...fairy tale, Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and end up in the fictitious Land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and enemies in her pursuit to meet the Wizard of Oz who everybody says can help her return home and perhaps award her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage. This 1939 adaptation utilizes several of Harold Rosson’s cinematographic elements which highlight the explicit meaning of the film: in her mundane black and white life Dorothy dreams to escape her troubles, however while in the colorful land of Oz she attempts to find maturity through lessons to find power and her inner self. In this scene, Rosson uses a shot/reverse shot technique, which alternates characters, which in this scene shows both sides of the conversation. Accompanying the shot/reverse shot is the technique of an eye-line match revealing whom Dorothy is talking to. The camera movement along with editing technique enables the viewers to see from both Dorothy and Oz’s point of view. The initial dolly out represents who holds power in this scene, as the camera dolly’s out from Oz we see Dorothy and her friends in a wide shot looking up to the ‘powerful’ Oz. As Dorothy tries to regain from the initial intimidation factor the camera Dolly’s out toward Oz, however upon requesting to keep his promises Oz regains power. As the conversation between Dorothy and Oz gets heated, the camera cuts to focus on Toto following by the use of a pan shot, this opens up the...
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...“Wizard of Oz” Jerome Poindexter ENG 225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Wanda Deffenbaugh July 14, 2014 The movie the wizard of Oz is known as one of the most known movies in America for showing a real interesting storyline. The little girls end up in a beautiful nonrealistic world. This movie is known for its storyline but while watching the movie I have found many different types of themes. One of the themes I have noticed is a very simple that your dreams can come true. I realized this theme do to many factors in this storyline. All throughout the whole movie Dorthy, tin man, lion, and the scarecrow had set their goals to get to the wizard. Unable to get into the storm cellar in time, she runs to her room for safety. Dorothy is hit in the head by a broken window pane and becomes knocked out on her bed. She wakes up to discover the farm house is being carried aloft by the twister. As she looks out a window to watch the storm, she sees Miss Gulch also caught up inside, while simply pedaling her bicycle. To her horror, Gulch transforms before Dorothy's eyes into a cackling wicked witch on a broomstick. The farm house crash lands in the Technicolor world of Oz in Munchkin Land. Dorothy is greeted by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and the Munchkins, who treat her like a heroine, because her house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives. As she is about to claim the magic ruby slippers from her sister's feet...
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...enchantment as it celebrates power to enchant...while fantasy allows for an escape, the fucntion of that escape is to allow a return to a repressive reality." The Wizard's fakery is exposed but nevertheless can enchant; Dorothy's friends believe in the gifts the Wizard bestows upon them. Oz is a breathtaking world, yet Dorothy yearns to return to the bleakness of Kansas; Baum celebrates both opposing environments. There are good witches and bad witches, North and South and East and West, the first chapter mirrors the last chapter, Dorothy is disappointed by the Wizard twice. There is also a very repetitive cast to the writing. Each of the characters explains their wish to the Wizard in the same way, one after the other. Each of them is told the same thing by the Wizard. When Dorothy talks to her friends they often answer her one after the other. The Wicked Witch sends her minions out one after the other. The Wizard meets with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion one after the other, their experiences and conversations proceeding in the exact same fashion. Baum's use of repetition provides structure and order to a fantastical book. It keeps the text sane and establishes the irrefutable reality of Oz and the events transpiring there. Page 15 / Simile – “It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.” Importance – This simile is important because it sums up how important Toto is in Dorothy’s life. Everything surrounding Dorothy...
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...many when discussing the classic novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ”. The heart of the book involves a “Brainless” Scarecrow, a “Heartless” Tinman, a “Cowardly” Lion, a “Bad” Witch, a “Good” Witch, a wizard deemed as The Great Oz and a little girl named Dorothy who just wanted to get back home. All aspects that would make you believe it to be just a children’s story and nothing more right? Wrong! When author, L. Frank Baum created The Wizard of OZ maybe he had something else up his sleeve; a deeper meaning. The Wonderful Wizard of OZ was written in the 1900’s during the collapse of the populist movement. Making it to believe that, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ is nothing but a Political Allegory. It was reported that author Frank L. Baum was a political activist in the 1890’s who showed a great deal of interest in the question of “gold and silver”. The question of Gold and Silver being whether or not both silver and gold should be used as currency ( Bryan’s side) or the economic account being based on a fixed quantity of gold (the Republicans side). To put the controversy in a simpler form; you had two sides, “free silver” (Bryan) and “sound money” (Republicans). In Baums’, The Wonderful Wizard Of OZ, the “Yellow Brick Road” would represent the Gold standard and the silver slippers; most commonly known as ruby slippers in the film version, would represent the “free silver” movement. The belief that The Wizard of OZ is more than just a children’s story, but an allegory dates all...
