TAKEN

ASSIGNMENT 2: GENRE

ANALYSIS

By Leticia Silva 12 Benedict

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TAKEN (2008)

This movie is crime

because of the girl getting

kidnapped and her dada is

trying to solve the crime

by trying to find out where

she is. and its also drama

because of it’s dramatic

parts like the music and

the sad part of when they

tell him , he will never find

his daughter ever again.

ACTION

Other movies in this genre are:

The Dark Night

Snatch

The city of God

American gangster

Double indemnity

L.A confidential

Seven

Heat

Scarface

The usual suspects

The purpose of crime is too get the audience at the edge of their seats and

always suspecting who it is and why they did.

They take the audience and make the audience feel ads if they are

investigators as well.

They always keep the audience guessing and always trying to figure out who it

is .

At some points the movie may look like its this or that person but then it

suddenly changes and who the audience think is the criminal is not actually

the criminal and the one that we lest expect is the one doing the crime. That

will leave the audience confused then they suddenly explain why it was that

person and everything suddenly makes sense.

THE PURPOSE OF CRIME

The audience for the genre crime are for young adults and teenagers.

This is because teenagers like to be in a movie with so much crime and they

find it interesting at how everything happens and because crime usually have a

subgenre of action, it makes everything more fascinating and interesting.

It is also for young adults because they like to be taken into a journey to find

out what really happened. It helps them gain knowledge as to how everything

happened.

Also because most of the crime happens with teenagers and young adults but

its interesting to know how everything happens around them and how its

taken care of.

THE TARGETED AUDIENCE

CONVENTIONS OF THIS GENRE

Crime conventions Evidence Explanation

One of the family member is

usually kidnapped.

Because they want money out

of the victim.

Someone is on the phone when

it happens and are suddenly

aware and alert.

So they are alert and aware that

they have been taken and will

do anything to have them back

They ask for help by

professionals to help them track

them down

The professionals think that

there is no chance they will

ever be able to find them.

The professionals would tell

them they will never be able to

find them.

Puts them in a panic state and

makes them more determined

more than ever.

The character has a lot of

determination and will do

whatever it takes to find them.

The love the victim and will

not have any harm done to

them whatsoever.

They will find the person but

has to come with a plan first.

They have to plan it properly

to get the victim safely out.

Kills everyone and they are

reunited and go home and

everything goes back to normal.

They want revenge on those

people and want to show them

to never mess with them.

The subgenre of this movie is crime/action.

Other types of movies with these subgenres are:

Sin city

Heat

Man on fire

Swordfish

The Bourne identity

The jackal

Gone sixty seconds

Lucky number slevin

SUBGENRES OF THE TAKEN

DENOTATIONS AND

CONNOTATIONS

Denotation: shooting

Connotation: revenge

Denotation: crying on the phone to dad.

Connotation: warning and crying out for help.

Denotation: crying at the fact they might never find her.

Connotation: they miss her and want her back. Grieving.

Denotation: being dragged from under the bed.

Connotation: she is being kidnapped.

PEOPLE ,PLACES AND OBJECTS

Car riding in the dark in empty street which

shows danger and alerted . Also

determination to get where they want to be.

The girl in a mystical place not knowing

what is happening. Giving confusion to

the girl.

The women is crying grieving for her child

shows depression , hurt and pain.

The movie was made in Paris which creates the

bigger sense of panic because its such a big

place.

PEOPLE, PLACES AND OBJECTS.

The shot of the whole city gives the audience a

sense of feeling that the father of the daughter

will never find her..

The angle from under the bridge makes it

seem like its a huge height and makes the

audience wonder if he’s really going to jump.

A dark places where people are

running round increases an urge of

panic throughout.

STEREOTYPES.

High speeding car in the dark on an

empty road.

Usually in crime movies there are fast cars moving in a fast pace to try and get to the

place they want to be in an urge. They are in a rush because either they have found out

where who they are looking for is or they have found out where the criminals are. They

are rushing in order to catch them on time and they are usually in a car either in lots of

traffic in broad daylight or a still silent road at night.

stereotypes Re-inforce Challenge

Criminal as unbeatable Usually the criminals seem

unbeatable and whatever the

defender does they always

seem to get their way.

Criminal is outsmarted and

ends up with no plans at all

and are caught.

The parents are told they

will never find their child

Usually in crime movies in

kidnapping the parents are

told they will never find

their child and there's

nothing they can do about it.

One of the parents end up

gaining the force to go out

and look for the child

themselves, lots of

determination and never

giving up.

Getting the wrong criminal The criminal will always

have a lot of their sources

and workers around and

they will end up getting the

wrong criminal and the

criminal tends to be a good

hider

The parent will be smart

enough and find out who

the real criminal is and come

out for their revenge and

threatening anyone who

stands in their way of

getting what they want.

STEREOTYPES CHALLENGED

The movie identifies the crime that happen day to day and what people go through every time it happens.

The movie was added a few extra things to make it more interesting to watch but it was based on a real industry that happens in today's society especially

with women.

The movie represents what the people go through when this happens and how they cope with the fact that their child is gone and kidnapped.

The movie makes you more aware of the things that happens around us but make it more memorable so that the message across the movie is heard and

never forgotten.

The movie helps us feel and understand the pain they go through when this happens to one of their relatives. Also to try put a stop to this industry that is

happening.

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