Production Techniques from "Gattaca" and Their Importance

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 …

…voice over narration of Vincent keeps alienating the viewers as they are told what happened rather than experiencing emotions and events for themselves. There is also a very narrow range of body types which also reinforces the sense of cold perfection. By using lots of production techniques, the movie director condemn the inhuman assumptions of a obsessively soulless society that defines people by their genetic make-up, and makes them "suffer under the burden of perfection".