Memento Hotel Room

Inspiration: Making the theme of isolation prominent in my film

Aim: Visualise how Nolan uses isolation in the Hotel Room scene in Memento and how this can be used to effect in my film.

                            

I was thinking of best how to show Stephanie at her most vulnerable and how to show this without any dialogue. I remembered this scene from Memento: Leonard Shelby is sat alone in a Hotel Room with no clue where he is or how he got there. This scene inspired me to create a subjective scene in Stephanie's bedroom were we can see the area around her and consciously view and judge her. I intend to use high angled shots to demonstrate how isolated she is as a person. 

I looked deeper into the scene and discovered a 24 minute documentary on how Memento was made. They discussed the Hotel Scene and how the cinematographer wanted the camera to feel as if it was a CCTV camera looking down on Lenny, the spectator being allowed to see Leonard on his own yet sill feel constricted due to the tightness of the shot. 

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 I decided that I would add a trophy on top of the cabinet into the shot to force Stephanie to the left hand side of the frame. This shows her vulnerability as a character and allows the spectator to see the impact of not making the team had on her. It can also symbolise how important football is to her and the momentous task that she is facing to get into the school club.