Research - The Hangover

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKtHA8EFgIo

Analysis of the opening scene of The Hangover:

• At 00.23 we see a shot of a flouriest van, this is giving the impression that this film is based around a wedding that is going to happen as the viewer is being shown the wedding preparations.
• The title's that appear between 00.26 - 00.52 are in white stylish letters, again this helps the viewer to relies that the film is based around a wedding as white is the wedding colour and the writing looks very wedding like.
• At 00.35 we see the cam pan past a wedding cake, this is continuing to build up the views knowledge of the situation, and in the back ground you can here a telephone ringing tone suggestion that someone is trying to get contacted but is not answering the phone.
• 00.56 the camera is pointing out of a window and the outside is in focus, this is suggesting that the viewer should be looking out for someone, waiting for someone.
• The camera then moves to outside the window looking and we see a woman looking out, it is a close up shot of her face this shows that the frame before was actually a pov of her looking out the window and this shows the that she is anxious and worried, again hinting to the viewer that someone is late for the wedding.
• At 01.16 the camera angle is a long shot, this allows the viewers to listen and watch whats going on but not get to involved. This allows them to just here whats going on without making any judgements on the characters.
• 01.37 we see the groom finally answer his phone and he looks in a rough way, bleeding lip, and we can see a group of guys in the background with a broken down car, this is been made especially so the viewers have no idea what has happened, so they are in the same situation as the bride is as they have no idea whats going on.
• 01.47 in the back ground we can see one of the guys taking a wee at the side of the road, this is to add comedy to the film as the film is a comedy and so far in the film there hasn't been any until this moment.
• The title of the film appears at 02.03 and has been cleverly done too look like the groom looks up at the sky to see the title of the film 'The Hangover'
• Between 02.06 - 03.35 all the titles play with bold white lettering, this contrasts the titles that were on during the wedding frames, also the titles are infront of backgrounds of a road trip this suggests how far away they are from were they need to be.