Taken Swede

 Taken, The Swede

As a group we collectively created a swede on the original film Taken. We decided on using the key main scenes from the original film to create our swede. To do this we used George's camera to capture the footage of our acting out of the scenes.

 

Official trailer for Taken

Our swede

 

 

 Key scenes

We chose this scene of the film as it shows the two friends waving goodbye as the leave the airport to catch there flight abroad. When we took are video, we decide to use a long shot and a two shot too capture both the characters in the shot and also to establish where they are.



 The next key scene from the movie we re-enacted is when Bryan Millls (the father) is on the phone to his daughter Kim to assure that she has arrived at her destination safely.When we acted this scene out we used a medium close-up-shot on both Jake (Bryan) and James (Kim) to show the body language of the character and there facial expressions. It also shows some detail of where abouts the character is.

Our next key scene we chose to use from the original movie was the part when Kim watches as her friend Amanda is being abducted by some males. This scene is important as it starts the action of the movie to commence. We used to different shot types to re-create this scene. They were POV,OTS and CU. These shots helped capture see things from Kim's perspective and her facial expressions.
 

This scene shows Kim crawling underneath the nearest bed to her and following instructions from her father Bryan on the other end of the phone. This scene is relevant to the movie as it builds up the suspense. When we acted this scene out for our swede, we used one shot type, and one shot angle. These were CU shot and a HA (high angle) shot. The HA shot helped make Kim look vulnerable and weak.

  In this scene from the movie it shows the males who abducted Kim's friend Amanda coming and dragging Kim from underneath the bed she is hidden under. When we shot this scene of James under the table (the bed) we used 4 types of camera shots and 2 types of camera angles. we used a CU to show Kim's emotions, POV&OTS to show what Kim is seeing and a MLS to show the males taking her. The LA shot helped portray the abductors power and the HA shot showed Kim's vulnerability when they catch her.

Our final scene chosen from the movie is when Bryan does his main speech to the abductors " don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will  be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you ". For this scene we did a CU shot of Jake on the phone to capture the emotions been expressed by his facial movement and to also add suspense.