Gatsby Closing Sequence

Question 1

Gatsby loses his temper

Camera:
Narrative dialogue:

Answer 1

Camera: Low angle/closeup of Gatsby grabbing Tom by the neck.

Dialogue: “Shut up! Shut up!” “Gatsby looked in that moment like he had killed a man.”

Question 2

Gatsby dies

Camera:?
Dialogue:?
Sound:?
Light:?

Answer 2

Camera: Extreme close up of Gatsby’s eyes as he dies. Long shot of the green light getting further away as he falls backwards into his pool.

Dialogue: “Daisy…”

Sound: Diegetic gun shot/phone ringing. Non diegetic loud string sounds.

Light: Green light.

Question 3

Gatsby reaching to green light illusion

Camera:
Narrative dialogue:
Sound:
Lighting:

Answer 3

Camera: Mid-shot of Gatsby reaching towards the green light.

Narrative dialogue: “He had come such a long way and his dream must’ve seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. But he did not know that it was already behind him. Gatsby believed in the green light. The orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eludes us.”

Sound: Slow/quiet non-diegetic strings.

Lighting: dark and green lighting reflecting off the bay.

Question 4

Plaza Scene

Camera:?
Lighting:?
Sound:?

Answer 4

Camera: Mid-shot of Daisy, Gatsby and Tom in triangle position.

Lighting: Bright high key lighting.

Sound: Marital bells from outside and fan rabidly swishing.