While reading The Great Gatsby, I found the text to be rather boring and dull due to the fact that I couldn't get fully engaged, but when the movie began, the characters came to life with the help of the colors and music. In class, we would take the text to an entire different level and discuss what little details could somehow make up something totally different; yet, were somehow very rational depictions. During this time, it was hard for me to understand how we were coming to this conclusions, so being able to see the characters come to life with the use different color schemes was rather helpful.
Not only was I able to relate how the colors represented something deeper- something we had discussed in class- but I was able to see first hand how characters were depicted from the actual text. For example, Daisy had blond hair, was rather small, and wore outfits that weren't over the top, but gave us insight about who she was and where she came from. In other words, she was rather innocent looking, which I wouldn't have necessarily thought of from the book due to her indiscretions, but really, from the film, I could see that she wanted to please everyone, which was near impossible. The difficulty of that task was eventually what broke her in the end and I was able to visually see this when it was acted out in front of me.
The music also added an entire different level to my opinion on the book. Not only did I recognize the music because it was so up to date, it was transformed in such a way that made what was being acted out all the more exciting. It changed the way I had pictured scenes from the book in my head, which made me appreciate the actual text a little bit more. An example of this was the shirt scene with Gatsby and Daisy. During an activity, one question was why do you think that Daisy cried during that scene and could it represent something deeper? The music during this scene made me realize that Daisy was in fact happy for most of the time, and then when the music came to an end, I could see that her emotions were changing, which visually helped me.
Hey Lyd! I also thought that the book was boring and dull, but the movie on the other hand was a different story. I liked how you said that the "characters came to life with the help of color and music." Color was a common symbol within both the movie and the novel. Once I read the book and noticed that specific symbol, I began to look for it more within the movie and was surprised how often it came up! Nice blog post! See you in school.
ReplyDeleteHey Twin! Along with you and Dan, I also did not enjoy the book quite as much as I would have liked to. Like you said, it was at times difficult to fully grasp exactly what was going on in the text, but the movie did relieve some of that confusion. I enjoyed the movie much more than the book. I love how you pointed out the correlation between Daisy and the music during the scene where she was crying at Gatsby's house. The music definitely coincided with each character's emotion.
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