The tornadoes in the background
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Sewaat — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 08:38 PM)
You know it's funny, as a kid I was almost more scared of the tornado than I was of the witch! The way they juxtaposed it in the background while Dorothy is trying to get home is very threatening! A great special effect for it's time. Oh hell, it's impressive even nowadays! But as a child, it was immensely creepy. The way they set the scene up, how the tornado gets closer and closer to Dorothy and then eventually swallows up the farm house, with her inside of it! It's just great. I just re watched the film recently and it gave me goosebumps. And I'm 20 years old now!
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OmegaWolf747 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 10:08 AM)
As a child, I can remember having a vivid dream of looking out the window and seeing a black cyclone coming toward me. I'm pretty sure it was after watching
The Wizard of Oz
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House. My room. Cant walk. My medal. My father. Father, dont! -
huzdaman — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 12:38 AM)
That tornado effect is just one example of how film makers used ingenious yet simple ideas for incredible effects. Today, it's almost too easy to sit down at a computer and use off-the-shelf 3D software to make tings happen. The stocking effect is way more convincing than anything in "Oz: The Great and Powerful", which was a gorgeous movie, but almost entirely CGI.