The year 2027 has come, it has arrived with a tremendous amount of chaos, despair and brokenness. The youngest human being, 18 years old has just died, leaving the possibility of the human race to be extinct due to infertility. The film Children of Men is a film centralized around the destruction amongst the British government and the concern of infertility of women all around the world. These events are due to immigration discrimination in Britain and the idea of not being able to reproduce allowing the audience to witness a troubling circumstance. that could potentially happen in the world. This particular film creates a dark, dreary picture of modern society with the elements of cinematography and mise-en-scene that allow viewers to connect …show more content…
For example, throughout the entire film, scenes are very fast paced. When Theo and Kee are frantically running to escape the groups that want her baby the scenes are extremely quick, creating the dramatic mood of urgency to bring Kee and her new baby into safety from the violence. Another example of this is when the shooting is taking place in the location of the thousands of immigrants. The fast pace through these scenes indicate the urge to run for your life to escape from the numerous bullets ricocheting from every location. This element of cinematography also allows viewers to witness the bizarre events to protect the first child in 18 years and the necessity to keep it alive and safe from the terror amongst Britain …show more content…
The film uses very dark, dull colors to portray the gloominess in the world during that particular time. For instance, the sky is always a shade of grey and every character’s wardrobe consists of neutral, drab colors that lack intensity. Not only was the sky and wardrobe dreary, but even the reds and yellow on the wall of graffiti were emotionless, adding to the numbness of the people in Britain. This is a constant theme of colors through the duration of the film to express the characters discontentment with the world they are inhabiting. The mise-en-scene also reveals character. For instance, the prisoners in the camp containing the immigrants, it is evident that their clothes are filthy, shredded and torn. This indicates their suffering and angst, allowing the audience to see the imagery in what their clothes are going through and what the immigrants are suffering from during the scenes projected in the film. Not only do the characters clothes reveal their despair, the sets uncover the heartache as well. For example, the audience is able to obtain a sense of destruction by witnessing the war zone that lays before the immigrants. The crumbled, deteriorated buildings from the bombs exhibit the unsafe environment immigrants are located in and the mistreatment that is consuming their lives. The props the characters are using, such as the