became a reference for accepting employees, daily routine of works and for expanded the career into the international scene. Some of literature works like Hamlet and some works from Shakespeare, Great Expectation by Charles Dickens or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum became the reference of much international class of art and literature workers to further animate his role in staging a drama. For the literature work itself, it divided into three major forms. There are prose, poetry and drama
of the most famous sequences in The Wizard of Oz (1939). In minute nineteen of the film, it is the moment in which the Technicolor world is revealed, merging the black and white (or sepia) world with the coloured one. Thus, depicting the change from black and white to colour film (both metaphorically and literally) there is no wonder that this film will attempt at a wide exploration of colours. In this essay I will explore the usage of colours in The Wizard of Oz, attempting to show how colours are
The Wizard of Oz has revealed to be an exceptionally well thought out film when analysed. The film has made use of stylistic elements such as colour, light, sound and mise-en-scene which coincide with the various twists and turns of the plot as Dorothy moves from Kansas, to Oz, and back again. In The Wizard of Oz, the directors have employed the use of different unique editing techniques despite being an early film. It is obvious that the audience is able to notice the absence of colour in the beginning
To many, The Wizard of Oz serves as a fairytale with the sole purpose of bringing joy to the reader. To others, however, the story weaves subtle, yet deep political themes in its pages. Debated for many years, some literary experts insist there are influences of Populism and what they fought for. They see influences of the fight for the silver standard, the roads paved of gold in America, criticisms of industrialization, racial commentary, class differences, and feminism among many other important
& Jacobs, 2014). While going forth with my paper on “The Wizard of Oz”, I will help the viewers understand
Firstly the color in L.Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz” I feel impacts the novel in a big way although I have never seen the movie the novel was enough for me I can't picture every conversation and journey the characters are going through in my head everything from Dorothy getting caught up in the cyclone to the good witch of the south Glinda being killed everything in the novel I could see in vivid colors although I haven't seen the movie the novel seem to have more better impact to me when
I. Title The Wizard of Oz II. Playwright Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919), better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children 's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.) III. Theme The theme of The Wizard Oz is MUSICAL and it’s all about Separation of the Family. IV. Message of the Play. The story of The Wizard of Oz wants us to teach to face your fears and about realizing that what you seek is often
Friedman Risa Kishner October 8, 2014 L Frank Baum shows in his work, The Wizard of Oz, the problems in society during the 1980’s by using metaphors. The movie that was created after the book lost the true intentions of the author by taking out important details and flipping the books meaning. The Wizard of Oz is a novel that got transformed into a motion picture. The Wizard of Oz has many ideas and circumstances that shadow what was going on in America at that time. The book
The Comparison between Dante’s Inferno and The Wizard of Oz Everyone, at a point in their life, has endured a challenging journey that seemed to drag on forever. Whether it be the journey of completing a complicated project for school, trying to get in better shape, or even getting back home/ to reality. Dante’s Inferno is the story of a man’s journey through Hell and the hardships he faced along the way. Throughout the literary work of Dante’s Inferno, Dante is able to obtain a better sense
examples of cinematic language are, Mise-en-scène, camera angles, the use of long takes, & depth of field. Barthes theory of Expressionism, the use of lighting techniques, montage and elaborate props push to make The Wizard of Oz appear to be a spectacle of realism. In The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming, 1939, specifically during the beginning scene, Dorothy was in sync with the setting. Dorothy was in the proper placement of the props around her, adding to the feelings of her reflecting the place