Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Semiotics, Dust Bowl
23 Apr 2014
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Image one at the denotative value (literal value) Connotative value (associative or symbolic meaning, what we"re reading into the photo) Dorothy is feeling powerless so the photo shows her small. Denotative parallel shot to image 1 shot. (demonstrating parallelism) Accidents are not accidents in the final shot of the movie (when she trips on the road) Connotative she still feels isolated even though she is surrounded by the munchkins. The movie is about dorothy"s journey of self-discovery, even though there are other characters she is on this journey alone. Shown in colour to show her optimism and fantasy. Her problems aren"t solved just because she enters her dream world. We can take away from these images that you can"t run away from your problems. Film was made during the dust bowl, and war is brewing in europe (world war ii)
