PRODUCTION DESIGN CASE STUDY:
THE GREAT GATSBY
YEAR OF RELEASE: 2013
DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann WRITER: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce CINEMATOGRAPHER: Simon Duggan EXEC. PRODUCER: Bruce Berman GENRE: ROMANCE / DRAMA PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Karen Murphy, Catherine Martin STORYLINE: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world and desires of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway sees through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, and gets caught up in Gatsby's dreams where obsession, madness, and tragedy await. |