Memento

I watched the opening to Mento and thought that it tlooks like a really good thriller. The titles are really clever in the way they fade in and out. it is all very simple and plain with very ominous sonuding music that really helps to build suspense. You desperatelt try and figure out what is going on in the picture and the harder you try the more that it fades. The shots that are used are very film noir a lot like in Sin City particularly when he wakes up in the hotel room and Guy Pearce is narrating. The Mise-en-scene is very dramatic with the blood and the beard of the character immediately makes him untrustworthy. The diegetic sound of the photo shaking adds drama and the scream of the man is very chilling. Another clever thing about the opening is the way the camera cuts to extreme close ups of the objects like the blood and you never get to see the full picture. It is really clever the way the action moves backwards. Immediately your mind starts asking questions about what is going on.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J_VRZJf91nw