Good And Evil In The Wizard Of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is known for its wild and outrageous scenes that are said to be one of the most viewed films ever. The story focuses mainly on a girl named Dorothy who got whisked away into a magical land by a tornado, and has to learn where her heart belongs in order to return home to her family. This movie really generates the perfect theme of good and evil by using several film devices to help capture these feelings. The Wizard of Oz uses many technical devices to help establish the good and evil sides of the movie. In the one of the very first scenes of the movie The Wizard of Oz, a twister hits Dorothy’s farm house where she is hiding and takes her and her dog Toto into the storm. The house lands in a mysterious magical land also known as Munchkin land. In this particular scene they use several devices to help enhance this section of the movie. One device that played a major part in this scene is sound. The …show more content…
As they are directed into the castle of the Wizard they enter this room that is very dark and also spooky. In the matter of seconds, the Wizard himself appears to them in a powerful way. Several different sound effects were used to infiltrate the sense of how powerful the Wizard actually is. Smoke, fire and lightening sounds were used as he is talking to Dorothy and her friends to also intimidate them in a way. However they also use mid-shot and close-up to allow the viewers to again get the full effect of the scene and allow them to see the emotion and reaction from Dorothy as she meets the Wizard. Camera angles also play a role in this scene as they use high and low angles. Ultimately low angles were mainly used on the Wizard to give him a more powerful stance and to make the others look smaller than him. The devices used in this scene are used to enhance the Wizards good sense of power as he tries to help Dorothy return