That looked like some great special effects. Although it says in the trivia it was just muslin stockings spun around. It's amazing the effect that had from something so simple.
shareTaht's exactly what it was. The description
you give is a bit simplistic ,a lot more to it than that.
Watch the extras included on the DVD ,
they show exactly how they did just about everything.
Go for it or just be a gopher!
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Yeah it is but you have to make do with what you got, and you have to remember that this movie was released decades before there was such a thing as CGI animation.
shareEven now it gives me the creeps. There's this shot in the special features documentary (Angela Lansbury narrates it) where they just have this shot of the entire house getting engulfed by this big, black THING and there's a cue from the score that is basically troublesome trumpets blaring, and it's really alarming and disturbing to me! They outdid themselves with the tornado FX for this. Even better than the ones today to be honest.
CDEGFEDCC. (Shhh!)
I know what shot you're talking about. It is quite frightening. I think they officially call that an "alternate take" since is not in the final film; there were no shots seen of the cyclone overtaking the house, although it would've likely occurred after Dorothy's delirium began (though that is all shot inside the house). The tornado footage *is* magnificent, because each time it is shown it does, in fact, saunter closer and closer to the house, resulting in my favorite shot of that sequence: when Dorothy has arrived at the front gate and kicks it open, advancing to the front door (after the screen door has flown off its hinges). The funnel swirls in the background like a snake, but it becomes so engulfed in dark clouds, you hardly see it any more.
shareWhat? Everybody said the effect is awesome.
shareYou 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!
shareI was born and raised in California, and earthquakes don't bother me in the least.
But a tornado would terrify me!
I intend to live forever.
So far, so good.
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!
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.
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An absolutely brilliant special effect for friggin' 1939!
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.