up, zoom in, medium shot.
Camera Angle: The camera angle is on eye level 1. It doesn’t change to use another angle. Because director put a important clue in this angel. That is awesome camera angle in this scene.
Camera movement: In this scene first, camera is slowly zoom in to character half body. And know what character’s movement and changing.
Sound: The sound in this shot is almost same as other scene. When Natalie lie to him and Sammy’s wife come to ask him about Sammy. It is all the same sound. This sound give people feel of suspense and more catch people attention. Other sound in this shot is Lenny talk story about Sammy with someone in the phone.
Character: Lenny, Sammy
Character Movement: Sammy just sits on the chair and looking around. Sammy’s eyes looking other people’s movement.
Relationship: Lenny is Sammy, Sammy is Lenny.
Depth of Field: In this shot, the main shot is zoom in. It start zoom in from 1:29:45, the people who behind Sammy are looks not that clearly. Then until 1:30:01, the people behind Sammy are more and more clearly. At 1:29:59, a guy is walk pass from Sammy. This guy becomes focus on that 2 second.
Color: It is black and white color in this shot. Director use Black and White to express Lenny’s past.
Lighting: However it is black and white color in the shot. But there has a sunshine come thought window in hospital. The sunshine is behind Sammy. It is highlights of his lonely and poor.
Timing: In this shot, director use 18 second to zoom in Sammy from whole body to half body. Then he just use 1 second to show audience, Sammy is Lenny. It will give audience an answer that Lenny try to lie to himself. But if audience didn’t real catch up on that second, they will lose an important message. That is amaze timing.
Transition: At 1:30:00. Director use a guy who walk pass front Sammy to be transition.
Editing style: First, it is Sammy sit in the hospital and it jump cut to Lenny talk in the phone, then it back to Sammy sit in the hospital. It uses a two short sequence become one. It is effect on the audience. It makes people think there real have a Sammy who real has short-term memory and kill him self’s wife. And Sammy is Lenny’s client.
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