The beginning starts off with fast paced and fast cuts with a transition called fade to black. These shots are mainly of the family. This could be used to show that they are a close family and to give the viewer an idea of their position within the family.
There's a scene at the airport where you can see the main protagonist's daughter is going away with a friend. An establishing shot of the Eiffel tower comes right after. Because this comes right after the airport scene, me being the audience I get that his daughter is going to France and this is where the film is going to be set. Although the non-digetic sound is quite calm, you get a feeing that something bad is going to happen due to the quick shot transitions.
As the scene moves on, the speed of the shots get quicker. Here we see a split screen of the father and daughter, showing us what they are both doing. The father keeps ringing her showing that he cares but he is also worried at the same time. Because of this and the use of quick shots, you get a sense of panic.
The wait that something is going to happen has now come. The two split screen medium shots show both father and daughters expression and emotion on their face. They both look frightened
Here you can see a close up of the daughter looking very scared as shes about to cry, and the split screen shows us what is happening at that exact time. Here you can see unknown characters dressed in black.
Afterwards there are various action shots that are fast paced. This trailer is action packed, exactly what me and Kiyan are looking for. The sounds consists of non-digetic harmonic music at the beginning and when it gets closer to action drums kick in.
Here is a close up shot, where it looks like someone is getting tortured. Me and Kiyan decided that we wanted to do an interrogation scene where someone is kept hostage just like this. Looking at this trailer and the way this torture scene/interrogation scene goes so well with the thriller genre we have decided to use this convention also seen in other films such as, James Bond.
The poster: The first thing I notice is the the quote. This quote was used in the actual film. the text is large and in dark grey giving off a dark mysterious atmosphere to the poster. Here you can see the main protagonist. His face has lighting but the rest of his body doesn't. It also only shows half of him. This could mean that although he is a loving and caring father, he has a dark side to him and he wont be stopped at any cause until he finds his daughter. The writing at the top shows the famous actor attracting viewers who have maybe seen previous films of his. The dark black background sets the tone of the film which is dark and the genre which is thriller. You can tell by the colours that it is a thriller as its dark but its not horror like. The prop of the gun in his hand shows action. The film title Taken is big and bold, The colour is orange which is unusual. Normally you would use blue or red which is also conventions of a thriller. But as this is a dark film blue wont real go, and red would make it seem to bloody or gory. The orange sets the tone well, as its a lower shade colour than red it emphasises to me that the violence is more action violence such as fighting and gun wielding rather than a straight massacre.
I tried to also analyse the magazine front cover of this film, but it appears that there is not one. I have searched google images and web, looked on imdb, empire, total film and wikipedia and still haven't found anything.
There's a scene at the airport where you can see the main protagonist's daughter is going away with a friend. An establishing shot of the Eiffel tower comes right after. Because this comes right after the airport scene, me being the audience I get that his daughter is going to France and this is where the film is going to be set. Although the non-digetic sound is quite calm, you get a feeing that something bad is going to happen due to the quick shot transitions.
As the scene moves on, the speed of the shots get quicker. Here we see a split screen of the father and daughter, showing us what they are both doing. The father keeps ringing her showing that he cares but he is also worried at the same time. Because of this and the use of quick shots, you get a sense of panic.
The wait that something is going to happen has now come. The two split screen medium shots show both father and daughters expression and emotion on their face. They both look frightened
Here you can see a close up of the daughter looking very scared as shes about to cry, and the split screen shows us what is happening at that exact time. Here you can see unknown characters dressed in black.Afterwards there are various action shots that are fast paced. This trailer is action packed, exactly what me and Kiyan are looking for. The sounds consists of non-digetic harmonic music at the beginning and when it gets closer to action drums kick in.
The poster: The first thing I notice is the the quote. This quote was used in the actual film. the text is large and in dark grey giving off a dark mysterious atmosphere to the poster. Here you can see the main protagonist. His face has lighting but the rest of his body doesn't. It also only shows half of him. This could mean that although he is a loving and caring father, he has a dark side to him and he wont be stopped at any cause until he finds his daughter. The writing at the top shows the famous actor attracting viewers who have maybe seen previous films of his. The dark black background sets the tone of the film which is dark and the genre which is thriller. You can tell by the colours that it is a thriller as its dark but its not horror like. The prop of the gun in his hand shows action. The film title Taken is big and bold, The colour is orange which is unusual. Normally you would use blue or red which is also conventions of a thriller. But as this is a dark film blue wont real go, and red would make it seem to bloody or gory. The orange sets the tone well, as its a lower shade colour than red it emphasises to me that the violence is more action violence such as fighting and gun wielding rather than a straight massacre.
I tried to also analyse the magazine front cover of this film, but it appears that there is not one. I have searched google images and web, looked on imdb, empire, total film and wikipedia and still haven't found anything.
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