Children of Men

Children of Men

Representation of characters is shown through the micro elements in the opening scene where we know that Theo is the protagonist as he barges through the crowd into the center of the shot. The camerawork used here also suggests how is a significant character as the camera tracks him out of the shop.The expression on his face portrays a feeling of depression and when he puts alcohol in his coffee it implies how he may have issues - could be a trope of this movie. The editing in this opening scene is interesting as the majority of the scene is one take (only one cut)  and so the duration is very long where the camera tracks the protagonists and occasionally pans across to give a view of the city which gives a sense of the real time in the world of "children of the men" and continuity. The sound in this scene are all diegetic and again, allows the audience to be more of a part of the scene and makes it seems like they are actually witnessing the events. The mise en scene in this scene contributes a lot into portraying the setting and location. When Theo leaves the shop the we see the city in 2027 where the streets are busy and there are piles of rubbish on the side of the path. This shows how the people are careless and how the world in the film is different from the real one The opening scene is set in London, we can determine this from the mis en scene where we see the typical english buildings, streets and the red buses. The streets are polluted, looks quite run down which gives us a sense of misery and suggests how the world of "children of men" is not the ideal world someone would want to live in .

enigmas
- why can't the people can't have babies anymore
- why does the protagonist not care
- who is this man
- why was the coffee shop bombed
- what is going on in the world of "