ScripTipps: The Hangover

Book excerpt: ScripTipps are intended to aid aspiring screenwriters in learning the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. THE HANGOVER began as a spec script by established screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and became the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time. ScripTipps examines the techniques and tricks the screenplay used to create a $467-million international hit that launched a franchise and made overnight stars of its relatively unknown cast. This ScripTipps screenplay deconstruction mines THE HANGOVER for invaluable screenwriting tips on the use of in media res, character development, misdirection, conflict, subtext, comic set pieces, humor in exposition, and much, much more. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman 2 ScripTipps: Waitress Coming Soon: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow