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The Great Gatsby is a film released in 2013, directed by Baz Luhrmann who won: Best Film, Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Great Gatsby (AACTA Awards 2013), with cinematography by Simon Duggan (I, Robot and Underworld: Evolution, being two notable previous works of his) . Leading roles include, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway who is the shy onlooker to the events of the film and Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays the role of Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and luxurious millionaire who has been in love with the same woman even throughout five years of no contact; this is Daisy Buchanan, played by Carey Mulligan, an upper class woman with beautiful looks and charming charisma. The scene which will be analysed falls in the middle of the movie and portrays Jay and Daisy’s first encounter after five years of no contact. Components of film: mise-en-scène, cinematography, soundtrack and editing will be examined to give an understanding of the meaning of the scene and particular components within it as well as the emotional effect which these have.
Music and Sound
The Great Gatsby is known for its soundtrack, “This is not so much the Jazz Age, or even the Pizzazz Age, as the Razzle-Dazzle Baz Age” (Corliss, Richard (May 09 2013) Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby: From Jazz Age to Baz Age TIME. Retrieved from http://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/09/luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-from-jazz-age-to-baz-age/), referring to Baz Luhrmann’s excellent example of transforming jazz (which was the popular style of music at the novels release), into modern hip-hop to give the party scenes a relatable, upbeat energy for modern time youth. To accomplish this Baz Luhrmann created a collaboration with hip-hop artist and producer JAY-Z to create a fitting soundt...

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...entrated eyes. This shows that Gatsby has regained composure and these are actions we associate with his character. Non-diegetic sound begins again here with a greater intensity than the previous part of the scene to suggest that this is the true moment before Daisy and Gatsby’s first encounter. When in the room Gatsby is standing between two flower ornamentations and Daisy is as well however she is on the other side of the room. Mid-shots of Daisy and Gatsby are shown however Daisy is much closer to the camera than Gatsby in his shots. This is to show that Daisy is the centre of this scene and that all of Gatsby’s attention falls upon her. This scene is broken by the sound of a kettle and then a fade transition occurs to show the cottage from the outside while dream-like non -diegetic sound plays. This indicates that a change in time has occurred, ending the scene

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