Taken Analysis

Taken Analysis

I have chosen to look at Taken as my last opening sequence I am to analyse. Taken has a short opening sequence compared to the other films that I have looked at.

20th Century Fox is one of the six major American film studios. Known for distributing some of the most successful films. The company was founded 31st May 1935.

The use of the simple text is effective. This is the type of typography I would like to use in my own opening sequence. I like how the text moves slowly in opposite directions. It then fades to black slowly.

The use of the home video it lets the audience in to memories made and makes it personal.

There is a high pitched noice that puts the audience on edge.

The titles fade in slowly and fade out slowly again. The sound of giggling is echoing in the background. This is exactly how I would like the audio to be over the start of my own opening sequence but instead of laughing have crying.

The sound of a piano plays slowly along with the eerie high pitched noise. This has inspired me as I feel that this adds emotion to the opening sequence and I think that my titles would benefit from this.

The man wakes up from the dream which was supposed to be the home videos. The man is sat in the dark which could represent his life. He is alone and his wife left him and their daughter live with her mother and her new partner.