The Hangover - Teaser Trailer

This is the 2009 teaser trailer for the American comedy film that is 'The Hangover'. This film was directed and produced by Todd Phillips.

• The Warner Brothers logo 'Warner Bros Pictures' appears with a light blue sky background, which already suggests that the film won't be that of a thriller or horror, this is gathered when comparing it with the Inception Warner Brothers logo.
• Telephone sound can be heard whilst the logo is on screen, with a female voice.
• 'Legendary Pictures' logo shows with a black background.
• A meduim/close up shot of a male character (Bradley Cooper) on a mobile phone. Looks to be in a desert, in the background is 3 other men and a car.
• Cuts to a Close up of a female who looks to be in a different location - voice that was heard when production logo appeared a the start. Phone call grabs attention from audience.
• Shot reverse shot between man and woman- worried facial expressions.
• Over the shoulder shot of another middle aged man with dark hair - male characters look worse for wear suggesting something has happened.
• Non diegetic zooming sound as shot cuts to a blue and black screen with neon lights showing the words '2 days earlier' . Music picks up - rock and roll sound. The letter 'E' fades away.
• Low camera shot shows one of the male characters seen before, now lying on marble floor.
• Mise en scene shows a wrecked appartment/hotel room.
• A shot reverse shot between another man and a tiger in a bathroom. Ambient lighting shows it is morning time following night before - synergy with film title 'Hangover'.
• Close up shot of man missing a tooth - no recollection of how he lost it.
• High angle shot of a baby crying in closet.
• Low angle shot behind baby shows the 3 men crowding round outside the cupboard confused as to why the baby is there.
• Over the shoulder side shot of a man holding the baby which now has sunglasses on.
• Low angle tilted shot of a valet handing over a police car to the men.
• Outside a large hotel, man hits car door onto the baby -already shows comic elements.
• Black and blue background with same colour neon lighting as before shows title 'From the director of Old School.
• Non diegetic music is now louder.
• Point of view shot from inside boot of car of 2 of the main male characters.
• Night time shot a car crashing into another. Neon lights are seen in background - correlation between that and the movie titles.
• Film title in large, bold letters 'THE HANGOVER' in brighter neon lights than other titles with sparks flying off the edges.
• Music changes to Phil Collins 'In the air tonight' - target audience for adults as well as teenagers.
• Meduim shot of Mike Tyson singing along to music.
• Cuts to him punching one of the characters in the face.
• Low camera shot shakes as man falls to floor.
• Final shot of black and blue background with orange/red neon letters of film release date 'June 5th' and website for the movie appears which shows more information can be given to the audience about the film.
• Fades to black.