Reading log #1
How is Wizard of Oz constructed with pattern to create its form? In other words, what process does the artist of this film undergo to generate specific reaction from the audience?
Wizard of Oz is constructed with a constant pattern and juxtaposition. We see in the beginning that Dorothy has been threatened about her dog and ran. Then she met Professor Marvel who encouraged her to go home. As she arrives home, a tornado lifts Dorothy and Toto in her house and sent her off to a mystical land. The same process (the repetition of sequence) shows pattern in which the Wicked witch of the west threatens Dorothy. Then Dorothy is sent on a yellow brick road to see the wizard of Oz. During her journey she misses home and tries to find her way home. These correlating patterns develop the film’s narrative form in a unified sequence and elements. Continue reading