Memento 2000

Memento start with a still of a hand holding an Polarized image, the image shows a man dead on the floor covered in blood. The hand begins to waft the picture and the image starts to fade and become less visible. after the minute mark the image completely fades and then the camera angles changes to a close up of the camera. he we see the image being put back into the camera, which makes the viewer first realize that the scene is being shot in reverse.the  death of this man becomes clear when the gun that killed him is lifted up into the seconds mans hand and the bullet is loaded back into the chamber.

The credits play through out the first minute of memento and this is where the image is we see an extreme close-up of the image, they are shown during a scene of little importance so that they do not distract form the storyline leaving viewer missing key information.  the list of people included in the credits are the main actors/actresses the directors and producers and who the music and costumes were provided by. The credits are written in a bold blue text which is all capitals and fade in and out after each other. 

Sound
during the credits non-dietetic music plays this music stops playing as soon as the camera flash at this point we begin to hear dietetic sounds such as the gunshot and the camera.

editing/camera work
The scene starts with an extreme close up of the Polaroid image, the reason an extreme close up is used is to make the viewer look at a specific point and this forces them focus and concentrate and what they are being shown.