QIs the combat scene a single take?
AAccording to an article in accessantlanta.com, the combat scene was a single, unbroken shot which was filmed a total of three times. The final take was the one that was used in the film. In an article for VFX World, core members of the effects team for Double Negative (the primary effects vendor for the film) talk about many of the seemingly single-take shots being created using a variety of blending techniques that made the shot transitions appear seamless. They describe particular ones, including a 9-minute shot during the car/motorcycle chase scene. But they never specifically mention compositing the combat scene. According to an article in issue 110 of Cinefex, the sequence consists of six or seven shots filmed over several weeks in at least three locations: Bushey Hall in Hertfordshire, a disused Air Force base in Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, and a studio set in Pinewood.
QWhat is the psalm that contains the words "children of men"?
A"Lord, thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction: again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: Seeing that is past as a watch in the night" - Psalm 90 (91).
QWhat is 'Children of Men' about?
AIn a war-torn and famine-ridden future Britain where women have, for some reason, been rendered sterile and there have been no children born in over 18 years, an illegal African refugee named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) becomes pregnant. Since the British government and an immigrant rights group known as The Fishes are at war with each other and refugees are being rounded up and imprisoned, Julian Taylor (Julianne Moore), one of the leaders of The Fishes, asks her ex-husband Theo Faron (Clive Owen) to help Kee and her unborn child flee the UK.
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