Saturday, November 5, 2016

Analysing Children of Men OPENING in class






SETTING

  • London, 16th November 2027
  • old red bus in 2027(?)
  • on a busy hour in the morning
  • the city is DULL grey, shabby - dust
  • police presence and military helicopter indicate that the city is dangerous


  • there are these vehicles in London (Asian influence?)

SOUND


  • diegetic sound, there is no non-diegetic sound
  • sounds of the news reporters speaking at the beginning of the film opening with black screen


FORESHADOWING




the word 'attack' written on the van foreshadows the explosion at the end of the film opening.

MAIN CHARACTER

the main character in the opening is the man wearing dark, shabby clothes that doesn't shave, who walks in the coffee shop through the other people that are standing still watching the TV. He isn't interest in the news. The camera follows his movement out of the coffee shop and take a shot of him mixing his coffee with alcohol (in the morning).


Enigma Questions

  • according to the news in the film stating that the world youngest person died, why are there no babies since 2009?
  • why doesn't the main character cares about the news like anyone else?
  • and why is Diego's death so important?
  • why is the main character drinking in the morning?
  • who blew up the coffee shop? and why?



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