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    and longs for an exciting world. 2) The place to go‚ for Dorothy‚ changes three times in the Wizard of Oz. First‚ she has to embark on her quest to save her beloved dog‚ Toto‚ from Miss Gulch. Second‚ the tornado takes Dorothy to Oz‚ forcing her to find a way home to Kansas. The last place for Dorothy to go is given to her by Glinda. Glinda instructs Dorothy to go to the Emerald City to talk to the wizard so she can find her way home. 3) The stated reason to go there is first‚ to save Toto and then

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    sways with very minimal dance movements while he sings. Over the years‚ the idea of just standing and singing changes drastically. The actors then begin to do both‚ singing and dancing simultaneously. In The Wizard of Oz‚ the audience sees Dorothy and the gang singing‚ “Were off to See the Wizard” while walking/skipping to the beat of the song. This is where you first see the combination of both. This then leads to the 1961‚ very fast paced‚ dancing packed film‚ West Side Story‚ with choreography by

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    Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps

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    Must a person always be acknowledged to in order to have accomplished something? My answer is no because you must do something that is self fulfilling. It must feel like an accomplishment to you. Are you happy with the work that you have done. An example is American author L. Frank Baum who loved to tell stories to make children happy. He had tried it all news paper publishing‚ playwright and even tried raising chickens but Baum was a dreamer. A hopeless romantic who had let his imagination lead

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    speaker‚ what messages do most movies teach boys? Name at least two. A=According to the speaker‚ the messages that most movies teach boys is that you need to defeat your villain and collect your prize 2. How is The Wizard of Oz different from most other movies marketed towards kids? A =Wizard of Oz is different from most other movies marketed towards kids by showing the dynamic of characters that include women‚ unlike many unlike may other movies‚ it shows the effort made to defeat the villain is known

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    Midterm 1 Essays 1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points) The film Birth of a Nation used the three basic types of music heard during the silent film era‚ which were adaptations‚ arrangement‚ and newly composed. Adaptations borrow a complete passage from another source and usually accompany large action scene. The composer Breil used Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyrie to underscore

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    ​ ​How To Find Happiness Despite The Depression mass media underwent considerable growth. Newspaper companies shut down by the thousand but circulation of papers went up a remarkable amount. In 1930 less than half of the U.S. households owned radios but ten years later over eighty percent owned them. Life during this time period was a continues struggle and for the most part extremely miserable. Unemployment grew to

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    Film studios were able to immerse the audience with sound and involve another sense in the movie process. This added depth to movies that had never been present before. Film studios then added color which brought fantasy lands‚ such as the Land of Oz‚ to life. This added another dimension to films. The combination of these technological innovations allowed film studios to create a real life experience. This experience gave the audience a place to go to leave the Great Depression behind. The golden

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    Speak to me/Breathe and Any Colour You Like/Brain Damage. Another special quality about this album that you will not find on any other album is if you play The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz at the same time‚ they fit exactly together. That is really something to have an amazing movie like The Wizard of Oz and the mind blowing album The Dark Side of the Moon fit together. That is a double whammy right there. Ever since March of 1973‚ Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album has sold

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