Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is known for making high end thriller films. Two of his well known ones are Memento and Insomnia.

Both films include many similar conventions and this is proven right from the opening title. The opening title to Insomnia reflects its title as the words and names shown on screen are blurred which produces a feeling of tiredness and it seems like the viewer is getting more and more sleepy as the opening title goes on. The first part of filming we see is the sight of blood being socked into cotton sheets. Blood is a huge part of identifying that this film is a thriller. We then see two characters flying over a polar, exotic region.

Likewise, the opening title to Memento also reflects the title of the film. At the beginning of the film everything appears to happening in a backwards motion. The main character is holding a polaroid picture which, in reverse, fades instead of become more and more clearer as it should. As the film moves on we start to see that the rest of the opening titles are filmed in reverse and the viewers should make the assumption that the character is trying to remember what he has done by getting a memento. Also, Memento has blood shown in the opening titles just as Insomnia did.

 The opening to Insomnia -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m70eyk6xr3s

The opening to Memento -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87iY8rPJF8

Christopher Nolan talking about the making of Mento -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFxNq_oMGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYbNFxtG8H4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYO-zUdUoTE&feature=related