The Use Of Vivid Color In The Wizard Of Oz

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Take for example the in the movie Sunset Boulevard (1950); the Norma Desmond’s character (Gloria Swanson), was portrayed a very rich woman who starred in a lot of silent movies back in her adult life. Upon showing the inside view of her mansion, it was lacking the essence of opulence one would expect, due to the movie being in black-and-white; the descriptions of her wealth and possessions made by William Holden’s character (Joe Gills) in my perspective did not do as much justice as it would have been if it was screened in color. Even though, “traditional movies move with times” (Cavell 61), the same can be achieved in movies in color; take for example the movie secret garden (1949), this movie started off with gloomy and similar effect as the Sunset Boulevard (1950); however, at the end color was thrown in to lay emphasis on what the main idea of the movie was about the (garden). Gardens are expected to be beautiful and make one feel at ease; my observation between both movies is that one is dark and was meant to end that way in the mystery which it did, while the other started off pained and ended in joy because the garden technically coming to life in full

He really wanted the audience to feel that it was an extremely hot summer day. The usage of the certain colors such as reds, yellows, oranges, portray heat. He stayed away from cooling colors such as blues, and greens. The colors make the audience feel the heat and it enhances their viewing experience. Along with color, lighting also has an effect in portraying the heat.

As we all know, color is the voice for the artist 's sentiment. It makes up the appearance of a picture. Color is the decisive factor in depths of the two-dimensional plane of the artwork, making the viewer feel physically and mentally attracted, or the context of things - the phenomenon the author wants to present. Colors have been around for a long time, but there is not a common definition for colors. And perhaps humans are one of the luckiest creatures that can identify colors. Often, the recipient 's eye knows a myriad of colors and colors that always change based on the relationship between light and perspective. In art, color creates a sense of

The colors change as the story evolves and defines turns in the story such as when her dress turns white when she searches for the wicked witch and helps psychologically associate Dorothy as being good, protected and pure for her conflict against the wicked, good vs evil. Her dress is blue in the beginning which communicates loyalty and purpose. Once she reaches Oz its a pretty silk green dress. Green signifies growth. Additionally the closer to Oz Dorothy and her friends get- the more dark and dreary & scary their environment becomes. The forest before they reach Oz represents obstacles, fear, uncertainty and boundaries. The goggles required to enter Oz represent visual trickery and the color green represents growth. The color usage is essential for The Wizard of Oz to create it's appearance verses reality and good verses evil essence and essential to the ability to relate to evolution of Dorothy's experiences and lesson to learn. The color usage in significant symbolism is the driving force of the story in terms of interpretation of details, how they relate together and the relateability the story offers the

One of the visual motifs is the extreme differences in the color of the worlds. In the real world the director uses blues and green and other dark hues. The dark colors help to represent the dark realities that are taking place out side in the real world. The fantasy world is full of warmer colors such as red and gold.

Technicolor enlightened our world, consequently making movies a rapturous treat for movie goers. The movie industry

Firstly, the symbolism of colour plays a major role in expressing various emotions throughout the story. In the beginning, Dorothy sees “nothing but the great grey prairie on every side” (Baum 3); surround by grey Dorothy feels drained and unhappy. Kandinsky a Russian painter and art theorist sates “it is soundless and motionless… grey expresses a hopeless stillness” the greyness of her home life emphasizes how boring the real world can seem at times. In contrast, the Land of Oz is full of bright vivid colours and “beautiful sights” (Baum 7) representing a dream world full of adventure and excitement. As Dorothy arrives in Oz she is

A technological disadvantage that the movie had was the absence color. In the novel, Miss O?Shaughnessey?s hair is described as ?darkly red.? Her red hair helps to develop a devilish theme that goes along very well with her intentions and her personality. This is also missed in the movie.

The use of colour in films during present time is often taken for granted. Colour is a factor modern audiences almost expect however, often filmmakers use colour creatively to convey a message. Throughout the 1920s to 1930s colour in films became highly popular. This essay will explore how Pleasantville has creatively used colour to represent America during the 1950s.

The Wizard of Oz brought people entertainment but also had an impressing way of going from a sepia tone (dark reddish-brown tone) to a technicolor picture during the movie. But, during the time when it aired on television, many people did not have color T.V. which made it impossible for them to even notice the color change. Also, during the scene when Dorothy is looking into Munchkinland, within the picture is both a sepia tone and a technicolor shot. These frames in the film had to be painted to get the effect that there were two different worlds within the film. I find this impressive for the time. Today, mostly, you only see things in color but, having both a sepia color and actual color within the same shot seems not only very different,

Could you ever imagine if The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum didn’t have a yellow brick road or an Emerald City? The colors chosen are significant and give the story a deeper meaning. Three colors that stand out in the beginning, middle and the end of the novel are gray, yellow and green. In the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum’s use of color is symbolic by associating distinct colors with specific settings and characters.

According to Film Art, it consists of “setting, costume and makeup, lighting, and staging” (Bordwell 115). In “The Wizard of OZ” these aspects of Mise-en-Scene all come together to make up a spectacular viewing experience. Created in 1939 and directed by Victor Fleming, “The Wizard of Oz” was one of the first successful Technicolor films. Since this film was shot primarily in color, it gave the directors and costume designers many new opportunities to use color in ways that they hadn’t been able to before. The main point I will be demonstrating is how the filmmakers effectively used color and costuming to convey certain feelings and messages throughout the film.

I think that the scenes with color had a huge impact on the movie. For example the part when the base ball games would take place and color showed it helped to much. I think that the color in this scene or the whole movie rather made understand more of why color is important. I learned that color can be used in many different ways throughout a movie no matter if it's Fashion,Games or the characteristics of places. Once you start to see the color you start to have a better visual on what is what.

The colour story is when the matter of the colour of the film can change from one scene to another and with this they need to discuss the changes in hue, saturation, brightness that is reflected in the environments and characters. So they would need to discuss what the colours would be when there is a change in mood so they would talk about the type of colour palettes they would use and then how it would change the atmosphere if they shift the colour palette. For instance it may depend on the setting and the world within which the story takes place; time period, location of it. Therefore the colour palette of the film will largely be dictated by these elements. For examples if you think about the original ‘The Wizard of Oz’ film from 1939 where the film starts in black and white and becomes colour as Dorothy reaches Oz, indicating her moving into a new world.