In "Children of Men" shock was used more heavily than suspense, for example in the opening scene everything was all calm, the camera follows the lead charactor out af the shop and down the road where he stops to put sugar into his drink. The camera rotates 360 degrees around him at a normal pace, so the viewer can take a good look at him, and rests on him with his side to the shop. Out of nowhere the coffee shop explodes without warning; this is shocking to the audience as we had no idea or suggestion that the peace would be disrupted in such a shocking manner.
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