Children of Men

In Film we watched a film called Children of men. Children of Men is a 2006 British dystopian science fiction film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The Strike Entertainment production was loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel of the same name by Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton with help from David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. It stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Pam Ferris, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Michael Caine.

Plot-

In 2027, no human children have been born in any part of the world for eighteen years. The world has descended into chaos with most governments in the world collapsing, leaving the United Kingdom as one of the only remaining organised societies. Millions of refugees have entered the United Kingdom seeking asylum. As a result of the influx, Britain has become a militarised police state. The British Army occupies the streets and forcefully detains all illegal immigrants and suspected sympathisers.
Theo, an activist turned apathetic bureaucrat, learns that the world's youngest human, an eighteen-year-old, has been stabbed to death. Theo narrowly avoids a café bomb explosion, attributed to the Fishes—an underground resistance group advocating equal rights for all immigrants in Great Britain. Theo visits his friend, Jasper Palmer, a former political cartoonist and aging hippie. Jasper lives in a secluded hideaway in the countryside and spends his time growing marijuana and caring for his catatonic wife.
Upon his return to London, Theo is kidnapped by the Fishes, who are led by his estranged wife Julian Taylor. Theo is surprised and happy to see her as they parted ways shortly after their young son died during a 2008 flu pandemic. Julian offers Theo money in exchange for his help in obtaining a travel permit for a young refugee girl named Kee. Initially ambivalent, Theo decides to obtain the permits from his cousin Nigel, a government minister. Nigel arranges for the papers which carry a stipulation that Theo must accompany Kee. Theo decides to escort Kee in exchange for more money.
The trip begins, and Luke, a member of the Fishes, drives Theo, Kee, Julian, and Miriam, a midwife, towards the first security checkpoint. They are ambushed by a group of renegades before they arrive, and Julian is fatally shot. The group buries Julian in the forest, then escapes to a safe house. With Julian dead, Luke becomes the new leader of the Fishes.
Kee reveals to Theo that she is pregnant, telling him that Julian told her that she should only trust Theo. She also tells him that Julian had intended to take Kee to the Human Project, a group of scientists dedicated to curing infertility who are supposedly based in the Azores. Luke proposes keeping Kee with the Fishes, and she chooses to stay until after the baby is born. Theo suggests that they go public with the information about Kee's baby, but the Fishes argue that Kee's baby will be taken by the government and used for its benefit.
Theo awakens to overhear Luke and other high-ranking members of the Fishes discussing the incident that killed Julian. Theo sees the broken motorcycle that was ridden by Julian's killers, and realises that her death was the work of the Fishes, who plan to use Kee's baby as a political tool. Theo wakes Kee and Miriam and they steal a car (a thinly veiled Renault Avantime) and escape to Jasper's house. At Jasper's, Miriam explains that the Human Project's ship Tomorrow is scheduled to arrive at a buoy offshore from the Bexhill detention centre for refugees. Jasper proposes a plan to smuggle them into the camp with the help of his friend, Syd, a guard at Bexhill.
After the Fishes discover Jasper's hideout, Theo, Miriam, and Kee escape. Realising that his end is near, Jasper gives Quietus to his wife and dog. He refuses to reveal where Theo, Miriam, and Kee are, and is murdered by the Fishes. Theo and the group meet Syd, and he drives them to Bexhill as faux-prisoners. When Kee begins having contractions while they are loaded onto a refugee bus, Miriam distracts a suspicious guard from noticing Kee's condition by faking religious mania, and is dragged off the bus into detention.
Theo and Kee enter Bexhill, and they meet Syd's contact, Marichka. She provides them a room where Kee gives birth to a girl. Syd reappears the next day and alerts Theo and Kee to the fact that a full-scale uprising among the refugees have broken out. The Fishes have also broken into Bexhill and the British Army is being mobilised to crush the rebellion. When Syd discovers the baby, he attempts to take them hostage in order to collect a bounty. With Marichka's help, they manage to kill him and escape. Marichka then attempts to procure Theo and Kee a boat so they can rendezvous with the Tomorrow.
The Fishes recapture Kee, but before they can withdraw with her, they come under fire from British troops supported by tanks and armoured vehicles; amid the chaos, Theo tracks Kee and her baby to an apartment building and frees them. Luke shoots at Theo as they make their escape but is killed by a tank shell. When the soldiers and the armed insurgents hear the baby crying, the fighting stops and the combatants look on in awe. Theo, Kee, and the baby leave the building, walking past the astonished soldiers and refugees.
As the fighting resumes, they join Marichka who leads them to a sewer and to a boat which will take them to the rendezvous point. However, when Theo and Kee enter the boat, Marichka refuses to get in, and she pushes the boat away and begins singing to her dog. British fighter planes fly in and destroy Bexhill as Theo rows away. Kee learns that Theo was shot by Luke during their escape. Kee then says she will name her baby "Dylan", after Theo's deceased son (Kee deciding on the name of her baby is a recurring theme in the film). As Theo loses consciousness and slumps to the side of the boat, the Tomorrow emerges from the thick fog and Kee tells baby Dylan that "we're safe now".

