Opening Sequence: Children of Men

Camera Shot/Angle/Movement:

• Mid-shot of crowded coffee shop. Shows the importance of the news bieng played on the television that everyone is squeezing into this one shop.


• News report on the t.v. in the backround. Shows audience what the coffee shop goers are watching and what is so important.


• Camera follows Clive Owen’s character out of the shop. Shows the audience who the main focus of the scene. Quickly pans across the futuristic London street, Showing pictures on the windows of the buildings.


• Camera doesnt cut at all. Follows and goes around clive Owen to the angle of the explosion. Shows Clive Owen scared when bomb goes off. Makes the Audience question as to why the hero of the film would be scared.

Sound:

• Small amount of non-diegetic sound during news report. Slow string music. Emphasises sadness of the death.


• When leaving the shop all the audience hear is diegetic sound. Cars, traffic, horns, people talking. Makes explosion more shocking and out of the blue.

Editing:

• Starts with black screen. All we hear is the news report. Grabs the audince’s attention.


• Cuts from crowd in coffee shop to the news report in front of them then back.

Mis En Scene:

• No abnormal costumes. Every day clothing. Make life seem normal.


• Shocked expressions. Emphasises sad news of the death.


• Mid-shot to get everyone in the coffee shops expression.


• Normal lighting. Steryotypical London weather. Gives an idea of what is though as normal British weather to international audience's.


• Alcohol poured into Clive Owne’s coffee. Makes audience question as to why the hero of a film is dependant on alcohol early in the mornng.


• Motor vehicles in the street makes life seem normal.


• bomb goes off. Camera rushes to the scene showing durt settling, people lying in the road, shocked civillians.


• Woman comes out from bomb screaming, missing her right arm.

Characters:

• Camera focuses on Clive Owen. Well known action movie actor. Makes audience familiar to the sort of film he does and what they expect from this film.

Narrative/Plot:

• Large idea of plot. Youngest person in the wold has died. Audience asks as to why he is the youngest person in the world at age 18.


• Bomb goes off in London street. Who would plant a bomb in London and why?

Themes:

• Death.


• Something strange is happening to people that is stopping women from re-producing.

Visual Style:

• documentary

Genre:

Thriller.