Memento

Memento's events are told backwards in ten minute segments which is a difficult narrative structure. This represents to us as the audience the confusion that the protagonist is feeling as he cannot remember. This film includes conventions, for example blood. It uses a wide range of shots such as close ups and extreme close ups. A long shot is effectively used to show us the abandoned feeling. The long shot makes us aware of its surroundings and the setting in which the characters are in. Flashbacks were filmed in black and white which symbolises the past and makes it easier  for the audience to determine whether they are watching part of the past or the present day. The atmosphere in the film and the mood of the audience is tense throughout the film. The music is parallel with the films mood and so gives us an idea that something terrible has happened.