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The use of sound in the car scene of children of men The car scene in children of men is both visually and audibly astounding. The fact that the scene is all done in one take and everything is just done so well is a testament to the great direction of Alfonso Cuaron. This report will analyse the use of sound in that scene and what makes the overall impact great. Music  The music in this scene is quite unique to other scenes in this movie. It is diegetic as the music is always in the car even though the characters do not pay attention to it. The music does a good job of building up the tension even though the music was not invented to do that. The genre of the music sound a lot like rock. The percussion builds up and that is when the first part of the action starts. The music does cut out at one point in the scene when a major character dies and then an ambient sound brings it back in again. When a viewer watches the movie for the first time they might think that the musi...

The use of sound in Children Of Men Introduction The opening moments of Children of Men have a lot of importance to set the scene and mood of the entire movie. The use of sound in this scene really helps the viewer build up an idea of what this movie is going to be about. This report will break down the dialogue, the sound effects and the music of this scene. Dialogue The dialogue in this scene is actually very small. There is not a lot of interactions between characters other than the main character asking for a black coffee. The news reports are where the viewer’s get their main source of information from. This actually happens before there is any picture. The news reports talk about a siege of Seattle; how Muslims are urging the army to leave their mosques, British borders remaining closed (inferring that immigrants are not welcome) and shockingly of all, the youngest boy in the world was killed. As the scene continues we find out that the boy was only 18 meaning t...