Emotions And Atmospheres Created By And Opening Sequence: Memento

In this lesson Mr. Barton asked us to watch the opening of a sequence and decide which elements from it create an atmosphere. He asked us to work in groups of two and assigned us a Thriller opening. I worked with Ashleigh and our opening was from Memento.


We found that the soundtrack in the sequence ascended to create tension and that the classical music creates suspense. We also looked at the camera and editing techniques and found that the sequence has been edited in reverse to create suspense and mystery, the audience will be asking themselves why the man was shot and that will entice them into watching the full picture. 


This is the video clip that we watched:

When doing this task i learnt that an opening sequence should information towards the story-line of the film in order to set the mood and entice the audience. I must bare this in mind when it comes to planning my own opening sequence.