In the opening scene in memento, there is a lot of editing techniques because the film is includes flashbacks and the film includes quite a few cuts from the end of the film. As the protagonist suffers from amnesia, the flashbacks involve the audience into his world of disorientation. In the original movie, the black and white sequences progress chronologically forward in time and the colour scenes are arranged in reverse order. Normally flashbacks are in black and white to show that they are in the past. But having the real time in black and white shows that maybe he is living in the past and resolve a mystery. The protagonist is the narrator and his memory and life confused which are shown by the flashbacks which suggest that he becomes an unreliable narrator as he doesn’t know what is real.
Sound in The Bourne Ultimatum
In the Bourne Ultimatum includes both diegetic and non-diegetic sound is used to create different effects at different points throughout the film. The film starts with non-diegetic piece of music constructed by strings and percussion which is quite tense music and conveys to the audience that the film will have an anxious, perhaps agitated and an on edge beginning. This is then followed and overlaid by diegetic sounds, for example, sirens, traffic, footsteps and shouting. This shows that the film is set in a cityscape area and the sound effects give a sense of urgency, pace and maybe even catastrophe. During the opening scene at one point all of the sounds pause to give sense of relief or it could also suggest that he is hiding an a bit obscure. When the flashbacks start the non-diegetic music becomes slow and including violins reflecting the music and protagonist as she is becoming sad, regretful and woebegone.
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