Gattaca scene analysis

  • skylights have aspirations of Vincent and drag ur eye to the sky
  • urma is slick and her hair shows her precision. always in the centre. blond hair blue eyes
  • camera barely moves
  • escalator show aspiration to get into Gattaca stairs to heaven.
  • helix staircase
  • Eugene sits at the bottom on the helix looking up
  • crosscutting the action between Eugene and the car. builds suspense. low angle shot on Jerome high angle on the car.
  • bird’s eye view on Jerome to show vulnerability and weakness. inside the helix.
  • car is in sepia tone. the old photographic process draws attention back to the early 20th century.
  • close up on Jerome’s hand to show the effort he’s going to.
  • sound effects build attention. single note.
  • low angle giving urma superiority
  • telescope looking towards the sky in the background
  • vincent climbs the helix towards Jerome that sits at the top
  • first time her hair is falling apart. her perfection is falling apart when he confronts her
Birds eye view
shows the helix
Shows the status.
shows how his genes won’t get the better of him and how hard he has to puh to reach the top of the genetic town.
Urmas hairs slightly falling out of place and is not pristine to show how her life is falling apart. over the shoulder. Urma is not in the centre and he head is tilted down to perhaps sow a sense of no stability.
Hes standing at the bottom of the staircase whereas Eugene is at the top
filmed in sepia tone. sitting the thirds of the camera. sitting straight and high posture.

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