Scene 1 Opening Scene
The opening scene to the film Children of Men starts off quite differently to other films. Usually when you watch a film, the setting or someone is shown first before anyone begins talking. However, in Children of Men, you can hear a news reporter speaking whilst the screen is black before you eve see anything. This was a creative thing for the director of the film to include as they knew that it was a unique technique that would draw closer attention from their viewers. Whilst the news reporter is speaking, she says, "the world was stunned today by the death of Diego Ricardo, the youngest person on the planet". It later reveals that he was 18. The use of this spoken word will be useful for the audience because it tells them that the film is set in a strange version of our current world and that the genre of the film is sci-fi. Another thing that this could do is make viewers want to watch even more of the film because they would be confused about how he is the youngest person in the world and is 18 years old. They would want to watch on as it they would wonder what stopped humans from breeding. When the camera switches to inside the coffee shop and shows the TV, music with a sad tone begins to play and you can hear people crying over his death. The TV shows that the year of Diego's death was 2027 meaning that the film s set in the future. The only person other than the reporter who is heard speaking in this scene is the man who orders coffee and this lets the audience know that he is the main character because he was the only one speaking and placed in the centre of the screen. As the man leaves the coffee shop the camera begins to follow him and show the surroundings. The sounds that can be heard are mainly from vehicles and doesn't sound like the world has advanced very much. Later, the camera then turns to the mans right and then an explosion is heard and shown on screen. The sound of the explosion was realist but I think that the sound of the woman screaming wasn't realistic because it was very high pitched and was about the same volume of the explosion.
Scene 2 Car Scene
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At the beginning of the car scene, the first thing that the audience hears is some happy and upbeat music. This music in the scene is diegetic as it is coming from the stereo system in the car meaning that characters in the film are also hearing the music. I think that this type of music was included in the scene because it shows all of the characters together and shows Julian and Theo re connecting with each other and makes the audience think that they might get back together. The music coming from the car can be heard up until 1.28. At this moment in the scene, a car can be seen crashing and an explosion is heard. As the crash is seen, the music cut off which highlights to the audience how sudden the crash was and how no one expected it. At 1.38 into the scene you can see people running towards the car and can hear the objects that they are throwing onto the car such as rocks. These sounds are also met with the sounds of everyone in the car screaming. The sounds of the characters screaming shows the audience how scared they are and the panic state that they are in. At 1.46 you can hear the people outside of the car shouting at the ones inside it showing their aggressiveness and their want to get into the car and hurt them, these sounds tell the audience about how dangerous the situation the characters are in is. At 1.50 when the character to try to escape by reversing heir car, a motorbike can be heard and is then shown following them. After this at 2.02 a gunshot is heard and Julian is shot in the neck, this sound is then followed by high pitched noise which I think is in the perspective of Theo and what he is hearing meaning that its diegetic. At 2.06 you can hear the other characters crying and how traumatised they are.
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