Analysing the features of single camera production

Children of men is a feature film. The genres of the feature film is scifi, action and drama. Throughout the film they change different genre but it is sci-fi because they have set it in 2027 in London. Their costumes in the film was old fashioned and their war costumes wasn’t new as it was old fashioned. It was set in London and it has changed a lot which shows you that it is sc-fi. The beginning of the film you could tell it was Sc-fi because they said it was set in 2027 but also the youngest person on earth died and he was 18 years old. Things have changed till that day. The main character called Theo at the beginning he was a normal man who went to work but then things changed and he got caught into helping refugees. He changed into a hero throughout the film.

The narrative features of this film is short form narrative. The film was linear because there were no flashbacks within the film and it was just one storyline from beginning to end. The film was set in London 2027 which shows that it was Sc-fi and also about the genre there was a lot of violence from the war in another country. Other information which they give about the genre is the plot of the story and how they have set the film which helps the audience knows what type of film this is and what is going with the characters and their personalities. The two main characters within the film are Theo and Kee. In one scene in the film Theo is shown like a hero and he knows what he is doing. The scene is when they are in the refugee camp and he helps Kee deliver her baby. It shows he is like a father figure and he has memories of his baby which unfortunately died. He wants the mum and the baby to be safe. This can make the audience relieved thinking that they will both be okay and they will get to the both safe. Even thought they don’t have all the equipment they needed they were still be able to deliver the baby safely and that the baby was also healthy too. Another key scene in the film is when they were all in the car thinking they were all safe and then people come out of nowhere and someone shot the women in the neck who then dies. While they were in the car Theo and Julian were playing with a ball and this shows that they were comfortable with each other and they were reliving memories they used to have with eachother. The film has a closed ending because Theo dies but on the other hand it can be open because you don’t know what happens to Kee and her baby and if the ship went to pick them up. They wanted to make it realistic.

The mise en scene was inside the car but we can suggest that the car was stolen as well. The radio was on in the car during the whole scene. Even though we couldn’t hear the radio the whole time we know it was still on because they want to make it as realistic as they can within the film. Everyone outside was wearing black and they also has bats and guns. It created tension for the audience because there were no cuts which created suspense