Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz: Bringing the book to life
The wizard of Oz has been a beloved story that has had an impact way beyond being a children’s fairy tale. Numerous papers in sociology and the humanities have been written analyzing the allegories contained in the story. The song “Over the Rainbow” is such an inspirational song that it has survived over the years, being covered by numerous artists and featuring even in movies today, like the movie “Australia”. This article however will focus on viewing the book through the eyes of those who adapted it into the 1939 production of the musical “The Wizard of Oz” staring Judy Garland. It will be demonstrated how the use of color and masterful story telling was able to transform a long the book with lots of details into a captivating masterpiece. It will also point out the areas in which the movie has stayed true to the source book. To do this existing research and references to the movie and the book will be used.
Plot Summary Franks Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was adapted by Victor Fleming into a musical “The Wizard of Oz”. It is a story of a young girl named Dorothy who lived in Kansas. She lived with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her pet dog Toto on a farm. One day a tornado struck and she was transported to a place known as the Land of Oz where she met many strange characters. While on her journey to meet the Great Wizard of Oz, to learn how to get back home to Kansas, she made many friends such as the Scarecrow, Tin wood man, Cowardly lion and the good witch of the North. They encounter many obstacles in their journey to meet the Wizard. They finally defeat the wicked Witch of the West; expose the Wizard to be a sham artist and Dorothy returns home after a click of her boots.
Journal Article A number of sources were used to compile this report. [Billman 1-8] is the most comprehensive of them and is a detailed comparison of the book and the movie. The author argues that the film
The wizard of Oz has been a beloved story that has had an impact way beyond being a children’s fairy tale. Numerous papers in sociology and the humanities have been written analyzing the allegories contained in the story. The song “Over the Rainbow” is such an inspirational song that it has survived over the years, being covered by numerous artists and featuring even in movies today, like the movie “Australia”. This article however will focus on viewing the book through the eyes of those who adapted it into the 1939 production of the musical “The Wizard of Oz” staring Judy Garland. It will be demonstrated how the use of color and masterful story telling was able to transform a long the book with lots of details into a captivating masterpiece. It will also point out the areas in which the movie has stayed true to the source book. To do this existing research and references to the movie and the book will be used.
Plot Summary Franks Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was adapted by Victor Fleming into a musical “The Wizard of Oz”. It is a story of a young girl named Dorothy who lived in Kansas. She lived with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her pet dog Toto on a farm. One day a tornado struck and she was transported to a place known as the Land of Oz where she met many strange characters. While on her journey to meet the Great Wizard of Oz, to learn how to get back home to Kansas, she made many friends such as the Scarecrow, Tin wood man, Cowardly lion and the good witch of the North. They encounter many obstacles in their journey to meet the Wizard. They finally defeat the wicked Witch of the West; expose the Wizard to be a sham artist and Dorothy returns home after a click of her boots.
Journal Article A number of sources were used to compile this report. [Billman 1-8] is the most comprehensive of them and is a detailed comparison of the book and the movie. The author argues that the film
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