STYLE

 

Style can be used to highlight a film's genre. We see that right at the beginning of Hot Fuzz, Angel uses effective sharp movements in his busy London life and the fast paced jump cuts adds to how busy it is there. A voiceover is used here in order for the audience to know more about the main character in a small space of time, giving them the insight on how the character will act throughout the film; this is a good contrast to the longer scenes used when Angel gets to Sandford, showing a much boring environment, through longer scenes, with much less do to. Scenes get more exciting and mysterious as the murders start to happen, and we see Angel back in action trying to solve all the murders as tension grows. Furthermore, the writers of the film were inspired by such films, as 'Bad Boys', due to the 360 pan shots used - a technique used to show the close relationship between the characters' in Bad Boys which Wright and Pegg purposefully used for Angel and Butterman's buddy-relationship.

Theorists, such as Hartley, suggests: "Invisible fictions of the audience which allow the institutions to get a sense of who they must enter into relations with". In other words, they must know their audience to be able to target them effectively.

 

Form

Working Title’s unique film Hot Fuzz takes the form of a 121 minute film. The film was made in the directors home as he feels it was the right place. Hot Fuzz is a hybrid of action and comedy. We can tell this of the different techniques it uses such as jokes and props such as guns, clearly stating the style of the film as. Also we can tell that the characters are all faulted in thier own way, as they are somewhat weak in a way. 

Released in cinemas throughout the UK - 14 February 2007 - and the US - 20 April 2007.Written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg is part of the 'Cornetto Trilogy', a series of Edgar's films, 'Shaun of the Dead', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'World's End' .The name given was due to the scenes added in each film. 

 

“Films are subjective — what you like, what you don’t like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it’s the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they’ve done, I want that effort there — I want that sincerity. And when you don’t feel it, that’s the only time I feel like I’m wasting my time at the movies.” — Christopher Nolan