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fictional characters such as dwarves, witches, giants, munchkins, and unicorns. Wizard of Oz is an original American fairy tale that follows the adventures of Dorothy Gale and her pet dog Toto, and begins the royal histories of the lands and peoples of Oz. The 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz is considered a musical. Dorothy Gale lives on a farm in Kansas with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. An enormous tornado picks up her house and her dog up and then drops them in the good

While color can be described in printed text, it provides a new experience for the audience to interpret when it is witnessed. Just like a text-author, the director and cinematographer plan the use of color to represent ideas and concepts, sometimes revealing a theme or giving insight into a character.An iconic scene from Wizard of Oz is when Dorothy emerges from her sepia-toned Kansas home to a technicolored Munchkinland. The two worlds are juxtaposed to emphasize the beginning of an adventure.

Eyes Wide Shut: A Look at Emily’s Oz Imagine for a moment what your favorite movie would look like if you couldn’t actually see it. Such an image may be challenging to picture, but not for blind, seven-year-old Emily, whose passionate, vivid descriptions of her favorite film, The Wizard of Oz, are the focus for a recent commercial to promote Comcast Xfinity’s new talking guide feature designed to help visually disabled people watch television. The ad, which premiered on Oscar night this past February

This melodious song was originally sung by Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but in 1993 Israel Kamakawiwo’ole remade the song to the melody of Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. Kamakawiwo’ole’s voice coupled with new lyrics create a masterpiece of a song. Listening to the lyrics makes me believe that everything will turn out ok, and dreams will come true. In “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Kamakawiwo’ole wants the listener to know that better times are coming, you might just

In the story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, the conflict is that the main character Dorothy gets swept away from her home by a twister. When she landed, she was in the Land of Oz. She later finds out that she can get home just by clicking the heels of the silver shoes together, which she got from the good witch of the north. The good witch of the north and the munchkins gave the shoes to Dorothy because her house fell on the wicked witch of the east, killing her. And when she died all her munchkins

Heartland: A Portrait of Survival The film’s director, Erica Tremblay, lived in Joplin before her career as a documentary filmmaker. However, in both local news interviews and the description of the film on Amazon.com, Tremblay describes the film as the “inspirational story of a close-knit Ozark Mountain community that was struck by a historic deadly EF5 tornado May 22, 2011.” Several citizens who viewed the film and praised the work, later expressed dislike for the description. Anyone who has

In the Wizard of Oz, the conflict begins with Dorothy Gale The classic tale starts in Kansas, Dorothy’s hometown, and Dorothy just wants to go “over the rainbow”. She wasn't content with her life and wanted something better, so, she runs away. Then the initial incident hits. There is a big cyclone and Dorothy is locked outside of the storm cellar. The movie goes on to show that Dorothy is in distress and she goes and hides inside the house, when it was swept up into the cyclone! The conflict in the

The Wizard of Oz is a movie about a girl who wants more then the life she has in Kansas. The Protagonist is Dorothy, the antoagonist is the wicked witch, and the conflict was person versus person. The protagonist of the Wizard of Oz was Dorothy. First of all, in the text it said that Dorothy was the person going through change. At first she was wanting to leave Kansa because she wanted more than her life now had to offer but throughout the book she changed and all she wanted was her regular life

The Wizard of Oz is a story that first introduces us to our main character, Dorothy Gale. She is a young, sweet girl who is accompanied on an adventure by her small companion, a dog named Toto. The majority of the story is set in the magical Land of Oz. Throughout the journey, we meet the friends that follow Dorothy through Oz, they include a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a lion. There are also many characters with small parts such as Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, The Good Witch of the North, the Munchkins

In the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz the main character Dorothy is what's known as a dynamic character. A dynamic character is one that changes throughout the story this may be for better or worse but in Dorothy's case it was good. At the beginning of the movie we see dorathy run away from her home without thinking of the people who care for her, later on we see her attitude change this is what makes her a dynamic character. The first scene that shows this comes from the beginning where Dorothy