Hot Fuzz Film Opening analysis

Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British satirical action comedy directed by Edgar Wright, also written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It had a budget of £12.2 Million and made £80.7 Million at the Box Office. The film is about 2 police officers, who try to investigate a series of murders, in a rural village in the middle of England called Stanford.

The silhouette walking towards the screen at the very start of the film creates an intense atmosphere, this is at the very start of the film, so it gets the audience ready for the rest of the film. The fact that the light is on the back of the characters head creates the effect that he has a halo, there for being the hero of the police force in London. When the character gets close to the camera, the silhouette fades to a coloured picture of the police constable, this image is very powerful as it is the first time you see the character close up, he has a straight face, you can connote from this that he cares about his job and is very serious. The snap close up shot of the police officer's badge, is very effective as it gives a variety of information about the character.


The background narrative from the character is effective as it gives a backstory to the film, and it shows what sort of a character the constable is. The monotone but sharp voice of the character gives him personality, but doesn't over accentuate his character.

The graphic match from the character in training to the character on the field as a riot control unit, this is very effective as is shows his progression from his training to the field and how he has grown as a person.

The sound match from the pen clicking and the camera flashing makes the film very fast paced and intense, this adds to the whip pan effect every time the scene changes or even during the scene, making a really fast paced and intense few minutes of the film, there are also very sudden pans which make the screen very busy, these pans look very good when switching from one shot to another.

The sound of the tyres screeching from the bike and the car shows that they are the same thing to him, and very easy, which he shows with the comedic face this is a change from the majority of the other clips from this scene, which are very serious, this contrast, shows the funny side of the film.

The quick pan for the special commendations is very effective as it shows how good the officer is at his job, and is proud to show off his medals and certificates.

The montage of close ups of the police officer getting arrests is very effective as it shows how good he is at his job. The way that the clips overlap is good as he gets so many arrests, that it is not possible to put them all in the same clip.