Children of Men

Children of Men

Beginning Scene 

Spoken Dialogue: The spoken dialogue of the news reporter helps set the tone of the movie and how serious the situation is, as we find out that the youngest human in existence of 18 years of age Diego Ricardo has died which shows us that the human race has gone infertile. The dialogue also speaks about how the how world has gone into turmoil over this news and every country is in despair with Britain being the only ones who are moving on and trying not to let the news affect their country. 

Music: The only use of any music is diegetic and is during the beginning scene when the news report shows the birth year and death year of Diego Ricardo which at that point a violin plays a slow and soft tune which helps not only fit the mood of the situation but also shows the genre of what you can expect from the rest of the film. 

Sound Effects: There was a lot of naturalistic sounds such as the sound of crashing cars and citizens panicking which gives off a sense of what it's like to be living in the time of the news breaking out. When the explosion occurs it's given off as a sound effect that the public experiences with the explosion causing ringing sound effect going off. The ringing sound effect is from the main character's perspective and lets us experience the situation from his perspective and makes us feel one with the main character.