Memento analysis

Memento is a very mysterious and unconventional film. This is shown as the film is shown in non linear which means that the audience have to think a bit more about what is happening during the film to fully understand it. The film gets its mysterious element from the music. The music is tense and dramatic. Throughout the film there are a lot of slow ticking noises that show the suspense. These noises tend to be used when the main character Leonard is thinking about something and trying to solve the mystery which confronts him. The mystery in the film encourages the viewer to keep on watching as they want to know how the final conclusion ends. A physical mise-en-scene feature ids the photos which Leonard takes. This is because the photos he has are his only means of identification due to his condition of memory loss. This means that he can find out what has happened in the past to figure out what to do in the future. Another mise-en-scene feature is the bad guy called “Teddy” as he is Leonard’s friend due to the fact that Leonard can not remember who Teddy is. This is something that grips the audience as this is not very common in other Thriller films and encourages the viewer to see how this relationship between Teddy and Leonard unfolds. In Memento uses a lot of extreme close up shots. Most of the time these are used to show the detail of Leonard’s photographs or the expression on people’s faces. These shots are used to involve the viewer more by showing detail. Overall Memento is a good film due to its good music and gripping plot to keep the viewer interested.