close up shots. V’s mask was almost always viewed in a close up shot‚ calling attention to his seemingly endless‚ nonexistent eyes. Close up shots were also used to capture the deep emotion on Evey’s face when she was imprisoned. A major part of this film was the use of handheld camera. Filming from a handheld camera really portrayed the chaos in scenes such as the hostage situation in the news building. The tone of the movie is clearly set by means of loud orchestral music and soft frightening tones
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watching the movie Gattaca‚ I was able to perceive many concepts and similarities and differences between both pieces of art. Gattaca‚ directed by Andrew Niccol‚ shows a story of a society where life is controlled by genetics‚ rather than education or experiences. Based on your DNA‚ society determines where you belong‚ and your future. This allows no room for people to gain experiences and to grow‚ as they are confined to a specific lifestyle. It is evident however in the film that Vincent tries
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Symbolism‚ music‚ dialogue and imagery‚ used throughout different moments in the film‚ are all techniques used to show the religion Mattie uses to come to terms with her grief. Religion has a huge impact on a human being and can shape a person’s universal interpretations‚ the way they think‚ understand and the actions they pursue. It affects a number of cultures in different ways‚ seeing as there are many different types of religion. Although religion is beneficial in some capacities‚ it also causes
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Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It is about a man’s struggle to follow his dream despite being pre-determined by the society in which he lives to not be able to achieve it. Gattaca shows that people can in fact exceed the potential that society and their genes place on them. This is seen in the characters of Vincent and Director Joseph who both exceed their expected potential. Director Joseph’s claim that humans cannot exceed their potential when referring
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narrow down the key components; camera angles‚ camera perspective‚ and music. First time when I played the video‚ I turned off the volume and try to understand the story by visualizing‚ just looking at the video without any sound allowed me to find the film maker’s perspective‚ and author’s point
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Gattaca has released in 1997 in the United States. The film was written and also directed by Andrew Niccol. It is a science fiction movie. Science fiction genre is about science and fiction developments may be at ‘‘not too distant’’ future that may come true. In this genre‚ it is not about incredible events‚ it is representing partially similar things from now. We can understand that Gattaca is a science fiction movie from lots of details like; babies born with genetic manipulation‚ they go Saturn
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In the 1997 movie‚ Gattaca‚ Vincent Freeman is an invalid born into a valid world. This means his parents decided not to pick and choose the ideal genes in the process of conceiving him‚ causing Vincent to be born with heart problems‚ asthma‚ and myopia. He then makes the decision to become Jerome Eugene Morrow and pass himself off as valid in order to achieve his dream of traveling into space. In the movie‚ there is a clear divide between the valids and invalids‚ revealing many connections to sociology
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Shot-by-shot Analysis of "Death’s Marathon" dir. D.W. Griffith. (1913) Shot 1(straight-on angle): • White text on black background written‚ " To find his friend before he losses all" (2 seconds). Cut to Shot 2 (medium long shot‚ slightly low angle): • Front of house‚ with stairs slightly to the right of shot and potted plant on either side of stairs. Friend (man) enters from right and walks up stairs (2 seconds). Cut to Shot 3 (medium shot‚ straight-on angle): • Interior of living
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in-valid. Vincent Freeman‚ a character in Andrew Niccols film “Gattaca” achieves more‚ whilst being imperfect whereas the perfect not so much. Gattaca focuses on the perfection and the high expectations but not so many achieve as much as Vincent does. In the film‚ Anton Freeman‚ his younger brother has several rounds with him in the game ‘Chicken’ and Anton would win all the time‚ a sudden change occurs where Vincent comes out on top. Throughout the film a strong bond formally connects Irene and Vincent
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Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volume II uses unique editing techniques to stimulate the viewer both visually and emotionally. Editor Sally Menke uses various aesthetic elements from black and white to reflect the mood‚ to close-ups matched perfectly with sound to further the opening scene. Thanks to fluid editing‚ the action and tone hit the audience just hard enough. It is clear that each shot of the scene had the next shot in mind. The opening scene fades in to a black and white overhead
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