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Visual Design In Alfonso Cuaron's Film Children Of Men

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Alfonso Cuaron's film Children of Men uses visual design to reinforce the theme that there are no children in the future world. In the opening scene of Children of Men, the future in 2027 is being represented as a grey and dull scene. A TV screen news reports the untimely death of baby Diego, the youngest born individual since the world became sterile. A crowd in a cafe watches the news report with tearful and shocked expressions. This opening sequence memorably ends with a long-take tracking our main character, Theo, outside the cafe. Outside the cafe, the city is shown as a quite polluted and dirty dangerous place due to the number of rubbish bags lying around and policemen. However, it is very clear that the city is London because of

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