Insight into the Camera Positions: Memento.

For this task Mr Barton assigned my group the opening scenes of  'Memento' which is directed by Christopher Nolan. I was given questions to answer regarding the camera positions of the shots. 

What does the audience expect when watching a thriller?
The audience expect to be confused by the initiating scenes so that they are enticed to watch more, such as in Memento, the beginning shots are in reverse, therefore the audience are wondering why the main has this picture, why was the man in the photo murdered? and why are we seeing the murder before we have seen it happen? The enigma codes of Memento entice the audience to watch on and find the answers to these questions. 


How are camera effects used in the opening scenes of Memento?
At the beginning of memento, Christopher Nolan uses one of his classic flash backs, as he has done before in other films such as Following and Inception. Except this flashback is different as the events taking place are in rewind, so we start with the very first shot we see; a hand holding a polaroid photograph in which has a picture of a dead body on it, this shot is a close up, therefore it enables us to see the picture in great detail.

What other effects are used in the opening scenes of Memento to captivate the audience?
The polaroid photograph shot at the start has been edited so that the sequence is going backwards rather than forwards as if we are slowly rewinding the film, for instance the first thing we see is the polaroid photograph with a dead man on it but as the character holding the picture flicks it for what we think is to develop it, isn't, instead the picture fades and fades until it is a blank polaroid.