Children of Men
Beginning Scene:
Spoken Dialogue: This sets the tone of the film through the news report, this is because it talks about the death of the youngest man (Diego Ricardo, he was 18 years old) in the world was reported and it had shown how sad and emotional the movie will be. It also shows how much the world has changed due to infertility, and that the human is close to extinction. It also shows that the world is going to turmoil as the human race is going extinct (through infertility). It also establishes the main character (Theo) because he was the only one to speak in the opening scene.
Music: The only use of music during the beginning scene is when the news report shows the birth year and the death year of Diego Ricardo which at a point, violin starts to play 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 Fx: There was naturalistic sounds like cars crashing and citizens crying/screaming, this 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 gives off a sound effect that the public experiences with the explosion causing a 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.
