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    Production Techniques from Gattaca and Their Importance In the movie "Gattaca"‚ the director uses lots of production techniques to prove his point and ideas about a futuristic world where they "have discrimination down to a science". In the movie are used lots of color filters. The most important images are shot through a range of yellow‚ green and blue filters as if the camera were filtering out any imperfections. Gattaca has a special yellowish-orange glow that makes it look cold and unnatural

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    In the film Gattaca‚ the well-off people were superior to others due to genetic enhancement and the main character of the film was subpar to most since he was a “Godchild” which means he had no genetic motification. Throughout this film‚ he made it clear that he would

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    authors who have expressed concerns of the use of technology in the future. Ray Bradbury displays his contextual concerns about the destructive capabilities of technology in his book Fahrenheit 451‚ and Andrew Niccol in his film (based on his book) Gattaca. Both texts emphasise the potential destructive elements of technology on society by raising ethical questions and enforcing a strict technological control on society. Utopia is a term used to describe a state or condition that is ideally perfect

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    Romulus‚ My Father‚ highlights the centrality of values in connecting through the contrasting experiences of Raimond and Romulus where Romulus’ failure to belong is based on his refusal to acculturate. In contrast‚ Andrew Niccol’s dystopian film‚ Gattaca‚ shows that an individual’s refusal to accept that his values are irreconcilable to society ultimately results in the expansion of both the definitions of belonging and connections being forged. Both texts‚ despite differing contexts‚ are united in

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    Soo Kim 25FEB13 Gattaca: Ethical implication of genetic determinism. Genetic engineering‚ via cloning‚ eugenics‚ or manipulation of DNA‚ presents important and often chilling possibilities for the future of mankind. Of course‚ we can be comforted by the hope of Jesus Christ’s appearing before humankind is able to completely ensnare itself in its misapplication of knowledge. But we still give some thought to where the future could be heading‚ and how scientists who believe in random evolution

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    Lord of the flies written by William Golding and Gattaca produced by Andrew Niccols‚ 1997 are both speculative fictions as they forewarn humanity by creating a reduced but parallel reality to our own society in a way that highlights humanity’s problems‚ creating a microcosm of society. In each text the theme of Utopias/dystopias are used to display to mankind how what seems to be a prefect world is really the opposite. Discrimination is also highly evident in both texts as well as identity which

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    Books 1-4 Book I Summary: The narrator calls upon the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. We pick up ten years after the fall of Troy in the Trojan War (the subject of The Iliad). In trying to return home‚ Odysseus and his shipmates had numerous adventures‚ but now Odysseus has been left alone on the island of Ogygia for the last eight years‚ captive of the beautiful goddess Kalypso. We are told that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ will make Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaka even more difficult

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    How does movie Gattaca relate to biology? The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol is about “a genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel”. During the process (to become as same as Jerome Morrow‚ the superior)‚ Vincent goes through lots of different operations‚ including physical and genetic operations. As we watched it and saw the operations and the doctors in the beginning of the movie‚ we connected happenings to the

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    Gattaca Essay Science fiction films such as Gattaca are able to significantly demonstrate the potential of biotechnology to create unjust implications on the social order of modern society. Niccol‚ the director of Gattaca‚ draws upon the advances of biotechnology to highlight the need for certain prohibitions against genetic engineering to prevent societies strongly manipulated by science and individuals divided by classism from genetic discrimination. This idea is paralleled to genetic testing

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    Gattaca Courage and Heroism: In Gattaca‚ courage and heroism is centralized around the rivalry of brothers Vincent and Anton Freeman. As Vincent’s name implies‚ he is a ‘free-man’‚ free to do and go whatever and wherever he wants or feels he need to‚ as long as he is willing to put in the hard yards. Freeman does not apply to Anton‚ because his destiny was almost predestined. Vincent’s courage and heroism largely comes to surface when he finally beats his Valid brother in a game they call ‘Chicken’

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