Notes on todays lesson.

What we expected from the first 2 minutes of a thriller:

An introduction to protagonist, titles, who will be starring, non diagetic music, a few background details of the protagonist, an establishing shot.

What we actually saw in the first 2 minutes of Mememto:

We meet protagonist who wears a wedding ring and has a tatoo on his hand/arm, we see titles and cast members, we learn the man kills someone, the photograph is important as it is focused on for a long amount of time, rewinding of killing is a symbol of loss of memory?Dark, bloody, broken setting, music is syncronus and non diagetic along with the noise of the phtograph flapping-diagetic and syncronus- , the man wears a suit portraying him as a professional? cut face, violent man, emotionless worn out face, exhausted.Planned the whole thing, camera, gun, sheets surrounding the two men, derilict building.