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...Kandy Merida 2/12/15 Period 6 The Wizard of Oz Life is difficult when people do not appreciate what they have. A good example is the film called “The Wizard of Oz” by Dir. Victor Fleming, a teenage character called Dorothy who is from Kansas who ignore everything she has. She lives unhappy with her auntie Em and uncle Henry at a farm, she embarks on a journey for a better life with her dog Toto as her only companion. She thinks that life will be better someplace “over the rainbow” so she run away from home but she get caught in the tornado with her dog Toto, and end up “over the rainbow” in another world. That causes Dorothy to be swept into a Land of Oz and now she struggle to find her way back to Kansas. And now she is in the place that she wished before. When Dorothy and Toto arrived the land Oz they meet the habitants of Munchkin and Glinda the good Witch of the North who give Dorothy the Ruby Slippers saying “They belong to her to use as she will”. The Wicked Witch of the West show up and then threaten Dorothy. As a result Dorothy and Toto travel down the yellow brick road in search of the emerald city to see and ask the wizard of Oz to send them home. During their long walk three new friends accompany them the scarecrow, tin man, and the cowardly lion. Now Dorothy is on the journey with her new companions that desire a gift from wizard. The Scarecrow for a brain, the Tin Man a heart, and the Coward Lion for courage. Along in the yellow road, the five characters...
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...Wonderful Wizard of Oz A fairy tale is a kind of folklore or fable that has magical elements within the story, exhibited through the characters or the sequence of events. Fairytales contain magical elements that could include wizards, monsters, talking animals, or even magical helpers. Not only do fairytales contain character archetypes, but they also include situational archetypes such as quests, impossible tasks, or the triumphs of the poor. Although all fairytales have different plots, they are all extremely similar to each other due to the common motifs and archetypes that are present in all fairytale stories. To determine whether a story is a fairytale or not is incredibly easy because one can easily discover numbers of motifs and archetypes that are exhibited throughout the story. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a story about a girl named Dorothy who is sent to fulfill arduous tasks and lengthy quests in order to find her way back home. As she tries to find her return home, she has many rough encounters with evil but is assisted by various characters and eventually returns home safely. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz would be considered a fairytale because of the common motifs and archetypes that are present and consistent throughout the story. The motifs and archetypes in the story are the hero, the trickster, the talking animals or objects, the glorified human strength of kindness, and the guardian. The hero archetype in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz proves that this...
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...The Wizard of Oz? When I was a little girl, the movie would fill living rooms across America every fall, on a Sunday night, with the magical story of the yellow brick road and the trip to Oz. I would look forward to it for weeks; we would sit down as a family with big bowls of hot buttered popcorn and watch the 2-hour adventure of a girl from Kansas unfold. Recently, my granddaughter received a pair of ruby sequined slippers. Suddenly she was tapping her feet and trying to figure out how to make the shoes transport her to another land. She became very curious about the story and wanted to learn more about Dorothy and her little dog Toto. As an adult grandparent watching the movie, and by...
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...The Wonderful Wizard of Oz In the Wizard of the Oz L. Frank Baum uses colors throughout the novel to represent the regions. Yellow symbolized the color of the Winkies Country. The color blue defined the Country of the Munchkins. However, the color red displayed the Country of the Quadlings. In the Story of The Wizard of Oz, blue is represented for the munchkins. The munchkins are the eastern region of the Land of Oz being ruled by the wicked witch of the east. The munchkins Country is imposed by the color blue, which is worn by most the munchkins Also blue is the Munchkins' favorite color. The Eastern Part of the munchkins Country is described as rich, beautiful, fertile, pleasant, and inhabited by friendly people. Baum applies...
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...In the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the main protagonist, Dorothy, is portrayed as a selfless, kind girl, but if you begin to read between lines, it will become more clear that Dorothy only helps others to conquer her personal fears, she unintentionally improves the land of Oz and while her friends go out of their way to help her she only helps them a scarce amount of times in meaningless ways. To begin with, Dorothy realises that she has to make her journey alone, she is fearful. In land of the Munchkins, Dorothy pleads with the Witch of the North, “to go with (her)”. Alas the Witch cannot do that so she gives “Dorothy her kiss … no one will … injure a person who has … (received) a kiss” from the Witch of the North, for the power of good is far stronger than the power of evil. Unfortunately, she doesn’t succeed in gaining companionship with the Queen, but she accepts the companionship of the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodman. Dorothy is not alone anymore and her new friends prove to be quite helpful in diminishing the fears she has. Furthermore, When Dorothy arrives in the Land of Oz, she is greeted as a sorceress by the Witch of the North. Dorothy denies title of a sorceress. She explains to the Witch “... (she) is an innocent, harmless little girl…” who never in her life has killed anyone or anything in her life. If Dorothy could choose to “…kill the powerful Witch…” by herself and not get anything out of it what do you think she would do? All of the...
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...moods of the films due to usage of color and light. Musicals can also differ due to the editing performed on the film itself. Time periods also play a key role in the production of musical films. Sound effects also add individuality to musical films. The usage of both types of film is meant to show the transition of “worlds” that Dorothy makes in the beginning and end of the film. Within the film itself, there is a lot of light used, even in scenes that tend to have a darker mood. For instance, when Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, the scene is extremely bright with both color and light. Everything can be seen. The scenery is almost surreal in nature. The use of light and bright colors is to show the difference between this “dream world” of Oz and the real world which Dorothy has left. The light and color also give the film a very happy feel, even during scenes where the evil Wicked Witch of the West is present. These scenes, although filmed in the dark forest, still use quite a bit of light. The use of light in these scenes ensures that the younger viewers are not terrified of the flying monkeys because they do not seem as dark as they could be. Many of...
