Memento opening sequence

When and where does the title of the film appear:

The title of the film appears after we see the production companies, and the main actors in the film. It appears as the rest of the titles before it do, with it coming on screen and then slowly spreading outwards. This is efective because the title is building up on screen and slowly getting bigger which makes it stand out and the audience sees it for a considerable amount of time.

When and how is the setting location revealed:

We get a first glimpse if the main setting of the film mid-way through the opening sequence with a long shot, after we have just seen the main character of the film. I think they have chose to do it like this because so that the audience can get a basic understanding of what the main caracters lifestyle is like and give the audience a basic opinion about him. I feel that they chose a long shot because that is how all settings are first introduced in the majority of films because it enables an audience member to get a clear and full understanding of what the setting looks like and have a rough idea where they think that the film is going to be set.

Key props:

There are not too many key props used in this opening sequence, just the camera we see, and gun which he has just used to shoot someone and a photo of the person he has just shot. All of these props are seen through the use of a close up to enable the audience to have a clear view of what is in his hand, what it is being used for and it gives a clear understnding of why he may have it. I feel the use of the close up is good to reveal props because you usually want the audience to know what the prop is and what it has been used for, so in my opinion I feel they have been successful in doing this.

Title font, placement and style:

All of the titles and font are the same style, and are all placed in the centre of the screen. They have chosen to do this because the font is bold so that it stands out off the screen so the audience see's clearly what is presented infront of them and know what it is for. They begin with the production companies involved and the main actors names ni a reasonably large bold blue font so that is what the audiences attention is immediately drawn to. However, they choose to have the title of the film presented after this in an even larger font with an effect on it so that it enlarges and spreads across the whole of the page. They have probably chosen to show the film title like this because it is the main aspect of the title sequence and have added an emphasis on it to show that this is the most important part of it and thr audience should remember this over everything else shown in the title sequence. In my opinion I do believe the font used is quite effective becauseit stands off the page and is more likely than not to catch the attention of an audience member because it is so bold and is a contrasting colour to the background (dominantly black background with blue font colour).

Overall camera work:

In this opening sequence there are 3 main shots used that you would expect to see in an opening sequence; establishing shot to set the scene and all0w the audience to know where the film is going to be set. Mid-shots when we first see some characters or when there is some dialogue incorporared in the scene. However, the main camera shot used is a close up because it gives us a clear view of all of the props in this opening sequence and what they are going to be used for. Close ups also enable us to see the facial expressions of the characters, such as when the main character is confused as to where he is and what he is doing. However they do vary the shots a bit more because when we first see the main character in his room we see him from a high angle shot which gives the impression that he has low status at that current moment of time and it intrigues an audience member as to why this might be.

Does the opening sequence relate to the rest of the film:

I think that the opening sequence does relate to the rest of the film because it does give us background information about some of the characters that we are going to see in this film which gives the audience a better understanding of what is going to happen in the film and builds a relationship with some of the characters because straight away it gives us an understanding of what their personalities are and how what has hppened in their past to influence what is going to happen in theis film. Also it relates because weseem to see some of the key moments in this opening sequence over and over again which means they have some relevance to what is happening in the film and they affect the ending or the build up to the end.