children of men 12.09.13

I will be analysing the opening sequence of children of men. This movie was realised in 2006 and was a british film. 


At the beginning of this sequence we see a blank screen shown with dialogue. we hear the news reported talk about the the recent activities and what has happened within the story. This shows is a form of narration and tells us about the story without us seeing any visual pictures.

We then see a large group of people inside a cafe watching something important on the t.v. This again gives us the indication that something terrible has happened and that people are intreged to find out more about what has happened. The news reporter mentions that the character was the youngest person on the planet. This can suggest that human development is collapsing and that there are not many children around in the area.

In the cafe we see many different facial expressions from the large group of people. an example of this is when the news reported mentions about the death of the youngest person on the planet. Many of the large group of people are shocked to hear the news.

During this sequence a man walks into the cafe showing no sign of interest in what everyone else is watching. An example of this is when the man just walks into the cafe and asks for a coffee, he does however look at the t.v screen to see what everyone was watching he may show a sign of interest.

When the man walks out of the cafe he is followed by the camera. This can show us that he is the main character of the film and that he is more focused on himself then his surrounding areas. We also see that the camera follow around him when he pours in the drink into his coffee. The effect of the camera following him around is that we are able to see what he is doing.