Children of Men (2006)

Genre:

The genre of this film is a Sci-Fi Drama Thriller. this is due to the amount of tension built up in the opening sequence. The opening sequence of this film is also set in the future, this is why it is a Sci-Fi.

Narrative:

The narrative appears to be about  how women are infertile in the future and the youngest person alive is now dead. This is shown through the speech spoken by the news correspondents.

Character:

The main character of the film is the man that the camera follows out of the café. The camera follows him to find out his reaction for when a bomb explodes from the café he recently was in. The woman in the café that is holding a dog, is holding it as if it was a child, this could be that it is a child substitute as the women are not getting impregnated.

Atmosphere:

The atmosphere of the film opening seems to be quite slow paced and surreal. This makes an impression that the film is going to be in a documentary layout.

Themes:

The themes running through the film opening is hope and faith. These are the themes because they have faith and are hoping that the women will become fertile once more to carry on the human race.

Setting:

The setting of the film becomes apparent without even having to look at any images, there were two news correspondents speaking with a British accent so automatically the audience would think that this film is based in London. The time is then shown at the bottom of the screen as he exits the café as well as where.

Sound:

As the clip commences, there is silence, the fact that the Universal logo is silent connotes that the world is silent and it doesn't have any happiness. this make the audience question why. Sound then appears as news correspondents are talking, this  creates a sense of concern as the first thing the audience hears is the news, they know something bad about to happen, this carried on till after the man leaves the café. When he does so there a  short pause which builds up the tension till the next thing the audience hears is a loud 'bang' followed by an eerie noise, the audience then notices that we hear everything the character hears.

Titles: 

The titles of the film is written in white, white is bold colour, this gets the audiences attention, this is good as it also emphasises the words that are written, especially the name Children of Men.

Children of Men opening scene: