400 word Children Of MEn

 Children of Men are a film that takes place in a futuristic dystopian world. The world has gone to shit and only London being a safe place, but even London is messed up. Humans can no longer have babies and segregation.  Anyone that wasn’t from there was sent back or put in concentration camps. The movie begins with the youngest person in the world has died. He was 18 years old and that lets the viewer’s know that something isn’t right. Everyone is in tears because it signifies how close the human race is to total extinction. The main character walks out a coffee shop after hearing the news and shortly after gets blown up. He looks back as if it’s nothing.  He ends up helping the only hope to save mankind, by helping the only woman who has gotten pregnant in years. Throughout this movie the director uses some cool camera techniques. He uses long takes about 7 minutes long. That is something that many people haven’t done. I think the action and suspense is more dramatic and interesting that way. There’s also this scene where the main characters are in a building and there are broken windows all inside. Two of the main characters are talking inside while the pregnant woman is outside in the background. During this conversation every time you see the woman in the back ground she was shown clearly in the holes of the window and never behind the dirty glass. This film technique was supposed to show that the woman is a sign of hope and joy. There’s another technique he uses that has the camera follow the main character. It makes you feel like you’re in the movie looking through the eyes. It has you turning your head with the camera and feels realistic and cool. This movie had a cool story on dystopia and somewhat possible problems we can face in the future. It also has a lot of cool camera work that you have to pay attention to notice.