Children Of Men -Opening Scene

Mise en scene
After the first transition the scene that follow are within a low key lighting setting. Colours of Blue, Grey and Black are used to emphasise the emotions and mood of the characters and storyline, which is shown on the flat screen TV on the cafe wall, showing technology in the time the movie is set.
The actors used o play the role of business people at a cafe are all above 18 years of ages, this shows the importance of 'Baby Diego' as being the youngest person in the world.
The camera follows the main character into the street, continuing the low key lighting as the there is a lot of smoke produced by the famous Red London buses, cars and derelict motorcycle carriages. The pavements are black and dirty as the rubbish bins have not been managed. The people walking in the streets are all wearing dark coloured clothing, almost blending in.
However, the advertisements on the buildings and buses are all moving images relating to the year (2027) it was set.

Editing
At 0.05 a black screen cuts to the cafe scene at 0.06.
The main character walks in to the cafe and looks up at the TV screen in the top corner; which then cuts into a point-of-view to show what the character is seeing.
As the main character makes his way out of the cafe, continuity cuts is used to follow him into the streets.

Sound
Throughout the black screen and into the first scene, the voice of 2 different newsreaders is used to tell the story of the death of ' Baby Diego'. The female voice showing a more emotive tone and the male more of a neutral informative tone.
Entering the road, the sound of motorcycles, worn-out car brakes, buses and honking tunes out any casual street conversation.
The sound of the explosion and the noise after included the burst itself, females screaming, glass shattering and a high-pitched tone. This is an effect to imitate what a person at the scene would hear.
Also music from the TV is heard in the background of the cafe scene until the character enters the street, which over takes the music.

Camera
Cafe
High angle shots are used that show the actors looking up to it as if the camera is the TV.
When the main character enters the room and looks up at the TV, the camera is placed at a low angle as if the camera is the eyes of the character.
The moving shot is used to follow the character out of the cafe.
Street
Exiting the shop the camera films the street from right to left until the main character is within the shot. then the camera continues following the character until the camera is placed on the left side of the actor to show the explosion.