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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.
GENRE 
• Action/Crime/Thriller.
SOUND 
• There are different types of sounds used such as, 
diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, synchronized 
sounds and a synchronized sounds.
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.
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.

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Taken

  • 1.
  • 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.
  • 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.