Behind The Scenes
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Educational Creation
Language
Throughout the movie Hot Fuzz there are several uses of strong language (‘f**k’ and ‘motherf**ker’), as well as two of very strong language (‘c**t’); one written as part of a list, and another used in a casual, unaggressive context.
Legal &
Physical Contraints
Understand ethical, legal, and regulatory issues associated with medai products
BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is responsible, for the certification and censorship of films in the UK, but as well as others things such as video games, and has been doing so for over 100 years. After the Video Recording Act was passed in 1984, that’s when the BBFC started giving DVDs and videos their certifications.
Violence
There are plenty of gruelling scenes within this movie, which highlights the danger and conflict present within most scenes of the film. We are presented with a lot of blood danger and very graphical deaths - which includes a lot of blood shed proving that the movie is has thrill excitement and horror.
Structure
BBFC
The diagram above shows the different roles being the follows: A president, an administrate staff and range of examiners. The examiners role is to carry out an research as well as activities.
The BBFC have a voluntary role with cinema films – they receive fees, which helps to fund the company. Reasons ad to why companies such as BBFC pay these fees so that they are able to gain or have their film’s certificate, also because of these fees that help to fund BBFC the Government doesn’t supply them with any funds, in other words the Government doesn’t pay them. Since the Government doesn’t help to fund BBFC this makes them independent and also means that the law enforced to cinema films within the UK doesn’t require any need of a certificate, which in turn could effect their work since the cinema are highly likely not to show their films without a certificate.
The main Classifications that the BBFC take into consideration when rating a film are: the film’s context; the theme; if there are drugs involved; discrimination; language; sex; threat and violence.
BBFC
Why do they need to consult the public?
It is important that the BBFC keep in touch within the public this is so that they are able to gather as much information from them as to what their opinions are, on the ethical debates about film classification. Based on the public consultation; what they have done and what they use are published guidelines. The other ways of which BBFC provide information to the public is by links or Via Podcast.
Hot Fuzz
Hypodermic Needle Theory:
Also known as ‘Magic Bullet Theory’. This is when the message of the media texts are introduced to the audience, of Hot Fuzz, as well as how the public or audience react to it. Furthermore, its effect is predictable easily addictive, in other words could be interpreted as brainwashing. Here this theory treats the audience passively.
The scene presented above could been seen as humourous this is mainly because 'Santa' is stabbing an police officer - this action is seen as humourous because Santa is a symbol of goodness, whereas in this scene he is protrayed as an criminal. So because of this the audience or public are expected to laugh at the irony of the situation being played.
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Two-Step Flow Model:
Also known as ‘Opinion Leaders’. This is the idea that there are people in society who have a particular understanding of media products and who lead public opinion, for example, those who follow the opinions of critics and TV presenters.
The image above, depending on opinion leader othes start to agree with whats being said, for example looking at this scene one my see this as dramatic or clichè. If the opinion leader were the one to start this interpretation of the scene others within the audience or public are sure to agree.
A crtitical opinion made by Daily Mail also shared The Mirror's view, saying, "It's the lack of any serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate". Daily mail had also rated the movie as 2/5.
However, an example of a positive review is, "The brilliant minds behind Shaun of the Dead successfully take a shot at the buddy cop genre with Hot Fuzz. The result is a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody." This was a review featured on Rotten Tomatoes - which had reported an 91% rating of approval based on the 198 reviews made by the public.
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The representation of British Police Officers and Britian
The movie Hot Fuzz is shown as an Americanised British Film, which has different genres entwined together, also known as a ‘hybrid’. Hot Fuzz has the following genres; action, comedy, thriller, horror they do this in order to enforce the sense of adventure, action and humour all of which feel noticeably British. The movie Hot Fuzz almost shadows the typical American Cop/Action movies, although the cops/ police officers within Hot Fuzz seems to be more attached to the law. Within the movie Hot Fuzz one is able to highlight the difference between British movies and American movies this is because traditional British cops in filming are presented as laid back whereas in an American movie like Bad Boys II there’s a sense of thrill and adventure.
"Where the American movies show a heavily tooled-up and male combination of might and right triumphing over evil, these British films satirically and pessimistically show evil eroding the valiant forces of good. There is no "community" in pictures such as Lethal Weapon or Die Hard, however malign - other than the community of cops in the station house. But the community is what encircles and embattles the police in the creepy English template. So Danny and Nicholas finally bring the wholesomely unreflective American armed response to the English village green to blast away its petty xenophobic conspiracies." - Quoted from The Guardian and written by Peter Bradshaw.
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Uses & Gratification Model:
The audience are given more credit in this theory, this is because they say they get to make decisions or choices media texts guided by what they want from them. This shows or tells us that they get make choices which influence what media texts we want to consume and what we want to get out of them – this also portrays and shows that the audience or public active as well as make their own decisions whilst being able to enjoy the media texts for what they can get out of them.
The scene above, is an example of what opinions that the audience may make and describe the content/meaning as. Depending on the age of who is watching the film, for example teenagers at the age 15-18 may see this scene as humorous since the main characters are chasing a goose. Whereas if it were an adult watching they may look at this scene as childish. So because of this the audience would be considered as active.
in Hot Fuzz
ETHICAL
CONSTRAINTS
Strong language, gory images, underage drinking and violence. The gory images and violence were proved to be decent for a rating of 15, as the comedic elements would have lessened the impact of the blood and violence within the film. This is shown in the images above, the first image is of the scene where Nicholas Angel is anaylsing the underage drinkers. Whereas the second on shows a gruelling image of where the shop owner impales his skin by the miniture structure of the town.
