The Working Script

Working script

Shot 1- Girl walks down a corridor with the camera filming her from the front using a long shot. Along the corridor on both walls are pictures of her. She slows down her pace 

as she sees the pictures. She pulls one down off of the wall and looks at it. 

Shot 2- From use of an over the shoulder shot, the viewer can see the picture of the girl as the young girl holds it in front of her. The camera zooms in on the picture and at this point the music changes and becomes more fast paced.

Shot 3- There is a jump cut showing the girl from the poster running through the woods and looking back over her shoulder as if she is being chased by somebody. use of a handheld camera and a tracking shot shows the point of view of the person who is chasing her. 

Shot 4- Subtitles come up with the words “she tried to ignore it” in a flickering font and a black background.

Shot 5- A mid shot of the girl is then shown as she is standing in front of a tree and looking around with a panicked expression as if she is hiding from someone. An effect is used here which causes the shot to be broken up and overlap itself.

Shot 6- Subtitles appear following on the previous one saying “But it won’t go away” the same effect is used as the last one.

Shot 7- A panning shot is used as if the killer is turning around quickly looking for his victim. The surroundings are quite isolated and they create suspense. As this panning shot is used there is also a change of non diegetic sound to make it sound more dramatic and emphasize fear.

Shot 8- The words “It will find you” appear on the screen in the same font and using the same effect as the previous text shots. 

Shot 9- There is a quick tracking shot of the victim running away.

Shot 10- “No matter what.” appears on the screen with a black background.

Shot 11- The shot goes back to a point of view shot of the killer using a hand held camera. He walks past the tree that the girl is hiding behind and then quickly turns around and we can see the girl on screen the camera moves in towards her as she screams showing that the killer has found her.

Shot 12- “ A live Works Film” appears on the screen using the same font and background as the previous text shown throughout the trailer. This shows the name of the production company.

Shot 13- The name of the film “Taken” is shown on the screen and the release date  with a background of a camera shot showing the sky which is used to symbolise that the murder is over.

Shot 14- A jump cut is used to then end the trailer and it takes it back to the start of the trailer where an over the shoulder shot was used to show the picture of the victim. The camera zooms in on her face and the fades along with the music.