Editing - Memento

The film show’s man at the start holding a picture, using an extreme close up to show this. He then shakes the photo as it a Polaroid’s photo. It that become’s apparent that the movie is being played in reverse. After this we understand that the man suffers from sort of memory loss. He overcome’s his problem by making notes over his body and over the room.

Through out the start of the film he has having flashbacks like he is overcoming his illness. Close up’s are used a lot during the start to impact on the viewer of a certain detail. He solves the issue by reading the notes on his body and writing them down on the photo’s. This is repeated, step by step each time it’s played.