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I have chosen Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 science fiction film, Children of Men for textual analysis. The film is set in 2027 and features a bureaucrat (Theo) helping a pregnant immigrant (Kee) in a fascist infertile Britain. I have chosen the section of the film lasting from 1:00-6:00. This is at the beginning of the film; the section includes the café bombing scene with the news broadcast reporting about the death of baby Diego, and the first look at the protagonist’s office and the prison bus scene. To analyse this section, I am focusing on mise-en-scene, cinematography and representation and ideology. The context examined focusses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production.   

Film: Children Of Men

Scene: Opening (1:00-6:00)

Micro: Cinematography and mise en scene

Macro: Representation and Ideology

Context: Socio-political

Overall rating: 7/10

My standout scene was the when The Girl was talking to the child in the alley at night

overall rating: 7.5/10

My standout scene is the opening scene

Overall rating: 8/10

I think that the standout scene was when they entered the refugee camp as because most of the camera shots were handheld it really conveyed how cramped it was in the camp.