Taken analysis

The scene from Taken, where the daughter is kidnapped, is a really tense and original idea and this iconic moment led to the film spawning sequels.  There is some very clever dialogue as well as use of camera, editing and sound that make the scene so effective:

Sound

The scene is really tense because of use of music they have choosen. Even though the music is not very loud you know it is there. It is a very deep pro longed sound. This makes everything even more tense as you are waiting for something to happen when the music chages pitch or frequency.

Camera

As the tension increases we slowly track towards Liam Neeson.  The use of camera is very clever and another thing that I really like is how we just seee the vilans feet. This creates a sense of mystery and really relies on the daughter to give us the information. We are wanting to know what they look like and all the details about them. This creates suspense as we are really wanting to find out, this also helps us relate to Liam as we are in his shoes as we do not know what they look like either.

Editing

The pace of the cuts is really very clever.  The slow shot-reverse shot stresses their relationship whilst creating tension.  The next thing that happens is a change of pace. The pace does not change a huge amount but we can see that it picks up just a little bit. This when she is being dragged from underneath the bed and then it cuts back to her dad. The editing pace still stays quite slow as Liam is quite calm but we can also see that he is very angry.