Hangover post Analysis Aneeka Ishaq

Key image One man has a baby brace on the

front of him; the baby is wearing big sunglasses resembling him, the man behind has a cut lip and the man on the left has a missing tooth and looks puzzled, all three characters look scruffy. With the image covering most of the poster it teases us what the film is going to be about.

Title The Hangover suggests that the

three men have woken up after a drunken night and are stuck in a situation with the baby, the scruffy look and the two men's injuries. This brings the humour element to the film as we presume they have woken up clueless to what happened the night before.

Genre When looking at this poster the

audience are able to see that there is going to be some action happening, through their body language, but then when we see the state of the characters, their facial expression and the props that have been used, it looks like that comedy will be the main genre.

StarsThe names of the main stars have not

been displayed, this is because the main characters may not be well known so therefore their names would not be necessary. By not writing their names on the poster it focuses more on the storyline of the film and attracts viewers to the image and the bold title instead. Above the tagline there is information on the director of the film, `From the director of `Old School`` written on the top of the poster aims to pull in viewers.

Layout At the top is the tagline and a

line to advertise the director by using the name of a film previously made by him. Then there is the main image with the three men and the baby taking up most of the page below the Vegas lights. Lastly there is the title in bold and the release date.

Fonts The title emphasises the `Hangover`

part mainly. It is San Serif font to make it bold and easy to read for viewers, the audience straight away know the film will be something to do with having a hangover. The `the` part is not so important, to make it more visually appealing and so that the `Hangover` part could be as big and noticeable. The `the` is put inside the `O` of `HANGOVER`, this is attractive.

Colours The colour scheme of this poster is gold

and black, the background colour is gold which connotes wealth , however this links in with the film as the characters end up spending their money and ending up in a bad state and that is how the ‘Hangover’ comes on. The theme of Vegas is kept in the poster through the glamorous, dazzling gold lights in the background and the shining graphics of the lettering for the film name.

Tagline A tagline has been used to give

extra information to the viewers, it says `Some guys just can't handle Vegas` This gives the viewer a further insight into the film, they assume the film is based in Vegas through the tagline; where the three men come across as trouble.