Now, before I start this post properly I want to make something clear. I know, to all of you who avidly read my blog (ha ha) you're probably used to my music posts, which is why you read this. I am however, trying to find another niche. I want to try my hand at writing about film as well as music. Although music is the drive in my life, I feel that film is becoming increasingly more favourable to me. This might be because of my college course, which as you all know is a Film and TV course. So, to keep myself and everyone happy...I'm going to try to write about both.

Lately, as I delve in to the deepest depths of procrastination I have been watching film trailers and there's one in particular I keep going back to...

Yes, that's right. The Great Gatsby. Yes, I am jumping on the bandwagon with this one and finally yes, I did only read the book after I saw the first trailer. It had been on my mind for a while to read it but as soon as I saw the first trailer (emphasis on first) it became my main priority. The reason for this? I guess it's sort of a pet peeve of mine to not read the book before seeing the film. So when I first saw the trailer I assumed it's first release date (Christmas time). I rushed through the book, thoroughly enjoying every word and every description F.Scott Fitzgerald gifted us. I'm not here to talk about books because book reviews really aren't my forte (they are Sophie's however). Anyway, just as I couldn't get more excited about the film a second trailer is released. Okay so here's the thing, I get exactly thirty-one seconds into the trailer and have to pause it for a breath. Who would have thought in the first thirty seconds it checks all the boxes: great CGI, great soundtrack (yes, I do love Watch The Throne), great cast, stunning picture quality and best of all plot explanation. As we move on through the trailer we begin to find about more about this "chap", but who is he? Jay Gatsby of course! Anyone who has read the book are either grinding their teeth with rage or (like me) howling with excitement at this surge of colour: the confetti, the parties, the dancers, the waiters with drink trays and best of all Florence and The Machine. On a side note, I have found that Ceremonials (Florence's late album) is and has been used for a number of films, not that I blame them the music is so dramatic. But coincidental it's been so popular for films.
   For many people, The Great Gatsby is just another "boring" book you've studied at either GCSE or AS or A-level, am I right? I bet after watching this trailer you wish you had an imagination like director, Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Australia, Romeo + Juliet), in just one trailer he has managed to sum up pretty much the whole story. The trailer takes a dramatic change at around 01:26, from which Filter - 'Happy Together' starts playing (For all those who have been racking their brains for that one, you're welcome). You begin to have a short insight of Gatsby's feelings for a strange blonde woman in the form of Carey Mulligan, who would have thought...a rich and passionate man, add kinky to that equation and you're not far short of Christian Grey! No, I'm kidding. Jay Gatsby is NOTHING like Christian Grey. Anyway, from here you have a montage of what I can only gather to be twists within the book, maybe this is Baz Luhrmann's way of saying "don't worry everyone, I've not missed anything!". That's what one can hope anyway.
If Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't get an Oscar for this, I will be a little more than surprised! On a final note, there is one thing in particular I love about this trailer but it takes a few times to watch it to pick up on it. Aside from Meyer Wolfsheim (a minor character), not one other name of a character is mentioned in the trailer, apart from Gatsby's. Centering the whole trailer around him, understandable enough apart from the book is narrated from a completely different characters perspective!