Analysis of Gattaca Main Titles [IDD 301]

I took a look over at the movie Gattaca’s Main Titles this week over at Imaginary Forces (It’s a flash site, so no direct links, sorry.) It starts with a bunch of macro shorts in a cold blue tint showing finger nails, hair, and dead skin falling to the ground and bouncing like these objects are huge and weight tons. Each new clip slowly fades out while a new clip fades in rather seamlessly. Overtop of each clip are credits. Each slowly fading in and out with the four letters G, A, T, and C being in bold and a sans serif font, while the rest of the word is in a serif font. Those four letters are the first to fade in as well. The music in the background is very slow, sad, and soft.



As it progresses through the titles it pans what has fallen and fades to the main character, panning over him, and fading in and overlaying clips slowly. The text that fades in also appears to go from being blurry to sharp. The few cut transitions are when it cuts to a warm orange tinted exterior shot of what appears to be a large business building.