Thursday 4 February 2010

Taken, Red Door scene - Deconstruction

Looking specifically at Costumes and Makeup
First woman - handcuffed to radiator, visable cuts on arm, injection marks enhanced by close-up shot (taken drugs). Half closed eyes, black eyemakup smudged, puffy/swollen eyes.
Mid shot - lying down on bed, no matress sheets, dirty wall paper, half covered with sheet, showing black bra (refering to sex/prostitution). Dark lighting, except for sunlight from underneath curtain.

Second woman - long shot - curled underneath dirty sheet, seemed to be asleep/dead, shiney face (sweaty), dim light, curtains also closed - gives dangerous and ill like affect.

Thrid woman - long shot - awkward position head bent, pained expression. Eyes half closed, lags and arms uncovered (naked) handcuffed to bed, swollen face.

Amanda (known character) - wearing tshirt, handcuffed to bed, shiney, sickening green shaded face, dark swollen eyes, vomit on chin and shoulder, eyes wide open. Long shot - legs spread open, awkward position (painful), Extereme close-up - of arm with needle marks, surrounding unblurred and show needle and cotton wool. Extreme close-up - eyes wide open, immediately audience knows she's dead.

Summary
All women - lying on bed, no matress sheets, dirty bed sheets and wallpaper, dark rooms with very little light, apart from where amanda is - dark rooms are used when women stil in use, a lot of light used to show amandas situation. All handcuffed to bed, showing sexual references, gets point across quicker than if they used rope etc. Legs spread open, sexual position, either completely naked or half naked, but covered with a sheet. Swollen, yellow puffy eyes, result from the drugs. All look in pain, very hot, unable to move.
Red Door - very significant, the colour of sexuality, prostitution, but also danger, anger, blood and murder.

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