Hangover 2 - Trailer Analysis

HANGOVER 2 – Trailer Analysis

I chose to analyse “Hangover 2” as it is a comedy film. This meaning that it will allow me to understand the conventions I would need to include in my film trailer.

The sound has an upbeat tempo with a speech from the movie playing over the top. This shows the kind of sarcastic comedy that the film entails. The sound maintains upbeat throughout the trailer. The different sounds used show the different types of comedy you can expect from this film.  The lines that hold the majority of the humour are emphasised and the background music is turned down so that the audience hear the main lines in order to make them want to see the film.

Furthermore, the synchronous diegetic sound is an extremely important aspect. The puns and jokes allow the audience to laugh a lot as well as the slapstick element.

The lighting is quite dull and dark for parts which show the dark sense of humour you can expect from the film. At the points of bright lighting it shows the upbeat humour that everyone will understand and find funny.

The camera shots and angles vary in terms of how different moments are framed. At the beginning there is a slow motion horizontal pan up of the characters, it is a mid-shot as it goes up and they walking in slow motion.

Some of the angles used in "Hangover 2" were canted. These showed how slapstick and crazy the film trailer and film is. The canted angles helped to portray the wackiness of the film trailer.

The mise-en-scene is also used to show the genre. The first thing we see is an extreme long shot of the country they are visiting. We hear the sound of a speech being made by one of the main boys. There are only four main men that we see constantly throughout the trailer. This suggests that they are the main characters who hold most of the comedy.  The area that the three men end up in shows the comedy behind going on holidays. We then see a shot of the sensible one on a posh hotel with a pool behind him.

The costumes are all quite light coloured to show they’re not serious. They are all scruffy, which shows the normality behind each character and shows their natural humour.

The props used are different throughout the film. At one point there is monkey that falls from the ceiling and doesn’t leave the group of men.

At one part of this trailer, we see one main role wake up with a tattoo on the side of their

face. It is obvious that this is make-up but the realism of how it was presented created a comedic effect and shows how much precision has gone into creating this film. This may make people want to watch it as that was only one snip of the film. I believe viewers of this film trailer will want to go and see this film as the mis-en-scene shows an appealing area where the film was shot. This would encourage some viewers to go and see the movie as they like the setup and background of the film.