Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Analysis of Inspiration: Taken

The 2008 thriller "Taken" is a perfect example of a young person who gets kidnapped. Seventeen year old Kim goes on a trip to Paris where she is kidnapped by an Albanian gang. Her father, Bryan Mills, who is a retired CIA officer takes on this gang in order to save his daughter who has been forced into the slave trade.

The young kidnapping gives the insight of how a victim may feel, and will give some sort of inspiration to our actors in the way they present young people. The intense scene where the girl is actually kidnapped offers a good base for how we should film and edit our first scene, which is infact the last scene of the story. The kidnapping in "Taken" shows the girls nervousness and weakness against the gang.

Below is the trailer for "Taken" which features the kidnap scene, and the psycho kidnapper on the phone. Unfortunately I was unable to find a more specific clip of the kidnap scene.

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