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GATTACA - Coggle Diagram
GATTACA
SETTING
- recogniseably american in the not too distant future
- pace of scientific discovery left uncheked by moral and ethical debates
- perfect world for the genetically gifted
- promotes competition and mutual surveillance
- coldly scientific, sterile, surgically pristine environment
- large, bare, unrelentingly modern buildings
- austere, devoid of colours, uncluttered
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- smooth polished floors, bare walls, glass, vast airy interiors
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- based on the principles of perfection and scientific materialism
- shiny floors, glass, chrome, light
lighting and colour
- primarily blue, grey and green
- visually cold reflects futuristic technology, coldness and sterility of the world
- vincent's flashbacks in sepia tones, heavy drab costuming suggesting the world is obsolete, uninteresting and ones potential is limited by god births
- murky brown and green contribute to noir style
- noir in films for paranoi and detection
- e.g. lightning when Vincent and Irene hiding, grill over face
- several scenes with golden light e.g. intimate scenes with irene and vincent displaying warmth and ecitement
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structure
- character driven plot with lengthy flashback sequence
plot 1: search for the murderer, a race against time, a crutial launch set date which might be jeopardised by the crime
- Jerome/Vincent's successful evasion of authorities, including his security chief brother Anton. Jerome/Vincent's true identity is revealed to Gattaca at the last moment and resolved by Lamar.
- the evolving love stories. The relationship between Jerome/Vincent and Irene is temporarily resolved, suggesting a future for them both beyond the year's mission
- Evolving friendship between Vincent and Jerome. Phycological and emotional growth for both of them redefining the definition of brother as they are not related