Taken - Torture Scene

(Excuse the French, this was the best quality image)


Before I start my film I need to look into previous torture scenes used with films so that I can have an understanding of how they created suspense and dark mood.

Taken

The torture scene within Taken creates a dark and disturbing mood through the use different factors. First the pace of the scene is very quick, it gets the audience involved straight away and creates a main focus. The pace makes it a dark mood as the protagonist takes no time to stop and has a continuous goal to achieve.

A disturbing atmosphere is created through the uncommon use of the electricity. It comes to a shock (sorry for the pun) to the audience as this is a very dark and surprising form of torture. It creates a sense of fear and a strong emotion of anger, as the protagonist taunts the other male by clanging the rods together before he rapidly plunges them into his legs.

As an audience we see the emotional anger from the protagonist through the use of close ups. We also see the same from the other male but we see fear.

The tortures scene ends with the male screaming in pain as he continuously gets electrocuted. This creates a dark mood and shows the anger in which the protagonist is feeling as he doesn't care about the other mans life.