Memento - Opening sequence

Memento

the opening sequence

In class we watched the opening sequence of the film Memento. Memento is a psychological thriller movie which is my favourite type of thriller genre. During the opening credits of the film, the only sequence to be played backwards is shown. It starts with the developed polaroid photograph of a man shot in the head. As the sequence plays backwards we are shown the photo undeveloping, entering the camera, being taken, etc. As the credits end, we see the protagonist shoot a man in the head. The production and distribution companies were also introduced in the opening credit. New Market is the company that produces Memento, they also produced the popular psychological thriller Donnie Darko. So by stating the producer of the movie creates a mood for the movie as we meet the producers of the movie. It also gives us the idea of the budget of the movie, as New Market is an independent movie label they have a smaller budget to the normal Hollywood movies. They also introduced Summit Entertainment as a partner, this is usually what producers of movie has to include to show their partnership with another company, I think it acts as a way of advertising each other as well. The structure of the the intro would fit into the category of tittles on a plain background followed by the narrative opening.