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Thursday 18 October 2012

AS Coursework: Film Openings (2)

Hot Fuzz DVD Cover
Hot Fuzz 
(Edgar Wright, 2007)

Budget: 
£8m

US Box Office: 
$24m
UK Box Office:
 £21m

Opening Weekend:
$5,848,464 (USA) (22 April 2007) (825 Screens)
£5,918,149 (UK) (18 February 2007) (427 Screens)




The length of the opening scene is 2.20 minutes
Working Title Ident as shown in the opening

Company Idents:
Universal Pictures
Working Title




Opening shot
Opening Shot:
The opening shot is an extreme long shot zooming out to reveal what is implied to be the main character, in the first shot of the film. This is then accompanied by ' In association with Studio Canal' which suggests it may not be as important as idents such as Universal pictures and Working Title. The language used ('In association with') also suggests that as it is not as important as the other two.


Closing Shot
Closing Shot:
The closing shot is a two shot close up, this is used to show the detail in this scene (the stabbing of the hand) and also the characters emotions


The opening scene contains a very skilled piece of editing a number of shots one after another are used and a flickering effect is given off to add suspense. Throughout the opening it is focused on the one character which we assume is the main character which we then come to realise that he is which is not a suprise as he is the main camera focus.
Mid shot


extreme longshot

Close up - introduction to the character


1 comment:

  1. blog needs general proofreading, eg for gaps at the bottom of posts - and for post titles that don't make it clear what the post is about
    also: you need to follow my style guide for blogging on film openings; you'll be doing a lot of these, and they must follow the template i've set out, with sub-headings etc

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