taken film analysis

2. PLOT
• A retired CIA agent (Liam Neeson) travels across
Europe and relies on his old skills to save his daughter
(Maggie Grace), who has been kidnapped while on a
trip to Paris to be forced into prostitution.

3. GENRE
• Action/Crime/Thriller.

4. SOUND
• There are different types of sounds used such as,
diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, synchronized
sounds and a synchronized sounds.

5. CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING
• This has a lot of tense scenes with action and
suspense. It is very fast-moving with short sharp clips
and edgy music. The different camera angles create
different atmospheres such as tracking and panning
shots for fast moving scenes such as a chase scene.

6. ACTING
Liam Neeson has starred in other thriller films such as
Star Wars and Schindlers List. He is most well known for
his role in the Taken films.
Maggie Grace has acted alongside Liam Neeson in the
Taken films which she is most well known for. She has
also acted in Breaking Dawn (part of the Twilight series)
and Lock Out.