Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The Wizard of OZ (1939)


The Wizard of OZ

Hannah Steed

The director changed from B&W to color because they had just learned to do color, so they thought this movie would be a good one to put color into. I also think that it had to do with the representation of when the going gets tough, people think that they can just run away from their problems and be done with them. The way that the director utilized technicolor and B&W was great. They didn't make tho whole thing B&W and they didn't make the whole thing color. They used both styles and used each one to represent different things in the movie.

I think the songs add a lot to the entertainment/fantasy side of the movie. It shows that the beginning of the movie. Without the movie I think that it would be kinda boring, most of the fun comes form the songs. So, without the songs, the viewers would get bored and not want to watch all the was through, and it wouldn't be very popular.

I think that "The Wizard of OZ" is one of the greatest movies of all time. This film is for adults and children, it has the fun and whimsical aspects for a child, and the reflection of America during this time period for adults.  But what makes this movie so great is that it showed that you can't count on someone else to sole your problems for you, all you need is for someone to help you find what you were looking for, like when Tin Man, Dorthy, Lion, and Scarecrow were going to the Wizard because they wanted something, but the Wizard didn't give they the things they wanted. Instead, he gave they a task to show them that they already had courage, a heart, and a brain. And this movie was really showing us that everything is about mind set. If you believe it, you can do it. 

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