Analysis of Memento poster

The mise-en-scene is set out to look as thought a set of photographs have been thrown on top one another, the way that each of the photos, of the man and the woman are repeated in a pattern and get smaller each time adds a sense of depth and gives the impression that something is going on behind the photographs. In the mans photo, the setting looks quite light, his face is lit up and so is the background whereas in the woman's photo it is quite dark, opposite to the man. This infers the idea that he might be the hero and she might be the villain of the story, although this could also infer that something may have happened to the woman, or something has happened between the two- 'some memories are best forgotten' he may be trying to forget her or an event, which may be why she is surrounded by black in the photo; a painful memory. The word memento is printed at the bottom of the page in a font that makes it look hand written which makes it seem quite personal and as though it has an emotion and story behind it.