A mise-en-scène em o mágico de OZ (1939): entre o musical e a fantasia

Abstract

Musical films were of great significance in the history of classic Hollywood cinema. Singing and dancing provided viewers with an experience of fascination that could lift them from everyday problems and transport them to a world far removed from reality. Observing this phenomenon the following research directs our gaze to Victor Fleming’s musical film The Wizard of Oz (1939), selected as the object of research. As a methodology, we used the concept of film analysis defended by theorists Jacques Aumont and Michel Marie (2003). Based on the concepts of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson (2014), attention was given to the production as a large set of elements that worked to reach the intimate of the viewer, producing meanings, whether through music, the assembly of scenes, the colors used in the sets and costumes, or even through the special effects or emotions proposed by the narrative, here understood as mise-en-scène. Finally, we can confirm the initial idea that The wizard of Oz (1939) is a hybrid production called musical fantasy, since the intense collor present in the sets and costumes, associated in the songs in the mise-en-scène and enhanced the fantastic narrative, they worked effectively in the production of the senses.