Gattaca is a story about the not-so-distant future‚ a time when genetic engineering is so common place that it is common practice. The world‚ of course‚ has the draw back that anyone who was not genetically engineered is part of new class of society‚ called an invalid. Vincent Freeman was born this way. He chooses‚ however‚ not to remain and invalid‚ but become what is known as a de-generate‚ someone who uses other people’s blood‚ urine‚ hair‚ etc. to fake a genetic code superior to their own. He
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Gattaca Oral Presentation Draft -A review of the film. From the day Vincent was born‚ he had always been concidered as highly flawed‚ and as an ’invalid’. His parents were planning on carrying on the family name with their first born child by calling Vincent‚ Anton‚ after his father‚ Antonio. However‚ once finding out that Vincent was prone to illness’ such as neurological disorder‚ manic depression‚ attention deficit disorder‚ heart failure‚ and was expected to live for only 30.2 years‚ Vincent’s
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The 1997 science fiction drama film Gattaca by Andrew Niccol illustrates a dystopian world condemning genetic engineering which plays a primary role in determining whether the human being will be genetically superior or genetically inferior. Niccol utilizes his ‘degenerate’ protagonist‚ Vincent‚ to highlight the flaws of a system which encourages predeterminism over ambition and discrimination over acceptance. A society is presented where love has no value and one’s genetic make-up is more important
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the inferior non-genetically modified. This type of societal isolation is perfectly exemplified in the film Gattaca in which the naturally conceived become worthless to society and work only the lowest and least important of jobs while the modified people dominate society. While this problem could‚ in theory‚ be slightly plausible there are many reasons to doubt
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Film: Gattaca (Clip) General Observations: The birth scene has a gloomy tone and color scheme‚ suggesting that this method of living is something humans should avoid. Since this film is a futuristic film about the use of the findings from the Human Genome Project‚ this film is warning us about the possible misuse of the new genetic information. Geneticists are an important job in the film because after one second‚ the blood is being tested and geneticists can determine your life and future. This
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made great decisions about thecamera techniques to be used in each scene. In 1996‚ a restaurant with the nameBubba Gump was open in honour of the movie‚ and surprisingly there is one in thePeak Galleria in Hong Kong!The opening scene of the movie is filmed very beautifully‚ especially with thefeather floating in the air‚ because it creates the mood of the whole piece. Also‚ themusic and sounds chosen to accompany the opening scene‚ contributes to the tone of the entire movie.From right the beginning
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The opening scene of the 1962 film‚ L’eclisse‚ is quite strange from an editing standpoint. While I can not exactly understand what the actors are saying to do lingual differences‚ I notice the pace and cuts feel unnatural and highly forced. After analyzing the clip‚ I believe this was all intentional by the director‚ Michelangelo Antonioni. The scene begins in the apartment of what appears to be a couple. The couple seems to be in a rather big argument. However‚ there are no clues or evidence that
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Gattaca is a movie directed by Andrew Niccol and the film is set in the "not too distant future." Andrew Niccol’s perception of the future isn’t what most people expect‚ but once thought about carefully it seems quite believable. This movie presents us with a new method in which society strives for perfection and it also makes us wonder if genetic engineering is morally correct. Your place in society in Gattaca is based on your genetic makeup and the way you were born. People born the way we know
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Gattaca Notes Context: * 1997 science fiction drama film * directed by Andrew Niccol * film presents vision of a society driven by “new eugenics” Title: * ‘GATTACA’-made up from abbreviations for the DNA nucleotide bases * During opening credits-names of cast & crew are telegraphed by the letters of the four bases-joined afterwards by the other letters of their names * Suggests the films point that people are first seen in terms of their genetic profile * And
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Fast paced Indian music builds tension even before the opening credits have stopped rolling Establishing shot indian city‚ while not revealed as india at this point the viewer associates the architecture as foreign in some exotic location‚ one car on the road‚ depth created by background being out of focus and leading lines created by the road. High angle extreme long shot‚ zoom to reveal tracking shot of taxi cab and people in exotic attire and foreign style tricycle cabs‚ gives the viewer more
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