Taken Genre: Action thriller Storyline: Daughter gets taken, dad goes to find her and kill the bad guys. Shot:

Establishing/wide shot to show her surroundings and set the scene at where she is and also to show the full view of the character so the viewers know what she looks like. The setting is bright to show that nothing bad has happened and to show that the events happening are during the day from her perspective.

Amanda gets taken camera is panning to go with what is happening to Amanda. Give the feeling of panic and fear in lees daughters’ point of view. It looks gloomy to strike the sense of fear and make it look sad that something bad is happening

Close up shot of lee’s daughters face to show the fear she feels and how she is panicking. Make the viewers feel panic, worry and to feel tense. The camera keeps switching from her face to Amanda being taken to give you a clear idea of what is going through Lees daughters head and her expressions at the same time as the events.

Close up shot of lee’s face to show concern and worry and how he cannot do anything to protect his daughter.This makes the viewers feel tense and sad for him as his daughter has been taken away right before his ears. His shot is very dark with not much lightning to help set the tense atmosphere and to also get the fear across to the audience. It also shows that what is happening is during the night time from his perspective.

This is a close up shot of lees daughter hiding under the bed. This is done to show how much fear she feels by her body language and expressions. This shot is dark to get across the feeling of worry and fear that the character feels as she might get taken.

Worms eye view of kidnappers walking about. This is created to make them look big and strong and that they will take lees daughter. This shot is bright so the kidnappers legs can stand out which adds to the fact of making them look strong and mysterious, as you do not know who they are which would interest the audience and make them continue to watch the movie.

Wide shot as she gets dragged to give the impression that she is weak and small compared to the kidnappers, close up of lees face to show fear and worry.