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...Camille Hoffman 5/10/11 8C My Narrative My English teacher, Ms. Peterson, told us that our next assignment was to write a narrative speech on an influential event in our life. She told us that we might want to write about a near-death experience or a life-changing event, as long as it had a moral and it had to be autobiographical. It couldn’t be made up or about someone else. I thought about this for a long time, trying to come up with a topic. It was difficult because I have a pretty stable life. I thought that maybe I could talk about the time I got separated from my class on the ski trip. I wandered around, lost, while the rest of the class was on the bus waiting for me, until the ski patrol finally found me, but that didn’t happen to me; that happened to one of my friends. Then I considered the time I was on vacation in Nicaragua. It was raining heavily, and I went to cross what looked like a creek. As I stepped into the water, I lost my footing and got sucked into a drainpipe and almost died, but that didn’t happen to me either. That happened to my dad. I could always give a speech on the time I went to the Museum of Tolerance, and learned about the tragedies of the Holocaust, but I’m pretty sure that happened to Sam. Or maybe I could tell that story about the time I had an asthma attack when I was trying to save someone during junior lifeguards, but that wasn’t me, that was Anna. What if I told the class about the time I snuck out of the house to go to a party...
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...I am on my way to see the Wizard of Oz. I am asking for a new heart so I can love again. I found a yellow brick road that would most likely lead to the great Wizard of oz’s castle. I found some friends on the way to the castle. The trip was long and hard but we made it there after what felt like years. When I saw the wizard I was in awe he had a great throne. I was very nervous and a little excited. I was about to back out and go home but my friends encouraged me to stay. The wizard asked me what I needed I was trembling in fear. I told him I need a heart to love again. I said “I need a heart to love again because I want to marry the munchkin girl but I need a heart to do that. The wizard asked for more reasons so I gave him more....
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...There were many important events in Dorothy’s life. She was named Titanic Survivor. She stayed for a while with her grandparents in England after she got kicked out of school. There they had a servant named Mrs Hawkins and her two children who would come and play with Dorothy named Owen and Mille, the twins. The three little kids would play characters of famous stories or plays for example “The Three Musketeers.” Her grandfather would teach her important lessons in life every day of her visit there, for example, a question could be “How do you know if animals feel pain the way we do, as they can’t talk?” Another important event is the moment she met the people on the Titanic. For example Miss Pugh (the adult responsible for her), Marjorie (first friend), the little french boys, Beryl (her seamstress) and Joe (Beryl’s love). Another was the sinking of the Titanic were Miss Pugh, Joe, Marjorie's dad, the little boy's father, and another 1,500 people died. She was one of the survivors but doesn’t like to talk about those events. The diary she keeps talk about her life before the Titanic ship left, the experience of the Titanic including the sinking, and life once she was on the Carpathia and so on. She was also invited to the movie premiere of “The Titanic” but refused to go and called it weedy. These events reflect who she was during the 1900s. Who Dorothy Wilton was known for: (4) Dorothy Wilton was known on one of the newspapers as “Local Schoolgirl: Titanic Survivor” since...
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...Elphaba, aslo known as the wicked witch of the west, is victim to descrimination due to her unusually strong talent and green skin tone, but learns through her unlikely friendship with the a "goody Goody" witch named Glinda that being an outcast isn't necessarily a bad thing. The government exploits her powers, convincing the public that she is a villain rather than a hero, trying to save the animals from the oppressing government. She learns that with the corrupt government, it's sometimes good to be a young powerful witch. My main focus is to outline how Elphaba is a rolemotle for people who feel like being different is a bad thing. It important for children especially to know that being different isn't detrimental, and can be a good thing,...
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...Alfredo Dorame English per.2 Wizard of Oz themes The movie the wizard of Oz is known as one of the most know movies in America for showing a real interesting storyline. Of how one little girls ends up in a beautiful nonrealistic world. This movie is known for its storyline but while watching the movie I have found many different types of themes. One of the themes I have noticed is a very simple that your dreams can come true. I realized this theme do to many factors in this storyline. All throughout the whole movie Dorthy, tin man, lion, and the scarecrow had set their goals to get to the wizard. Specifically, this theme is made up for the characters of Dorothy Gale, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin man. Each one of them respectively has a strong desire to get back home or to find courage, a heart and brains. Not as famous as the “dreams can come true” theme but I did notice another theme “you can get what you want” is another them that I have located in the movie the wizard of oz. As it is pretty much seen in the movie Dorthy wants to go home and she makes her way the yellow brick road to the wizard and the wizard takes her home. It is pretty noticeable in all the other Character which were the scarecrow, loin, and the tin man that they all wanted something. If there was anything stopping them they wouldn’t let that happen. So in the end the theme “ you can get what you want” is practically the same it just can be meant...
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