Is Memento a good opening sequence?
I think that Memento is a good opening sequence as all that the viewer wants from an opening sequence they get with this opening sequence. With this opening sequence the viewer will get the titles, be hooked in, feel curious, have questions and feel a certain atmosphere.
We first see the titles appearing onto our screens and to get the viewer hooked in the titles are slow paced with non-diagetic music to set the mood. A hand holding a photograph appears in the background of the title 'Memento' and thats where the viewer see's the hand holding the gruesome photograph in which if the viewer is not already hooked in then they will be now. When we see the hand holding the photo we see a gruesome image which can tell the viewer that the person holding this photo is not a nice character, someone dangerous and someone who's path you do not want to cross. Just at the point of the image of a hand holding a photograph are all slow paced shots until then. We see this hand shaking the photograph as if to get it to appear, accept the photo is disappearing in which could tell the viewer that this is not only a dangerous character but someone who wants to forget this memory.
We then move onto the next slow paced scene of a a man (the main character) with that photograph which the viewer just saw putting the photo back into the camera as this scene is being rewound to show the viewer from the start what happened. This so far ticks the boxes for getting the viewer hooked in and letting the viewer have questions as well as the right kind of mood and atmosphere being created. The above reasons are as to why I think that this is the good and right kind of opening sequence.
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