1. Style
Thisis a comedymovie script –The Hangover- and
so the scriptis writtentoignite comicrelief
althoughthe firstpage of thisscript ismore
expositionthancomedy. Ican tell thisis
expositionfromthe quantityof stage directions
and the introductionof charactersas theirname
are inall capital letters. So, we knowthisisthe
firsttime theyare mentionedinthe script.Thisis
once again reinforcedbythe softatmosphere
withthe expositionof aweddingatraditionally
happyand wholesometradition.
Content
Thisis the scriptfor the comedymovie “The
Hangover”starringBradleyCooper,EdHelms,
Zach Galifianakis.DirectedbyTodd Philips, this
movie beingthe firstina3 part trilogyof The
Hangover.The story follows3friends wakingup
froma bachelorpartyinLas Vegas,withno
memoryof the previousnightanda missing
bachelor.The make theirwayaroundthe city to
findtheirfriendbeforehiswedding.
Narrative
The movie followsatraditional comedymovie
narrative style butwitha twist astheytry to piece
togetherthe nightbefore the maineventof the
nightbefore.Asacomedy doesn’ttypicallyuse
the traditional Narrative roles foundinother
formsof media. However, if tropeswere tobe
assigned“Doug”wouldbe the “PRINCESS”THE
ITEM THAT NEEDS RESCUE, “Tracy” wouldbe
“PRINCESSFATHER” whomisthe motivationand
the one that rewardsthe herowhichlooselyfits.
The hero wouldbe “Phil”BradleyCoopers
character as the mainprotagonistthat isnot to
say the othertwo are not protagonistsalso.
Genre
“The Hangover”isa comedymovie.Which
usesconventions suchasthe light
atmosphere complementingthe light-
hearteddialogue betweencharacters.
Conventionslike the extremejuxtaposition
betweenlocationswithinthe firstpage of
the script portrayinganironictwiston
classical conventionsfollowingawedding.
Daniel chandler’stheorysuggests Genre
createsorderto simplifythe massof
available information.The Hangoverhasthe
mostaffinitywiththe Comedycategory.
Target Audience
The Hangoveris rateda 15 bythe bbfcand
otherorganisationsaroundthe world
respectively. Therefore,the targetaudience
shouldbe ages15 and above,stereotypically
a male audience asthe maincast and
protagonistsare all male.Supportingthisis
the stereotypical ideathatdrinking(and
hangovers) are typicallymale related.Onthe
otherhand,realisticallythe movie isdirected
neutrallybetweenbothgendersasthere are
male and female rolesrespectively.
However,the ideal age the audiencewould
be around late 20s tolate 30s so 29-39 as
theycouldmostlikelyrelate tothe situation,
we findour protagonistsin.Thisandthe age
of the protagonistssupportthisage bracket,
althoughthe hangoverhaseasycomedyto
understandandisnot strictlyrefinedinthe
age bracket.
