Children of men

In the opening of children of men there is no focus on a specific character as there is no main character introduced at first.The shot is a middle shot where you can see everyone's shoulders in a crowd perhaps this is to show the atmosphere and sum up the entire society's expressions on the whole,we get to see bunch of people in the cafe looking tensed and upset watching the news on the TV which is digetic. This builds the suspense of what's the bad news causing  unpleasant atmosphere.The clothings of everyone presented in the cafe are dull and cold colours which reflects onto the lifeless environment.

After this the camera focuses on the a man walking in to the cafe whiles everyone else is still watching the horrendous news of murder.He tends to have a different gesture then the rest of the people in the cafe. he orders a coffee (which is used as a prop in this opening) and watches the news with a mysterious expression which has no empathy to it.The camera continue to follow him whiles he walks out of the cafe. The angle of the camera moves to the location from the actor,this is to introduce us to the location.The place that this shot takes place is in London we know this because there are red buses in the background which allocates the sign of the location straight away.The medium shot now becomes into a long shot continuing back to the actor without any jump shot.The actor now waits at a spot where he takes out a bottle of alcohol and pours it into the coffee,during this shot the camera focuses on the scenery at the back.The dull colours sums up everything making everything similar however suddenly there is a couple in the background along with many people on the street doing their things.The couple wearing bright colours catch our attention straight away,the bright colours also link to their happy life as they were looking jolly in the dull atmosphere.the couple was placed at that position by purpose as the bomb explosion takes place at the exact spot.Everyone disappears the the loud pitch noise increases the existent incredible and horrifying event that takes place.The main actor runs away just like others citizens in the area in order to secure their lives.Overall the opening was excellent it had great small element put together to create the sense of shock and emotion that producers and directors are aiming for.