In the Wizard of Oz, color, camera angle, and lighting were key visual factors in evoking the mood of this movie. The way the director, Victor Fleming, used color in this movie was amazing. It really expressed the mood and atmosphere. When the setting was in Kansas it was black and white, conveying a sad or depressed state. When the setting was in Oz it was radiant with colors to show the mood and atmosphere of Oz, describing it as a wonderful joyous place. The exception to this was when the characters were in peril, when the director used dark and gloomy colors to convey danger. The director used color and lighting, a lot of which was in high key, to set the mood in whatever scene is shown. The director also used many wide angle shots and telephoto lens in shooting the more famous shots in this movie. He also used camera angle to show Dorothy taller than the munchkins by shooting from a high and low angles when shooting the characters.
Sean,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with the different variances of camera angle. I wrote on my participation sheet that I never realized until watching the movie from a different perspective that Dorothy was on a set of risers and the camera was shot down every time there were "Dwarfs" in the area. The black and white helped set the mood for Kansas and also made Oz seem more like a fantasy world.
I agree with the camera angles and the ability to make the music and lighting match up to each scene. The amount of bright colors in Oz made for a happy mood with good times. This is something children will always enjoy and not notice all the corky lines and backdrops.
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