A l i e n (1979) Ridley Scott.
Alien's pacing is masterful, for the majority of the film nothing happens (hold on), then Kane's sorry stomach bursts, hell breaks loose in the bloodiest way possible. The hierarchy was based around the films tagline of "in space no one can hear you scream." Claustrophobic and narrow layout of text against a vast, intimidating and foreboding use of space. However, this is subverted when the alien bursts out of Kane; text now becomes cramped, irregular and noisier with a lot of spilled ink, before returning to the previous standard layout but, minimal with the space and noise more foreboding then ever.
M e m e n t o (2000) Christopher Nolan.
Memento is told backwards and forwards, so is this response, it's protagonist Leonard Shelby has no short term memory. The scene in question is where Natalie (the antagonist) reveals her conspiracy to Leonard, who won't be able to remember. He scrambles to get a pen before he forgets. This scene was a nightmare to create a response for: I had way too many ideas and because of my attachment to the film I didn't want to cut any of them. The response didn't have any particular layout or grid, it was important to represent Leonard's disability; the text had to be confusing to read, with certain unimportant words being more attention grabbing than the important ones. Leonard's "distracting" type was made by cutting into electrical tape. I don't know why I went for the jazz look, but it lends itself to the neo-noir narrative of the film.
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