This movie is an American psychological thriller based on a man who has short-term memory, and uses Polaroid’s, tattoos and notes to keep focus. He is trying to find the man who killed his wife.
The first thing you see is a black background with the title of the movie on it ‘Memento’ written in blue. Then the background fades into the first image of the scene which is a person holding a Polaroid picture taken of a dead man with blood everywhere. Like in the title sequence se7en because we don’t see his face to start with we are focusing on the picture and what is happening with it. Unlike the precious title sequences the text of this one is continuous. The same font throughout and it keep appearing in the same place in the middle of the screen in the same blue colour. I think this is done so you still keep a main focus on what is happening in the scene, but you still see the credits.
This title sequence is done over one very long shot, what happens in it is that every time he shakes the Polaroid, instead of becoming clearer as a normal one would do, the colour washes away. As if time is going backwards instead of forwards, which has a huge meaning for the whole film. So the reason for doing everything else so simple is so that you really take your time to take in what is happening, giving you time to think why.
The music is non-diegetic and gives you the emotion of feeling very sad, while you are watching this picture of a dead person mixed with the cold colours in the blue writing. There is also diegetic sound where he shakes the photograph and you hear the sound of it.
The Title Sequence - Watch from 0.00 to 1.15
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