Title Research: The Great Gatsby

  While watching the opening sequence to “The Great Gatsby” in the drama genre. The opening sequence to the movie The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway`s Narration Start Scene, dragging the audience further in with every word. Getting the audience intrigued with his backstory, on how he got to this point of his life. There were no titles during the opening scene to give more attention to the backstory. The opening sequence focuses on the male character. The camera cuts from a lighthouse to the male character in a doctor’s office while giving flashbacks throughout his narrated backstory. In the beginning of the scene, the set lighting was very dark and gloomy to show the audience the dark times that are now among the male character. However, during flashbacks of memories from carraway, the lighting turns from dark and gloomy to bright, colorful, and happy to show the audience there used to be happy times. This gives the audience a happy and intrigued feeling to want to watch and learn more. The film establishes the genre from the outset with the usage of high key lighting and lowkey lighting. The sounds added into the first segment helped capture the attention of the audience with the happy but suspenseful tone it. The mise-en-scene was also established by giving the male character a wealthy, beaten-down feeling. Technology has been used effectively by using over-the-shoulder camera shots to show the emotion on his face. Wide shots were also used for the audience to see what was going around the main focal point of the scene. The set lighting and weathering was a success with the audience cause it showed a dark and gloomy day.


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