Hot Fuzz
Director- Edgar Wright
Cast- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent,
Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy – Stock Actors.
Location- London Police Station and Sandford,
Gloucestershire.
Stereo types-
Policemen in LDN; serious, smart, organised,
higher archy.
Policemen in Sandford; Laid back, don’t really
care, less educated, take their jobs less
serious/don’t take each other seriously.
Humour- contrast between stereotypes,
playing on existing perceptions of the police, it’s
realistic yet they make a mockery.
Camera work/edition- lots of close ups, fast
paced editing, they make mundane things seem
exciting.
Iconography/signification- metropolitan
police, underground, taxi.
This is England
Director- Shane Meadows
Cast- Cheap & authentic actors, up north
(accent) classic 80’s style
Location- 1980’s Council estate, working class,
near the sea side, vintage, old fashioned villages.
Stereotypes- typical young lads causing trouble,
fashionable; Dr Martens, skinheads (Shaun copies
them) younger kids looking up to older kids.
Humour- swearing, slight racism (black lad called
‘milky’)
Camera work/edition- montage, social realism
film- involves humour, sad and disturbing images
at the same time, long shots, close ups, hand
held- make you feel more involved.
Iconography/signification- Margaret Thatcher,
Princess Diana’s marriage, soldiers going to war
(faulkland’s war) holding British flag, riots, graffiti
and skinheads.