Analysing Sound

The film scene i am going to analyse is from the film Dragons Forever, the fight scene between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez. The scene begins with a minor chord sound which gives the indication that danger is about to occur as the so called villains circle Jackie Chan. Also the sound used could be used in the scene to build suspense and builds tension for the audience. Next Jackie Chan and Benny circle each other building more suspense by holding the chord and letting it ring throughout this part of the scene. The fight begins at a fast pace and with the pace of the fight, movements of both of their hands create over exaggerated sounds, but are used to emphasise the manner and build up more suspense for the scene. Once the fight is underway Jackie Chan gets a whack in the face and begins to bleed. At this moment a sound that maybe used to give the sound of a heart beat is heard. I believe it has been put in to emphasise the importance of the fight for Jackie Chan i think the heartbeat sound is for Jackie. In the scene whilst the two are fighting props or so called scenery come into play when Jackie is put on the boiler and then on the floor, when the two props are brought into use in the scene the noises are not realistic as they are overexaggerated. The scene carrys on with overexaggerated sounds of the fighters movements. The sounds give the scene more life and could build up tension or even ruin the scene, but in this case i believe it was a bit of both as the some sounds are over exaggerated are these sounds therefore take the realism out of the piece.

Review- You, me and Dupree

You, Me and Dupree is a comedy film released on July 14, 2006. It is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, written by Mike LeSieur, and produced by Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, and Owen Wilson.

The film revolves around newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson). After Carl's best man and best friend Randolph Dupree (Owen Wilson), loses his job and apartment, the couple allow him to move in but Dupree inevitably overstays his welcome.

I really enjoyed watching this film because of the great story of the film as it made me laugh constantly scene after scene and i would recommend it to all age groups as it has adult humour, childrens humour and would be a great film for the whole family. I also enjoyed the film because it makes you laugh and after the film you continue to smile when thinking about it.

Analysing Mise-En-Scene

For my own analysis of a Mise-En-Scene clip i chose from one of the Bourne films starring Matt Damon.

First of all the scene was set in a ordinary hotel room in Paris and this shows the scenes realism as its not over the top but like any hotel room would look. The hotel room only shows Jason Bourne and the girl in the room and the mood is calm and quiet, this indicating that a action is straight around the corner. Also becuase of the scene is set in a foreign country it also makes the characters within the scene unsure as well as the audience watching as it makes you feel like something is going to happen. The costumes in the clip were also showed alot for the clip. Jason Bourne is wearing all dark casual clothes, clothes in which he is flexible and able to move. Jason Bournes wearing of the dark colours could also reflect his character. The Hitman who bursts into the scene is also wear very casual clothes and for me this could indicate that the hitman keeping his identity hidden from the people of paris although the scene is only in the hotel room. the costumes and props are plausible as it is realistic, from the placement of the lamp to the the little table shown in the scene. The performance from the characters in the scene was also very good. Jason Bourne was calm throughout and even at the begginging of the scene on two seconds when he has a growing suspition of the window, he is allways calm about the matter and never shows no emotion. In comparison to the girl who shows her facial expression in a close up of her before and after the hitman bursts through the window, As on four seconds it shows she is calm and relaxed but this suddenly changes on thirteen seconds when she is know worried and scared. The bad man just looks evil with his gun, he looks evil with his scruffy look and looks like whatever happens he has his job to do and he will definatly finish it. The fight scene begins on twenty seconds and into the fight we see the fight close up to show the moves used by both characters to build the intensity of the fight, also the scene is also has light in my opinion to show the whole scene, props ETC. Finally some of the sound mix was over exaggerated, like the knife as when you move a knife there is hardley a noise produced where in the scene it is completly exxagerated on forty-seven seconds and this therefore not believeable. At the beigginingof the scene when the hitman comes through the window the sound of the smashed glass alerts the audience into exictment

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