Children of men title sequence analysis

In the beggining of the title sequence of chilldren of men the screen is blank and we can hear a type of news report going on, i know this as the people talking are talking in a very formal way and just stating what is going on in the world and not commenting on it like you woud in a conversation. We also realise that this world they are reporting about is a ery dystopian world as the UK's borders have been closed and there is a siege happening on a city, the news report is a diegetic sound as it is a blank screen in the beggining which does not tell us if the characters can hear or notice it so it is a diegetic sound, also the news readers have british acsent's which shows this is a british film.

As the film starts we see a cafe which is packed with people, a sound bridge happened to bring us into this scene, we learn as we are watching that Diego Richado the youngest person on the planet had died his name shows he is south american, we learn that he is 18 years old when he died which shocks the audience as how can he be the youngest person on the planet he is an enigma,we also hear how he died that a fan stabbed him and that the fan was beaten to death which shows how much he meant to the people. on the news report the way they show Diego is like a baby to show how young everyone see's him as like a baby really. In the cafe the people are shot in a long shot so we can see all their facial expressions towards this news report and see how they are shocked, we also see how they are dressed it is quite normal as if most of them were going to work when this happened, also we see most of them have coffee which show's it is quite early in the morning and everyone is going to work, also the people are fairly old there is no really young people that we can see, it is also very bright outside indicating it is the morning.

When Clive Owen walks in it is as if he does not care about the report he pushes through the crowd which annoys them as we can see it on their faces and gets his coffee he barely looks at the screen to watch the report. Their is a sbjective point of view shot so we can see the T.V through Clive Owens eyes, it is as if their is funeral music going on when the report is being shown to show how sad it is.

As Clive Owen walks out it is like we are following him as the camera follows him with a subjective point of view, when we see the outside we hear the cars to indicate there is traffic and we see red busses to show we are in britain and bikes almost moped driving around, we also see it is 2027 so it is quite a while into the future, we also see moving signs to show it is the future. As Clive Owen puts his coffee down he pours alcohol into his cup which shows he may be addicted to it or it is what helps him get through the day. As we are watching him pour something in his coffee an explosion goes of which makes Clive Owen jump back and pin himself against a wall to show he is scared, we also see many people in the explosion drop to the floor and possibly die, the explosion does not have multiple angles it is shot from just one which kind of makes us feel we are there watching, the sound of the exploion is very loud and it is a diegetic sound however it may have been made a bit louder. The camera is very jumpy to show we are running and at the end we see a woman holding her arm to show the damage that has been done we also hear screams to represent the danger of what has happened.