1. Analysis of Taken
Genre : Thriller
At the beginning of the scene there is a point of view shot
when the men come into the building so we can see from
Kim’s perspective. There is also a sound effect when she
realizes that something is wrong and this puts a lot of
emphasis on the situation. It quickly cuts to a close up shot
of her face so that we can see her emotion, whichin this case
is fear, because she knows that she is in danger.
There is close up shot when Brian realizes his daughter is in
danger and gets his kit out to try and track her phone call,
The close up shot is used so that we can see what he is doing.
This gives us a sense that Brian is trained and knows how to
handle the situation.

2. After running to cover in the bedroom, there is a lot of close
up shots of Kim’s face and her father’s face as they are
talking on the phone. We can see that they are both worried
about what is going to happen from the close up and as an
audience this puts us on edge because we don’t know what
is about to happen.
This shot shows the fear in in Kim’s face as she is on the
phone to her father and he tries to calm her down and help
her.
There are also more point of view shots from Kim’s
perspective while she is hiding under the bed as the group of
kidnappers come into the room, in this particular shot there
isn’t much sound but we can hear the footsteps which
creates a lot of tension and again puts the audience on edge.
It also portrays the kidnappers as very mysterious because
their faces are hidden so their identity is kept for secret for
extra tension.

3. Next, we cut to Brian, and the camera slowly starts to zoom
in to his face and we get a close up so we can see his
emotions and the expression on his face. We know from this
that he is worried because he knows that his daughter is in
trouble. The lighting in the room also gives a darker tone to
the scene and makes it seem more tense.

4. The next clip shows Kim being dragged by the kidnappers
from under the bed. This camera shot is a low level shot
which starts at a medium close up from under the bed and it
makes us feel like we are there hiding with her, so that when
we see her get dragged away, we can see the look of terror
on her face.
The last clip of the scene we see Brian again, as he is
listening on the other end of the phone to the sound of his
daughter being kidnapped. The camera slowly zooms in so
we get a better close up of his face where we can see how
worried he is about is daughter.