Because a “weapon” is involved in the whole situation humans become even more distrustful of the aliens and other humans. China and Russia stop the communication with the other nations and so does the USA. Eventually no one of the twelve nations is communicating anymore (Figure 43). Instead of talking to each other they abandon exchange of information completely. Villeneuve shows what the fuzziness of language can cause. Moreover he shows how humans behave when they encounter a thing they do not understand. Certainly Louise is trying to understand. After the bomb explodes the aliens’ ship flies out of the humans range but stays within sight. Louise is able to get inside the ship by using a kind of elevator that the aliens send down to her. …show more content…
In order to build tension and give the story depth he uses flashbacks and flash-forwards. Several different story elements are connected via this method. The film Memento is told via two story lines. One – that is shown in black-and-white – shows the past through flashbacks. The other story line is shown in color; it shows the present. However the flashbacks move forward in time while the scenes from the present move backwards in time. The moment the protagonist picks up a developing Polaroid the two storylines are connected. “The transition from black-and-white to color in the film Memento is a visual metaphor for transitioning from the past (black-and-white) to the present (color)” (Brown 68). Concerning cinematography Nolan has his preferred methods. The location of the camera and what it shows is very important to him; especially when we see dialogues between characters. Nolan prefers to place the camera behind the characters at eye level. By doing so he allows the audience to see from the character’s perspective without using a POV shot. He combines the advantages of first and third person storytelling. He uses this, for instance, in The Prestige; when Robert is performing onstage the camera follows him. He looks towards the crowd and we see it from his