Baz Luhrmann's Use Of Film Techniques In The Great Gatsby

The film, “The Great Gatsby”, is a movie, that uses things such as lighting and colours to show the theme that the director Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann creates an overdramatised setting as he shows bright colours everywhere. The scene that I am using is the scene where daisy and Gatsby meet at Nick's house, and they talk for the first time in 5 years. The purpose of this scene is to show the power of love, and the willingness of Gatsby to win over daisy again. He uses a range of techniques to show this such as Mood, Props, Lighting, and Symbolism.

Luhrmann uses mood to show that Gatsby is eager to talk to daisy, and the other way round by the actions that Gatsby and daisy do. This is shown as Gatsby leaves the house just as daisy arrives, and

He uses a range of props, such as loads of large white flowers, a nice polished looking tea set, some cute little cakes, and biscuits. The reason Luhrmann does this is to show that Gatsby wants to make daisy feel special and to impress her, and to make daisy fall for him again. He uses flowers as a way of showing romance, and it lets off a sort of welcoming feeling when daisy walks in the room. The tea set is for drinking tea, which would make the mood of the situation slightly less awkward. The uses of pricey looking decorations and fancy sets, shows just how much Gatsby wants to impress daisy and just how much he is willing to give to be able to have a chance to win her over. Luhrmann also intertwines props with costumes to show that Gatsby wants to have daisy. He is wearing a nice, white, tidy suit, with a somewhat black looking coloured pocket piece, and an orange coloured tie, showing that he is a very rich man and he has a cane with him, perhaps to make him seem like more of a gentleman. Likewise, daisy is also wearing very expensive clothing. She is wearing a light purple dress and purple gloves with a very delicate looking hat when she arrives. She is wearing purple as she is next to royalty as her family has been rich or a long time and she is trying to appear very wealth, as she likes to show her wealth to others. The choices of outfits show that they

Inside, it is very bright and a lot of bright area around Gatsby and daisy, yet outside it in raining and it makes them seem like they are trying to escape the possible disasters that are soon to come. Eventually, the rain stops and then the sun comes out, illuminating outside. They then look over at Daisy’s house across the bay. The light may then be coming through as is allowing them to see all the good about the situation. Luhrmann also uses colour to help show the situation. There aren’t very many colours, mainly just white. An innocence is trying to be shown too much and maybe that the over usage of white could show that Gatsby is trying too hard to seem like a good guy that he forgot that it’s not all about the money. He has been around money and only money for so long he has forgotten that money is not the only thing you need or what others need. The white can also be seen as