Wizard of Oz Analysis Scene: This scene in the film comes just after the house has been picked up in the twister. Dorothy's house has been lifted up into the sky and suddenly dropped back down to earth in the middle of the Land of Oz. In the scene itself, Dorothy leaves her home to see that she is "Not in Kansas anymore," and finds the new and amazing world of the munchkin city in front of her. She also meets Gwendela the good witch as her journey in Oz begins. Shot 1: Wide shot. View behind Dorothy in black and white. Dorothy opens the door to the color world of Oz. She steps out into Oz and stops. Straight on shot, camera moves into Oz first through the door, followed by Dorothy appearing again in the foreground. Light …show more content…
Shot 6: Wide shot. Dorothy is in the center of the frame with Toto in her arms. Puts Toto down as a mysterious glowing orb far in the distance slowly hovers down, getting larger in size as it approaches. Dorothy backs up out of the frame as the orb takes up the entire shot. Gwendela the good witch appears instantly. Straight on shot, no camera movement. Music is more haunting, eerie, and mysterious to represent the orb floating down. Shot 7: Close up. Dorothy scared, nervous, and confused by this person. Tight head shot. Straight on camera shot, no movement. Music still constant. Shot 8: Wide shot. Good witch Gwendela walks toward Dorothy to talk to her. From right to left she goes toward Dorothy. Camera is straight on, and then follows Gwendela to Dorothy, then makes a close up on the two of them for a close, but not too tight two shot. No sound heard at all other than their dialogue. Conclusion: I thought that what was most interesting about the scene was how the director introduced us the viewer to the world of Oz. This is a very important scene in the movie because it is the first time we are seeing this magical place. It is important that we as the viewer find it to be just as amazing and awe inspiring as Dorothy does when she walks into it for the first time. We are supposed to identify with Dorothy here as she walks out of her home and into Munchkin city to see this new world she has fallen
(3) A stated reason to go there: Dorothy’s stated reason to go and find the Wizard is so she can get back home to her Auntie Em.
She starts a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who can supposedly grant her wish. Along the way she meets several friends who want The Wizard to fix their problems as well. One of the infamous characters was the Scarecrow. While resting on their travels to the Emerald City, Scarecrow asks Dorothy why she wishes to return home when Oz is so beautiful.
Film aesthetics of low angle shots are used frequently throughout the film. The director uses lots of low shots when Dorothy and her friends are trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle. This film aesthetic is used to enhance and to captivate the treatment to others throughout the
Dorothy Strong wind is a farm girl who's lives in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, her relatives, her house was swept up in a doorway type of thing and was sent flying through the air. The next day, when the house hits the ground, she went out of her house. She sees a huge crowd of people and, on sight, says she doesnt like this land and that it isn't for her. She just wants to go home but she's in Oz now, no one there has ever even heard of Kansas. A lot of information is is being told to her and its bad. She learned that her house landed on top of someone called the Evil Witch of the East. Which is friends with the Good Witch of the North, she said it wasnt that really big of a deal since the witch was so evil. She told them good tips to survive, Dorothy should take the silver shoes that belonged to the dead witch. They have magical connection in some way no one really knows how, and that Dorothy should go see the Wizard of Oz, who might be able to help her .
She travels there and actually experiences everything in the novel. But, the movie completely destroys that she experienced everything, and makes it so everything that happened was just a dream. This contributes to understanding the text differently, because it completely breaks down the story line, and in a way questions the story line. As a reader, one would know that everything that Dorothy experienced actually happened. But, if one had never read the book, and only watched the movie, then they would assume it was all just Dorothy's imagination.
When the neighbor lady wanted to take Toto away Dorothy was not having it. She’d rather leave, but that's when a tornado hits and she tries racing back home to find her parentals. The tornado however, takes her into a whole other world. The world of oz.
While she was following the yellow brick road she met up with the tin woodsman, scarecrow, and the cowardly lion and they all became great friends. They all traveled together because they were all trying to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. During their trip they did run into some minor complications and the main conflict was introduced when the wicked witch tried everything to stop them from getting to the Emerald City. But then one day they finally made it to the wizard and they told the wizard what they wished for and the wizard said that he couldn’t grant any wished until you get the broom of the wicked witch of the West. Finally, they achieved the Wizards wish, so they got there’s. The most exciting part of the story was when they found the Emerald City and when they each had there wish come true. So when Dorothy gets to go home, Tin man gets his heart, lion gets his courage, and last but not least the scarecrow gets a brain is when the outcome of the plot comes into place. The ending of the story was very happy because everyone got what he or she wished for.
Mid upper third close-up of Ida pans outward to a full long wide shot of the two characters. Cuts to close-ups of Ida’s Face and shoulders Focusing on the Beauty of her face and smile which is accentuated through the blurred background and soft illumination of the sun.
When Dorothy is in Kansas at the beginning of the book, it is described as very dull and the sun is so bright it seems to drain the beauty from the people who live there. When she arrives in Oz, Dorothy is surrounded by bright colors. Bright colored fruits and colorful roads. Dorothy has never seen so much color. It is a complete change of scenery for Dorothy that amazes her. As she travels,
The Munchkins lead Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road, and soon enough is alone and meeting new characters
After a huge tornado hits Kansas city there is nothing that Dorothy wants to do more than find her way home even though she ended up in a magical world called Oz. At times no matter how far away you go, all you want to do is go home without an explanation. The theme of "The Wizard of Oz: taught us this theme at our young ages. The theme of the story "The Wizard of Oz" is there's no place like home.
In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, when Glinda said “She had to learn it for herself,” the it was that there is no place like home, she loves her family and they love her back, and she is satisfied on the farm. First of all, part of the “it” Glinda was talking about is that there is no place like home. The movie script states, “And I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And- Oh, Auntie Em- there's no place like home!” This is one part of “it”. Dorothy has learned that Kansas is her home and that she loves her family. Dorothy says “there’s no place like home,” and that was part of the “it” that she had to learn in order to go home. She needed to know there was no place like home before she could really go home.
When the farm girl realizes how much her Aunt Em worried for her when she ran off with Toto, Dorothy return back home. However, the tornado strikes before she sees her aunt. In her new surroundings, Gilda tells her that in order to return home she should meet the Wizard of Oz by following the yellow brick road as well as advising Dorothy to keep the magical red slippers. Dorothy crosses the threshold when she enters Munchkin land, exclaiming, “Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas
Plot Summary: In the book, Dorothy is first at her farm in Kansas, and then a cyclone carries her house, Toto, and herself into a strange land called Oz. There she meets the Good Witch of the North, and the munchkins, who explain to her that she landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, and now, to return to Kansas, she must journey to the Emerald City, to see the Wizard of Oz. Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, who decide to travel with her, so they can gain their desires; a brain, a heart, and courage. After that, the group finds out that in order for the Wizard to grant their wishes, they need to kill the Wicked Witch of the West.
Opening scene starts with medium close up of Mrs. Travers. and as long as other participants start singing it changes to extreme close up to highlight her eyes to give that sense of thoughtfulness. What I especially love about this movie that they did not use any dolly in or out or extreme zoom to go back and forward in the timeline but instead they used cut shots and for giving natural dramatic effect they played in the volumes of the sounds. After