At the beginning of the movie Children of men the screen is black, we then hear various news reporters reporting of the things that have been happening around the world. This helps the audience to understand what has been going on and the significance of this. We see a few titles and then we are shown a scene of a café full of people and we are aware that the people are watching a news report as we can hear this yet not see the TV screen. The colours are very dull and almost grey, it is obvious that this is not a happy scene. We can see that this is a big deal to the people watching the TV screen by the expression on their faces. A man is then trying to get passed these people who are watching the news report, he orders a coffee and we are shown the TV report that is telling us that the youngest person on the world has died, we hear someone crying in the background. The news report is telling us of how a boy died and shows 2009-2027, this shows us that this is the future. The camera follows the man into the screen and as this is done we see the rest of the street and the condition it is in, we can see more elements of the future as there is advanced technology on the bus. We see the man about to put some alcohol into his coffee; this is followed by an explosion from the café that the man was just in. This mundane view of how the world now is makes it clear to the audience that something is not right, this is unsettling and is a good introduction to the movie. This makes us want to watch it more as it can explain how the world got to this point.
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