The Hangover
At the beginning of The Hangover, there is a conversation between two people about something that has happened and gone wrong. This gives the viewer almost a sample of what is going to happen. We then see credits and a series of shots around Las Vegas which set the scene. Once the credits have finished, a scene begins which is said to be “two days earlier”. From here the story then carries on until the beginning scene is repeated later in the film. At this point the repeated scene makes sense to the viewer. I thought this was a very good way to start the film as instead of the story starting in chronological order, a small clue was given as to what would happen which can make the viewer imagine different scenarios.
At various parts of the film, usually after something funny or unusual has been said, it is followed by a song. For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euDRYVOTRKM (first 20 seconds)
I thought this was a very good way to add attitude to the scenes and it also made it easier to change from one scene to another. This might be a good idea for our production as we aren’t as good at editing as we’d like to be, so this idea may help our production to run smoothly.
At the end of the film, a camera is found with pictures of the previous night. The main characters look at the pictures. We then go to the end credits where the pictures are shown. I thought this was a good way to end the film as it doesn’t just end suddenly.
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