F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Mise-En-Scene

The Great Gatsby Mise-En-Scene The mise-en-scene is everything that is evident on the screen and the way that it is arranged by the director. This will consist of the setting, lighting, costume and makeup, and staging and performance. In The Great Gatsby mise-en-scene is a key factor to keep the audience engaged. This movie is a realistic drama/romance of the early 1920’s but the director used bright colors to keep the audience allured throughout the movie. Well always keeping the character well lit even if it seem like they shouldn’t naturally be that well lit, so you can always see their facial expressions. The mise-en-scene in this film helps make glamorizes 1920’s New York to a point it makes you feel like you were born in the wrong era. …show more content…
The two settings are used to represent the men of the house, in Gatsby’s case his house from the outside is always mysterious looking. Whenever it is viewed there are always tall trees and other plants blocking the view of the house to where you can only see the tall castle-like towers. This represents Gatsby because he is a mysterious man to many people and strive to stay that way, but he still flaunts his money showing he is “new money”. On the inside is very empty just like the way he likes to keep his past, which he is not proud of. This is much more like the man Gatsby is. The Buchanan mansion is much cleaner looking and has a classic look from the outside representing his “old money” status. The inside of Tom’s mansion is filled with furniture and old memorabilia because he likes to brag about is accomplishments. The Valley of Ashes is also very important in the film. It represents where the rich have dumped all their problems. This is evident in the way Tom treats Wilson then goes and has an affair with his wife behind his back. This setting is in the film to show how corrupt America was in the 1920’s. You would have the rich living right by the poor and taking advantage of them every why the possibly …show more content…
For example Nick is usually seen wearing brown, the color brown will make people feel stable and comfortable. This is much like Nick in the film. People in the film are always comfortable with having him know their secrets. Similar Tom is always wear the color blue. Blue makes people feel confidence and Tom is to say at the least very confident. Myrtle is also wearing almost every time you see her in the film. This is done to make hew more wanted and help the audience believe that Tom would cheat on Daisy with