Film Techniques In The Great Gatsby

The film The Great Gatsby (2013) incorporates brilliant mise-en-scene and the costume design is reminiscent of the 1920’s. The set design is consistent in the creation of the film’s atmosphere depicting a post WWI super wealthy in the “Jazz Age”. For example, the party scenes depict flappers and significantly wealthy characters, which pursue a superficial “American Dream”. As for Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), he obsesses his love for Daisy (Carey Mulligan) in his own illusory unreality. Additionally, the film depicts the 1920’s artistic styles in the Art Deco era. For example, the party scenes clearly have an Art Deco style and fair in décor, costumes, and diegetic music that creates the 20’s era mood in the atmosphere which accompanies the

To Jay Gatsby, his corrupt American dream is symbolized by Daisy Buchanan, a woman he is so in love with he will do anything to get her back. Gatsby sees wealth as a solution to his problems. Raised from a poor childhood to being a millionaire with servants, a huge house, and dozens of friends, Gatsby exemplifies the idea of self-made success. All of these pieces of the American dream that Gatsby acquired were actually elements that eventually led to his downfall. In chapter one, the reader is first introduced to Gatsby in a very unusual way, “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as i was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unique darkness” (Fitzgerald 21). In this first glimpse of Gatsby, he is reaching towards something off in the distance, out of reach. This image of the green light ties in with the American dream that people are always reaching for

The sentence describing Gatsby’s feelings is quite long and a mouthful of adjectives and fantastic imagery. It captures the atmosphere of Daisy’s house through Gatsby’s overwhelmed perspective and particularly the length illustrates the sense of immense awe Gatsby experiences. Essentially, because it is a great big sentence it emphasizes Gatsby’s great big emotions for the house. Then, the syntax calls for the sentence to be read at careful speed in order for the reader to fully grasp the extent of Gatsby’s excitement. It is separated into three pieces that describe feeling of the

Gatsby may put this tone in because he wants the reader to create an emotional bond to the character. Furthermore Fitzgerald accompanies his writing with a lofty tone such as how he describes the surrounding in the story, “We went upstairs through period bathrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid new flowers, through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths-” (91) Gatsby uses this form of writing to accentuate the details of different household items and descriptions. By using this form of writing the reader can develop a sense of the surroundings in the story as well as understanding how the different characters view the situation they’re

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, conveys and develops Nick’s attitude towards Gatsby through the use of imagery. Fitzgerald’s use of imagery provides the reader with reasons for Nick’s respectfully melancholic attitude towards Gatsby. Society derives the popularity of a person not by the character of a person, but instead by the benefits that comes from the person. Nick remembers the “cars going up and down his drive”. Fitzgerald uses the cars in Nick’s memory to signify Gatsby’s wealth.

Cinematic techniques are methods that authors use to convey specific pieces of information in a narrative. Some examples of this would be the angle shots, flashbacks, themes, symbols, etc. In both the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays multiple instances of these techniques. This not only enhances the effect that it has on the audience, but it also constructs similarities and differences between both the novel and the movie. For instance, in the novel Tom Buchanan is described as a large hulking man. However, by the angle shots and other filming techniques in the movie, he is only viewed and characterized as an average sized man.

The final scene of The Great Gatsby featured various camera angles and shots that added a whole new level of intensity and mystery. At the beginning you see a long, panning shot of Gatsby’s house, allowing the audience to see the surroundings and settings of Gatsby’s mansion. Towards his death where there is a close-up shot of Nick sleeping on the spiral staircase above the dead Gatsby, shows that Nick was ‘’the only one who cared’’ about Gatsby. Lighting (key light) really highlights Nick’s drained face as Gatsby’s death had really affected him. The medium shot of the staircase and Gatsby’s coffin allows the audience to take in the room which had Gatsby’s coffin.

By cleverly integrating imagery into the text of the short story, Dickens portrays the genuine loneliness and eeriness of the isolated post the signal-man occupied. The utilization of imagery is evidently used when the main character describes the walls of the post as “dripping-wet walls of jagged stone.” The author uses dripping-wet walls to describe the post in order to make the degree of eeriness and isolation seem greater because dripping wet walls are usually associated with abandoned structures or dungeons-like structures.

Personally when I am having a bad day, I like to be alone outside and in nature. I like to experience it and to be unapproached by other people, eye contact and conversation at a minimum. Gatsby in this case is outside, but Nick can tell that he doesn’t want to be approached. He is winching at the pain of Daisy, pointing his finger at her house, the green light. The darkness also emphasizes the gap between Gatsby and other people and his assimilation into the night, showing how far he is from what he wants.

When the scene goes into slow motion and all you see is Gatsby with his fist raised, eyes beaming with fury, face glowing red and his body shaking with anger, you see a new side to Gatsby no one thought he had. It is during this scene that Gatsby nearly loses Daisy, she sees a new side of him

People generally associate colours with emotions. For example, red with rage and blue with sadness. Often authors use this instinctive nature to add imagery. Authors not only use this literary device, but many also use symbols and recurring descriptions of characters, in order to add imagery and to add literary depth to a novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses these in his book The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is about the Roaring Twenties, a time where the first World War had just ended, and everyone was clinging to their worldly possessions like a toddler clings to their mother. Nick Carraway, the narrator, meets Jay Gatsby, a rich neighbor of Nick’s. Gatsby befriends Nick and tells him that he is in love with Nick’s cousin, Daisy. Daisy, who

The Great Gatsby was written during an economic boom of the roaring twenties and is a story about the divide between the rich and the poor. F. Scott Fitzgerald involves the reader throughout out the novel with his sensorory-oriented imagery. Fitzgerald mixes the senses to where you hear or feel colors, see sounds, and taste tactile sensations. He uses the symbolism of colors and vivid images to instill feelings within the reader to affect them and draw them within the novel. The purpose of this paper is to site examples of how F. Scott Fitzgerald used sensory-oriented imagery to create an atmosphere of mystery and of being involved in the novel when he wrote The Great Gatsby. This shall be accomplished by showing the importance of symbolism,

Evolution of Baz Luhrmann Topic 3 In Baz Luhrmanns films they always have the story of love and compassion and Baz Luhrmann use of modern film techniques in movies such as Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby he uses special effects to help influence the love which we see in his films in both films however there is the sense of loss come in as death occurs in them with Romeo and Juliet both dying tragically as well as Jay Gatsby being murdered in The great Gatsby but there is more to the films than we see. In Strictly Ballroom dancer Scott Hastings gets introduced to a eager amateur dancer named Fran who just wants the chance to dance with Scott while scott at first does not agree with this he is persuaded to dance with her and in turn they end up falling in love with each other to the disbelief and disappointment of Scotts parents he decides to leave her for another dancer but in turn goes back to her as true love cannot be kept apart, Luhrmanns fast paced

The Crash Course video brought light to a few items in the novel I did not quite make connections to and it also added more support to the themes that I had picked out of the novel The Great Gatsby. The video talked about how Fitzgerald incorporated the color of gold which many consider wealthy and something that is worth reaching for in the novel as something that is not inherently good to reach for in the capacity many do. The video drew back to the fact that many people reach for wealth but along the way must make awful sacrifices and the shining of the gold is dulled by the things people must give up; the video related back to a passage in the novel that I had over looked about a butler that lost his sense of smell for the pursuit of money.

You can’t miss one of the world’s most popular literary works brought to the big screen. Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby” has sparked interest from many of the legendary parties thrown by the movie’s wealthy titled character. Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director and screenwriter best known for his films “Romeo + Juliet”, “Strictly Ballroom” and of course “The Great Gatsby”.