- Directed by: Edgar Wright
- Genre: action dark comedy / for geeks
- Box office takings: $80,573,774
- Distributed: Universal Pictures
- Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent
Watch the opening sequence here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcOVgf_x4M&feature=related
Analysis
The clip begins with a long shot and then a slow zoom in towards a characters silhouette walking into a modern building which has a lot of light coming into it. As the character gets closer to the camera, you get a close-up on his face and then on his police badge which displays his name "Nicholas Angel" which has immediate connotations with the audience that he is a good police officer.
A voice-over then begins which matches with what the audience watches explaining about Nicholas Angel and his police life which is an effective way to get character information across very quickly and clearly. Fast editing and fast-paced music is also used which adds to a humorous feel and doesn't pair with the monotone narrative voice which makes the film more interesting to watch straight away as the audience will wonder how these two elements pair. Also, the quick editing matches with the quick and short pieces of action being shown about Nicholas Angel. A range of camera angles are used to show different things from low-angle shots on bike wheels, to plenty of close-ups showing Nicholas Angel's facial expressions which adds humour to tracking shots of him walking down a corridor which pairs well with the fast editing and keeps the audience constantly gripped and stops them losing interest in the film. After the montage of Nicholas's life, it goes to a conversation between him and another superior officer where shot reverse shot is used and again quick editing between the two characters to gain both their reactions which adds to the humour.
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Influence on Science Boys
I like the use of a montage of different sequence which show something about a character and as I have said before, me and Kirsty would like to use a voice-over in our Science Boys opening sequence. I also really like the use of the quick editing which keeps the pace of the film up and makes it much more interesting to watch and immediately shows the audience the film will be comical. Also, watching this opening sequence I know that we must shoot a lot of different camera angle's because this will add interest and if we want to do the faster editing it will make it look better.
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