The Wizard of Oz

This moment was the point in her life where she realized she wanted more. Her very first performance she got the main role of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Marlee started touring the Midwest doing performances while she was in college for the Center of Deafness. She interacted with the audience, one instance actor Henry Winkler watched one of her performances, and she went straight up to him after…

eventually, the friend is killed.” etc. Shane did a good job at explaining this theory, by including side by side pictures from both Toy Story and The Walking Dead. This video also included other theories about classics such as Willy Wonka and The Wizard Of Oz. This particular video has the highest views out of all of his conspiracy videos, with over six and a half million views! This could be a result of the click bait that was discussed earlier, due to the fact that Toy Story is a well-known…

Eadweard Muybridge lived from 1830 to 1904 and gained worldwide recognition for photographing animal and human movement. He was hired by railroad baron Leland Stanford in 1872 and used photography to prove that there was a moment in a horse’s gallop when all four hooves were off the ground at once. Much of his later career was spent at the University of Pennsylvania, producing thousands of images that capture progressive movements within fractions of a second. Muybridge made these discoveries at…

Introduction With exception of war, no event has caused as much upheaval to American security, and its way of life than that of the Great Depression. Following the stock market crash of 1929, and spanning the entire decade of the 1930’s, this period saw at its height, a quarter of Americans out of work, with many barely able to feed themselves or their families. This period also saw many businesses that once flourished, shut their doors forever. However, one industry that still managed to…

The riders wore costumes of bright colored cloth. Similar to the scarecrow in the wizard of oz, the outfits consisted of pieces of cloth sewn into burlap sacks or old shirts and pants. The hats were tall and pointy. They looked like the dunce caps used in school in the past. Most of the riders wore masks. The masks rivaled Halloween masks…

This results in the end of their friendship. Greg made the weird decision to befriend Fregley to make Rowley jealous even though Fregley creeps him out and he’s uncomfortable around him. To try and find something fun to do, Greg tried out for The Wizard of Oz play. He landed the role as one of the angry trees, and his arch nemesis, Patty, landed the lead role as Dorothy. Greg is disappointed the director won’t let him throw apples at Dorothy because it’s “too violent for a school play”. The…

It was March 30th, 1997. Verrado High School was an edgy and dark place to be. There were these weird people at Verrado. They act cool like seniors, but they are only sophomores. I was going to ask these kids who they were, but I didn’t because I didn’t want to them punch me. At 12:02 I was just minding my own business, fixing my saxophone out of my locker, when somebody came up to me. Mackenzie, a senior girl part of the “mean girls” group, pushed me into my locker while I had my saxophone in…

“The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two.” - David Fincher, director of Fight Club and The Social Network spoke these words about film directing. Those words can truly sum up the rewarding yet stressful career of a film director. Film is a broad spectrum that has been shaped throughout history, from silent films to the invention of sound and color. To advance in the film industry, directors need to…

Every week we watch a movie in class about a hero (past films have included The Wizard of Oz and When Harry Met Sally). This week we watched Big, the story about a thirteen-year-old who wishes to be big. He ends up becoming thirty-years-old and begins working for MacMillan Toy Company where he tests toys and falls in love. Starring Tom…

Archetypes are elements of certain emotional complexes found in the unconscious minds of all human beings, charged with the potential for good and evil. This very theory is depicted in literature which expression and form pertain formal patterns of meanings from dreams, myths, and legends. A theory that comes up in stories that we read or movies that we have seen highlights the components of a good tale through the use of character development, setting, and moral lesson. Critics and proponents…