TEXTUAL ANALYSIS – Source Table

DIRECTOR/
AUTHOR
TITLEDATE PUBLISHED/
PUBLISHER
DATE LAST ACCESSED/
URL
(IF WEBSITE)
1Alfonso
Cuarón
Children of Men2006
———
Universal Pictures
n/a
2Alfonso
Cuarón
Children of Men2006
———
IMDb
05/10/2022
———
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/
3Alfonso
Cuarón
The Possibility of Hope2007
———
Universal Pictures
n/a
4P. D.
James
The Children of Men1992
———
Faber and Faber
n/a
5James
Monaco
How to Read a Film2009
———
Oxford University Press
n/a
6Peter
Bradshaw
Children of Men review –
explosively violent
future-nightmare thriller
2006
———
The Guardian
26/09/2022
———
https://www.theguardian.com/film/
2006/sep/22/juliannemoore.thriller
7Abraham
Riesman
The Vulture Transcript:
Alfonso Cuarón on Children of Men
2017
———
Vulture
26/09/2022
———
https://www.vulture.com/2017/
01/alfonso-cuaron-children-of-men-transcript.html
8LeadheadChildren of Men |
An Audible Apocalypse
2019
———
YouTube
03/10/2022
———
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js1iCGGYo0I
9ScreenedChildren of Men –
Loss of Humanity in Dystopian Movies
2018
———
YouTube
03/10/2022
———
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVE_xrFlts&t=9s
10Fallopium
Films
Children Of Men |
A World Without Purpose
2021
———
YouTube
03/10/2022
———
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFlR_YqAJm0
11Brad
Johnson
Specs & The City:
Opening Scenes of Movies & Children of Men
2014
———
Writer’s Digest
05/10/2022
———
https://scriptmag.com/features/specs-city-opening-scenes-movies-children-men
12Jonathan
Broxton
CHILDREN OF MEN – John Tavener2006
———
Movie Music UK
05/10/2022
———
https://moviemusicuk.us/2006/12/29/children-of-men-john-tavener/
13BAFTA
Guru
Alfonso Cuarón –
Did Children of Men Predict Populism Today? |
Screenwriter’s Lecture
2019
———
YouTube
05/10/2022
———
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh1EGsetbJE&t=77s
14Stephen
Dalton
Children of Men: why Alfonso Cuarón’s anti-Blade Runner looks more relevant than ever2019
———
British Film Institute
05/10/2022
———
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/children-men-alfonso-cuaron
15Samuel
Amago
Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Future in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men2010
———
ResearchGate
05/10/2022
———
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236758972_
Ethics_Aesthetics_and_the_Future_in_Alfonso_Cuaron’s_
Children_of_Men
16n/aBritain: 1945 to Present2014
———
BBC
06/10/2022
———
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/present_
timeline_noflash.shtml
17Holly
Pyne
20 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Children Of Men2014
———
ShortList
06/10/2022
———
https://www.shortlist.com/news/20-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-children-of-men
18Amelia
Guchi
Children of Men (2006) Opening Scene Analysis2012
———
Reel Witty
06/10/2022
———
http://reelwitty.blogspot.com/2012/11/children-of-men-2006-opening-scenes.html
19Gregory WolmartOn Anamorphic Adaptations and the Children of Men2017
———
International Journal of Zižek Studies
07/10/2022
———
https://zizekstudies.org/index.php/IJZS/article/view/981
20Emily
Fritcke
&
Noor
Gill
Francis Fukuyama Explains Why Children of Men Is So Great2016
———
Slate
07/10/2022
———
https://slate.com/technology/2016/10/francis-fukuyama-explains-why-children-of-men-is-so-great.html
21Nicole L.
Sparling
Without a Conceivable Future: Figuring the Mother in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men2014
———
JSTOR
07/10/2022
———
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/fronjwomestud.35.1.0160
22Julia
Echeverría
Domingo
Liquid Cinematography and the Representation of Viral Threats in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men2015
———
University of Zaragoza
09/10/2022
———
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294123100_
Liquid_Cinematography_and_the_Representation_of_
Viral_Threats_in_Alfonso_Cuaron’s_Children_of_Men
23Benjamin
B
Children of Men: Humanity’s Last Hope2022
———
American Cinematographer
09/10/2022
———
https://ascmag.com/articles/children-of-men-humanitys-last-hope
24Nicholas
Barber
Why Children of Men has never been as shocking as it is now2016
———
BBC Culture
09/10/2022
———
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161215-why-children-of-men-has-never-been-as-shocking-as-it-is-now
25Vicente
Rodríguez
Ortega
Children of Men and Demonlover:
Corporate psyches, media bodies and the possibility of Tomorrow
2010
———
Film International
13/10/2022
———
https://www.academia.edu/5439349/Children_of_Men_
and_Demonlover_Corporate_psyches_media_bodies_
and_the_possibility_of_Tomorrow?
email_work_card=view-paper
26Abraham
Riesman
How Children of Men Became a Dystopian Masterpiece2016
———
Vulture
17/10/2022
———
https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/children-of-men-alfonso-cuaron-c-v-r.html

TA Plan-

Film- Children of Men

Scene- Kee, Theo and Miriam on their way to the camp

Micro elements- Mise-en-scene, cinematography

Macro element- Genre

Context- Historical, Social

Subclip- 01:08:30 to 01:12:25

Source Table TA

Source NumberAuthor/DirectorTitleDate Published/PublisherDate Last Accessed if websiteURl If Website
1Meirelles & LundCity Of GodAugust 30th 2002 (Brazil)
2MonacoHow To Read A Film 1977 or 1981
3Vidigal & BorgesCity Of God 10 years laterOctober 2013
4Eduqas/WjecA level Film Studies Focus Film FactsheetWJEC26/09/22http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/vtc/2016-17/16-17_1-19/_eng/city-of-god.pdf
5Caio SilveiraCity Of God in Rio De Janeiro200726/09/22http://www.socioeco.org/bdf_fiche-document-1702_en.html
6Stephanie MuirStudying City Of God2016, Liverpool Uni Press26/09/22https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv13841wr
7Lancaster UniCity of God Sociology paper2004, Department Of Sociology28/09/22https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/resources/sociology-online-papers/papers/diken-city-of-god.pdf
8The Guardian
Alice Braga, Actor.
Lamartine Ferreira, Assistant Director.
How we made City Of GodThe Guardian30/09/22https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/09/how-we-made-city-of-god
9BarthesAn introduction to analysis of structural narrative197530/09/22https://www.uv.es/fores/Barthes_Structural_Narrative.pdf
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Republic_(Brazil)#:~:text=The%20Proclamation%20of%20the%20Republic,reign%20of%20Emperor%20Pedro%20II.
11https://library.brown.edu/create/fivecenturiesofchange/chapters/chapter-9/favelas-in-rio-de-janeiro-past-and-present/
12https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332110878_City_of_God_Coherence_in_Non-Linear_Storytelling
13https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/city-of-gods-an-interview-with-fernando-meirelles/
14https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/BRA/brazil/poverty-rate
15https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/0p096885m
16Secrets of screenplay structure- Cowgill (1999, pg 158)
17https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_(2002_film)

Textual Analysis

FILM CHOSEN – City Of God (Meirelles And Lund, 2002)

SCENE CHOSEN -When Rocket goes to buy drugs + Story Of The Apartment (00:34:53 – 00:38:54)

MICRO ELEMENTS – Mise-En-Scene and Cinematography

MACRO ELEMENTS – Representation and Ideology

CONTEXT – Historical and Political