G: In sci-fi films, directors highlight the importance of symbolic codes in promoting ideas in such films.
R: In the 1997 film, Gattaca, the director Andrew Nicoll, presents viewers with a seemingly utopian film, where the people featured in the film are genetically engineered to create a perfect society where their genetics determine their jobs and social status.
O: Nicoll uses symbolic codes such as a crucifix/infinite symbol, a staircase shaped as a genetic ladder and bars to present ideas around the perfect society Nicoll tries to enhance through these symbols.
T: Through the use of these ideas throughout the film Gattaca, Nicoll promotes a seemingly utopian society where those that are at a disadvantage are those of the society who have not been genetically modified to become a perfect human being.
T: Gattaca presents us with a dystopian society where being conceived in natural way is inferior and looked down upon to those who are genetically modified to be the best possible version of themselves, leading to a biased hierarchy.
Throughout Gattaca we witness many examples of a biased hierarchy. This is revealed through camera angles to show ones power over …show more content…
An example that clearly shows this is the scene where Vincent and Irene are fleeing down a dimly lit alley-way and come to a stop in a doorway. Their faces are obscured by shadows in lines, which symbolises bars as imprisonment. The bars act like an entrapment/prison on Vincents and Irenes genetics meaning they cannot be as good as the ones that are modified to be better and it also interprets the actual entrapment of their pursuers. Obviously the shadowing effect on the characters explore the notation of entrapment and d conveying Niccol’s idea that the society depicted in the film controls and limits the lives of
R: In the 1997 film, Gattaca, the director Andrew Nicoll, presents viewers with a seemingly utopian film, where the people featured in the film are genetically engineered to create a perfect society where their genetics determine their jobs and social status.
O: Nicoll uses symbolic codes such as a crucifix/infinite symbol, a staircase shaped as a genetic ladder and bars to present ideas around the perfect society Nicoll tries to enhance through these symbols.
T: Through the use of these ideas throughout the film Gattaca, Nicoll promotes a seemingly utopian society where those that are at a disadvantage are those of the society who have not been genetically modified to become a perfect human being.
T: Gattaca presents us with a dystopian society where being conceived in natural way is inferior and looked down upon to those who are genetically modified to be the best possible version of themselves, leading to a biased hierarchy.
Throughout Gattaca we witness many examples of a biased hierarchy. This is revealed through camera angles to show ones power over …show more content…
An example that clearly shows this is the scene where Vincent and Irene are fleeing down a dimly lit alley-way and come to a stop in a doorway. Their faces are obscured by shadows in lines, which symbolises bars as imprisonment. The bars act like an entrapment/prison on Vincents and Irenes genetics meaning they cannot be as good as the ones that are modified to be better and it also interprets the actual entrapment of their pursuers. Obviously the shadowing effect on the characters explore the notation of entrapment and d conveying Niccol’s idea that the society depicted in the film controls and limits the lives of