gattaca film techniques essay

Identify an important character in the film. Explain why the character is important and discuss what techniques the director uses to portray the character and the effect on the audience? By Tishya Kapoor In the film, The Whale Rider, by Nicki Caro, is about a young girl named Paikea Apirana (Pai) who is destined to become a leader and lead the community. However Koro, Pai’s grandfather expects a male leader to lead the community as he expects Maori tradition and culture to carry on. Koro refuses

The film 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle is an adaptation of the short story 'Harrison Bergeron' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. which looks into a dystopian society where everyone is finally equal. Vonnegut wanted to show us how absurd the world will become when everyone is equal and Tuttle has conveyed that perfectly in his adaptation. The story is told from George Bergeron's perspective as he watches his son Harrison perform his act of rebellion and his own requiem. Tuttle uses Harrison to criticise how

The director’s use of film techniques showed significant changes through the characters in the film ‘Secondhand Lions’.The big, significant events that changed the characters are when Hub said to Walter that he will stay around to say his ‘man speech’, when Walter found out his mother was lying and when Walter jumps out of the car. This was done through camera angles, storyline, music and much more. The first important event that started shaping Walter is when he finds out that his mother lied

In John Woo’s The Killer, Inspector Li and assassin Ah Jong form an intimate bond while navigating Hong Kong and its colonial and criminal power structures (Tan 60). Both Li and Ah Jong struggle within these organizations, and at the center of the intimacy between Li and Ah Jong is the compassion and passion that Li witness in Ah Jong, despite his violent profession. Li has a sense of justice but he lacks passion and compassion. Through Ah Jong, Li discovers how passion and compassion allow him to

Although the opening scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit is meant to be lighthearted and appealing to children, upon further examination the discriminatory treatment of Roger reveals the racist undertones. The scene begins in the cartoon universe with Roger Rabbit and a cartoon baby, named Baby Herman, that Roger is left as the caretaker. Throughout the scene the baby undermines his authority in almost every way as he tries to reach a cookie jar on top of the refrigerator. The refrigerator, however

Close up shot of Erick looking down to Tris, this shows that Tris is in vulnerable state when Erik is around without Four. High angle shot of Erick on a stand above all the recruits, the use of the dialogue ‘four lines’ shows the authority he has over the character Four as he is absent in this scene. The use of his name in a different context shows the betrayal, control and corruption he has. The crane shot after this shot shows that the recruits are like ants to Erick, vulnerable and get trapped

on several areas all being visible. Racking focus also known as “pulling focus”. The point of this focus is to transfers the attention from the foreground and the background. It overall makes one action blurred and another in a sharp focus. In the film Hurt Locker depth of field is very present. The clip I chose to give the example is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtQqy1jDUo “We are on the same team”. When American soldiers venture into the desert and come upon unidentified civilians in an SUV

breed of high concept, high budget sci-fi action films. It was directed by George Lucas and originally released in only a few cinemas in 1977. However, the buzz around the film grew, and it is now one of the highest grossing films of all time, and along with its sequels, prequels and re-mastered re-releases, has a large cult following. I feel this is because of Lucas` ability to engage the audience through careful use of sound and camera technique; The use of the scrolling story in space sets up

intense film directed by the talented Spike Lee, which revolves around the very diverse community of the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. Throughout the entire film, characters are faced with obstacles and injustices that bring up the grand question of what the “right thing” even is. One scene in particular sums up the whole premise of the film into a concise and poetic speech spoken by the one and only Radio Raheem. This scene is imperative to have in the film as well

In the film Blood Diamond, the director Edward Zwick uses the opening and closing scenes to show the socio-political effects of western consumerism in an underdeveloped society, in particular the Conflict Diamond trade and its effects, he uses this to highlight the idea of the ‘boy being the diamond’ within the film. Consumerism is seen to be the cause of death and destruction in the once beautiful landscape of Africa with portrait shots of mountains and beautiful sunsets. In both scenes the director