The Wizard Of Oz is a plot about Dorothy going to the world of Oz by a storm. She finds her self within a world of munch kins and Glinda (the good witch), killing the wicked witch of the East. But all Dorothy wants to do is go home, Glinda tells her to do this, on her trip to The Great and Powerful Oz she gets a few companions, the tin man, the lion and the scarecrow. The tin man, lion and scarecrow all want something from Oz so they join her on her trip. They have trouble with the wicked witch of the eat. Fortunately Dorothy defeated that witch and managed to get to Oz. Oz had told the lion, tin man, and scarecrow they already had what they wanted. He agreed to take Dorothy home, but he went with out her meaning that Glinda had to come. Glinda came and told her she already had the power to do from the red ruby slippers that Dorothy wore.
The target audience of this film at the time of production was teenagers, as cinema became popular and that's how they spent their time. The film was made in the 1930s, which made The Wizard Of Oz one of the first films with sound and colour. Using the bright colours in Oz shows how magical and mysterious Oz is as when Dorothy is in Kansa the colouring is in sepia tone, which shows how ordinary it is. The audience of the film now is families, as it is a film you would usually sit down and watch with relatives. The uses and gratification techniques may be used for the audience in this film. We may have been told by those around, friends or grandparents or parents that The Wizard Of Oz is a good film. We watch it as entertainment, as watching as family there may be discussions on what they might have done if they were Dorothy, and discuss who they like the best. We may identify our selves with Dorothy, when she figures out that there is 'no place like home', we may feel that way as some of us may have been away from home.
The non diegetic, heavy beated music that plays when Dorothy makes the transition between Oz and Kansas is the same music as when she got to Oz. This shows a sense of familiarity and it also tells us that she is going back home to Kansas. During this there where over-lapping images of Dorothy's face, the ruby slippers and some spinning circles on a black screen. This gives us a feel of travelling from one world to the next.
We see Glinda the good witch come to Dorothy with a non-diegetic acoustic version of Over The Rainbow. This song gives us a sense of hope that Glinda can help Dorothy. We know that Glinda is the good witch due to bright clothes she is wearing and arriving in a bubble and having a wand. Having a wand is usually a fairy prop so it being in Glinda shows that she is good as fairies are mostly always good. Wearing light coloured clothes shows that she is a hero.
In fantasy films we see a magically place where no one has seen before. The world of Oz is magical place in this film. We see this by the bright colours and the kindliness of those in the Emerald City and the niceness of Glinda. This film is all done in 3rd person where no one talks to camera, we see the story develop through what they do and how they talk to those around them.
There are multiple strands in the scene I have done. There is Glinda coming to help Dorothy get home, Dorothy saying goodbye to the lion, tin man, and the scarecrow, and Dorothy going home to Kansas. They all intertwine with each other due to the magic and the wizard of oz.
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