Friday 29 November 2013

'Hot Fuzz' extraction.

The narrative in this extract fits the action adventure genre mainly because of the main character and his actions. He only has 4 lines of dialogue in the whole extract, but Edgar Wright understands that actions define a character. Firstly, he rides on a white horse (or as Florence pointed out; a grey horse) through a conservative English town. White generally symbolizes purity and goodness, like the white dove from the Biblical Noah's Arc story. There's a low angle shot, emphasizing his dominance and presence over the local towns folk. He seems rather calm and relaxed for a man wielding dual machine guns into a village which he knows is hostile, specifically to him, but he remains stone-cold cool in a situation of almost certain death, chewing a toothpick as he passes by.  He's positioned high, he acts suave and casual, all the while walking into a ticking time-bomb of a village. He's accurate and professional, almost as if 'pro' was the main tenant in a character termed 'protagonist'.

We can also identify with the pastiche used in Hot Fuzz. For instance, if you've watched any Western film ever, you can recognize the signature convention used in this extract. He strolls into town on his white horse, chewing a toothpick and wielding high-powered rifles, drawing the attention of all the townsfolk with the twangy guitars and harmonicas dwindling in the background. From this, we can instantly identify the action/adventure themes in this extract. We're familiar with Clint Eastwood and Django enough to know that any film imitating it is an action film.

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