Children Of Men Opening
Hi again fellow bloggers and viewers! Today, I was watched the Children of men's opening.
I knew exactly who the protagonist is during the first scenes. Simply because he's the only one moving in the first scene when the crowd was watching the TV; he's doing something different. This caught my eye instantly. However, I wasn't sure that he was the protagonist yet. Then, I saw the camera follow the man, I was sure he was the protagonist. He looks as if he isn't happy about life and the situation in general.
The location of the opening is clearly set in an abandoned, under-cared state. There was rubbish everywhere and there was the diegetic sound, suggesting that there was a 1000-day war in Seattle. We know that the location the protagonist is in is London because of the text. What's strange about the location is that the only pieces of high-tech technology are the buses and the TVs. There are helicopters and blimps in the sky and everything has to be watched.
The questions I asked and the enigmas were:
- Why is the world aging very quickly
- Why does everyone care all of a sudden
- Who is the protagonist and why doesn't he care
During the entirety of the opening, there was very little editing; there were only 2 cuts. The 2 cuts helped us as viewers get the feel of the movie and it keeps us wanting to know more; an element of the unknown.
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