Film Clip Analysis Task

I am doing my film analysis on the main fight scene in Hot Fuzz. In this extract we have mid shots on all of the main characters who are in the scene, including the PC Danny Butterman who is one of the police man. All of these then have a close up on their faces to show us a detailed picture of their faces, so we know who is exactly in the scene. It also shows their expression on their faces, they seemed shocked to see someone. We then have an establishing shot to show the main character Nicholas Angel, who is a police officer. He comes in on a white hours heavily armed unlike all of the other characters at the start of the scene.

We then have a mid shot of Nicholas Angel so we know who everyone is shocked about seeing. We then get a close up on an old person who takes out a shot gun and starts shooting Nicholas Angel, this is when the non-digetic sound starts emphasising the start of the fight scene. There is an establishing shot so we see where the Protagonist Nicholas Angel is hiding to protect himself. After that we have a close up on everyone who is involved in this fight scene and where they get their weapons from and what weapon it is. We get an extreme close up on the first man pulling the trigger starting the fight . Then we get another extreme close up on where our protagonist is about to shoot to take out one of the antagonists, there is then a long shot where we see the shot and we see the antagonist taken out.

There is an establishing shot where we see where the next antagonist is. This then becomes a mid shot where we see the antagonist breaking a window with a weapon, who then starts shooting at the protagonist. We then have a shot reverse shot with the antagonist and the protagonist where we see the protagonist whistle and tell some teenagers to take out the antagonist in the window.

There is an close up on another antagonist who is on a bike with two pistols out heading towards the protagonist. There is then a close up on PCF Danny Butterman which then zooms out into a long shot where we see the antagonist on the bike heading towards the protagonist and Danny then opens the door on to her and takes her out. We then get an establishing shot where Nicholas Angel throws Danny Butterman a shot gun, we then get a close up on Danny catching the shot gun, which implies that then are now allies in the fight.

 The editing throughout this scene is fast paced which makes the fight scene more interesting and better for the audience as it feels real. The non-digetic sound makes the scene seem faced paced, because the music is fast paced and builds up the tension. There is also digetic sound with the gun shots and the breaking of the class, which adds a sense of realism for the audience as they can hear everything that is going on in the scene even though it is far away from where the camera is. All if these things makes the audience feel like they are part on the fight scene and we are with the protagonist helping him fight the antagonists.