Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Hangover


The film begins calmly with midshots of a preparation for the wedding. The shots fade in gradually showing the wgite wedding cake and representing the calmness and that the preparation is going smoothly as people are taking their time to put everything up. These shots are accompanied by romantic music which makes the wedding seem perfect. The titles also fade in and they are in italic white, fancy font. This creates the false assumption that the comedy could be about women. A diegetic voice over of a man's voicemail is also repeted to show that someone is trying to get hold of the man who doesn't pick up. 

There are then some midshots of the bride-to be, followed by shet reverse shots of her speaking to her parents. This is done so that the audience can follow the dialogue and the characters expressions. The woman ( Tracy ) then gets a phone call from Phill. This is then followed by a close up shot of him and his background of a car in the desert. Phill's face is bruised and his lip is bleeding and he then says "We fucked up" which indicates that him and his friends are in some sort of trouble. He announces that they are not going to be there for the wedding. This dialogue is supported by the close up in order to show the characters' expressions.

 Then the heavy beat guitar music comes in, suggesting that it's in fact a guys' film. The new set of titles appears but the font is normal, and not fancy which again could  represent manlyness.Furthermore some long  establishing shots of the desert and the mountains were used in order to show the heros' surroundings.



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