Memento - How the editing creates the narrative and represents the character

The editing and order of the film has a different take on it than what you see in other films and it has an open narrative. The film begins with an extreme close up of a peice of film with a bloody picture developing which is then 'rewound' and put in the camera again. We then catch a glimpse of the 'scene of the crime'. Straight away we get the impression that a main part of the film is based around photography (in which, soon after we realise it is). This links with the main character as he has to rely on photography and written notes because of his memory condition. His condition is a big part in the whole film so its vital that they portray things that link with his condition. This is to help us understand the character AND how a character, who seems to be alone mangages with noone else's help. It also makes us question the character and type of film because stereotypically we assume that someone with an ability needs help and always has a helper. Again this portrays and represents the character as a strong, independant individual.
The bloody scene that we see on the film isn't clear however we can clearly see blood. The red connatates violence, death, blood etc, which sets and creates the narrative to the film.
The shaking of the picture links with how a person's body language is when they try to remember something. When a person is confuzed or can't seem to think (remember) they tend to move/shake their hands or head slightly just as a reaction to the frustration of not being able to remember something. The picture fading links with the chracters memory and how it comes back to him very slowly.
After he puts the film back in the camera the next scene you notice that the screen flips, and we have a side view of the blood on the floor. This could link with his confused expression and his disability. It could also link with the idea of him flipping from different personalities. For example in the mornings hes completely lost and confused and this links with stereotypical representaion of disability and the person being vulnerable. However throughout the day as he's remebering things, you see a different and violent side to him. You learn this on the opening scene when you see him shoot 'Teddy'. The camera shots go onto quick short shots of a bullet, glasses, and then a man on the floor. Not only is the rewinding linking with his memory condition. But we can see how he has to put two and two together to remember. It's clearly telling us in the easiest and simplest way possible about what's just happened and it links with how the character has to look and judge what has happened so we see get to see it through his eyes. This gives us a better understanding of the character.
An unusual structure in this film is the colour narrative and the black/white narrative. The colour narrative represents the present time period and is working its way backwards which links with his personality. The black and white part is working forward. As this is fairly confusing and hard to keep up on we (audience) learn from the notes and  pictures just like the character does.
An effect that we get from the 'two films' (black and white) is that it gives the effect of 'going around in a circle' because his daily life is like a circle (same cycle everyday). He wakes up, forgets everything, and slowly uncovers things. Then he goes to sleep and wakes up and so on. So we learn alot more about the characters way of living and what he has to deal with.
The non diagetic music in the very beginning is very emotive and this makes us feel for the character. The black and white scenes also has non diagetic sounds which create emotion too. This causes us to feel sorry for him which links with the stereotypical representation of people with disabilities. The sounds in the hotel scene sounds is like a ticking sound. This could represent time ticking, or his heart beat. It could link with him trying to remember creating a tense effect as he tries to figure out about his wife's murder as quickly as possible. Also it could link with him having limited time until he forgets again...

In the colour scenes it's more action, fast paced and heroic. The same emotional music from the opening comes back in again which tells us that we're revisiting the first scene. The non diagetic music then gets more tense which links the the character Teddy and it creates the effect that we get a bad vibe from him.
From an audience's initial perspective, the opening scene of the film is giving an overview of what's already happened. However what we later realise is that it links with the characters disability. Also a line spoken during the opening scene is 'everything fades' which ties in with the beginning where the film fades. It links again with him trying to remember.
The film is in a non chronological order and uses the enigma code. The idea we get is that the two parts will meet up. It causes us to ask questions that films don't tend to usually make us ask. Because of the different structure and layout of the film we get the idea and ask if the the beginning it at the end.