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The Hangover
This is he opening sequence to the Hangover. This film is about 4 best friends who go out on a stag do for Doug's wedding. This all goes completely wrong when Alan, Phil and Stu wake up in the morning in their penthouse and Doug is no where to be seen. The three friends go on a search for Doug too try and find him in time for his wedding but there are many stoppages throughout the film which nearly causes them too give up. This opening sequence starts off with Phil on the phone to Tracey, Doug's fiancé and the camera cuts from each person on the phone. There is a big difference interns of the situation that both the characters are in. For example, Tracey is getting ready for her wedding but is getting worried about where doug and his friends are whereas, Phil is standing on what looks like a desert and he looks extremely worn out as if he has been on an extreme adventure as he is very dirty and has a cut on his lip. Phil then starts too explain the situation that he is in and tells Tracey that they have lost Doug after his bachelor party, he then tells Tracey that the wedding won't go on and the opening credits begin. This is effective because this will draw the audience in as they want to know how the boys lost Doug and if they will be able to find him by the end of the film.
The first sense of comedy is that Phil, Stu and Alan are stranded on a desert with a random person and a car that looks beaten up, this shows the audience that the boys have clearly been through a lot to get to this point the question is just how did they. This is a typical convention of a comedy film because they seem lost and the fact that they have a wedding to get to would suggest that they really have messed up which in many comedy films there late elements of the main characters making mistakes and trying to fix them. The titles that are used in this opening sequence are written in sans serif font, which shows that this film is modern and it does show it's sense of youthfulness and childish behaviour that occurs during the film. This font is used in many comedic films as many of these films link with a use of youthfulness when there are mistakes or elements of schadenfreude used. Throughout the opening credits the camera focuses on many different buildings for example, a casino and these buildings would suggest to the audience that they will have a significance later on in the film and one of them being a casino will suggest that they may have done something wrong in there to lose Doug or it may suggest that this will pop up in the film, Doug may even end up being found in one of the buildings the audience will find out. Ted
This is the opening credits to the film Ted, this film is about the strong bond between a man and his teddy bear which comes to life from a very special wish that a young Johnny wished when he was young when he was given Ted as a Christmas present. Ted becomes an icon to the world but then people start to care less about him. However Ted has a special fan and is kidnapped, Jon and his girlfriend try and save Ted and the audience is left on a cliffhanger at the end when they feel that ted has died but he miraculously comes back to life.
Like both of the other films I have analysed, the titles in the credits are in sans serif font and this is just like the other films as Ted is a very childish and there are many different parts of the film that show this. In the opening credits the film producers have shown many pictures of Jon and Ted as if it's a montage showing many years going past showing that Ted has stuck with Jon throughout a lot of his life through many times. For example, there is a photo of Ted watching Jon pop one of his spots which would be seen as a bit funny to the audience as you would not expect a teddy bear to be there when you are popping your spots. This opening sequence is effective because it almost shows you the life that Jon has had whilst being with Ted instead of the film being about him growing from a child to an adult it gets straight to Jon being an adult and shows the friendship that they still have after the amount of years that they have been with each other and this makes it a better film as it won't be a boring film about Jon growing up with Ted.
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