The clothes that the character is wearing in the opening scene are dark, bland, dirty and dishevelled. This can be used to represent the darkness and misery of his life. Nobody either in the café or the street are wearing any vibrant colours which help show that there are no children and therefore a lot of the word’s youth and positivity has gone.
The lighting in this scene is quite dim and glum which reflects the atmosphere that surrounds him. There are also hints of blue lighting which is commonly used to signify the future and is also frequently applied across the sci-fi genre.
The character himself is shown as a mess. His facial expression remains the same throughout the scene and clearly shows unhappiness and desolation. He looks hopeless, distant and ambivalent to life. His slumped posture and sluggish walking shows his general awareness but neglect for what is happening around him.
There isn’t much make-up in this scene apparent enough to point out. However, prosthetic makeup was presumably used as the woman walked out of the exploded café. She appears to have lost an arm and has skin hanging off and prosthetic makeup was needed for this.
There aren’t many props that the main character uses in the first scene. The coffee that the main character buys is used so that he can pour alcohol into it to show that his life is in disarray and he is wreck who is incapable of angst.
The motorised rickshaw’s and animated bus advertisements allow us to see that this film is set in the future, but not too far into the future as nothing has advanced drastically. The setting is noisy and crowded which displays the complete and utter chaos and pandemonium of the time they live in.
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