Recorded Foley sound: Footsteps and Knocking

Discussed reshoot

Maria did not attend

I have chosen Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 science-fiction film, Children of Men for my textual analysis. The film is set in the near future in the UK, in the wake of a catastrophic global infertility and the story surrounds our protagonist Theo who must help transport the Kee, the first pregnant women in 18 years to safety. I have chosen to analyse the opening section of the film between 00:00:30 – 00:04:45. In this section, Theo enters a coffee shop and learns about the death of the world’s youngest person. A bomb explodes which this lead our protagonist Theo to leave work early seek comfort from his friend Arthur. To analyse this section, I am focusing on mise-en-scene (including the use of visual motifs), cinematography, and Auteur Theory. The context examined focusses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production.

Opening Scene and travelling to meet Jasper.

Time Stamp- 0.30-4.50

Macro Elements- Auteur Theory

Micro Elements- Mise-en-scene and Cinematography

Context- Social and Political

Score : 6/10

Memorable scene : the last scene in the vampires house

Rating : 7.5/10

Memorable scene : The couple being kidnapped.

8.5/10

Memorable scene: Julienne death sequence/Soldier baby scene

The task was difficult as we did not have enough context of the whole story or plot

Furthermore as we had not had experience with experience with certain aspects of the story.

But it was useful as we now have experience with the formatting we need

noun

1. the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions

An example of a film with a good screenplay