toward barn - wind blowing weeds and dust - CAMERA PANS up - Uncle Henry runs forward - speaks to Hunk - Hunk exits into barn at left - Uncle Henry comes forward - CAMERA TRUCKS back to Hickory working on wind machine - they speak - then hurry to b.g. LAP DISSOLVE TO: MS - Farm Yard - chickens fly down into yard - run to b.g. Poor little kid - I hope she gets home all right. Goodbye, Professor Marvel - and thanks a lot! MLS - Professor comes out of wagon - CAMERA PANS him left to horse - wind blowing - Professor looks around - starts out left with horse - PROFESSOR Better get under cover, Sylvester - there's a storm blowing up - a whopper, to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry. And if we don't, Aunt Em may - well, she may die! I know what I'll do - I'll give you to Hunk. away! Come on, Toto! Oh, what'll I do? If we go home, they'll send you to the Sheriff. picks up suitcase - puts Toto to ground - both run up hill in b.g. MCS - Dorothy picks up Toto - CAMERA PANS as she comes forward down steps - she speaks to Toto - reacts - CAMERA PANS left as she runs to b.g. DOROTHY Oh, no, no, I have to get to her right.
you don't suppose she could really be sick, do you? Oh - Oh, I've got to go home right away! PROFESSOR But - what's this? I thought you were going along with me. In fact, to read the scene, you’ll need this guide to camera shot abbreviations:Īnd now the tornado scene from The Wizard of Oz MCS - Dorothy and Professor - Dorothy jumps up - picks up her basket - goes to b.g. Frank Baum (in IMDB, there are 15 other people who provided uncredited writing services for the project), is an interesting read, especially to see how much camera direction existed in screenplays of that era. The script, credited to Noel Langley & Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf, based on the books by L. This meteorological event is (my terminology) The Lock, serving as the major plot point that transitions the story from the Ordinary World (Kansas) into the Extraordinary World (Oz). Thousands of people were reportedly affected by power outages and the tornado itself.The tornado scene sequence in The Wizard of Oz is memorable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is without it, there’s no Oz and therefore no story. Bernard Parish released a drone video on Thursday morning, showing debris scattered across the neighborhood, with roofs torn up and, in some cases, houses no longer on their respective lots.
One person was killed by the same tornado that night, as it cut a path of destruction through Arabi.ĭrone Shots of the Arabi tornado from 40 Arpent to Judge Perez St. Despite her needing surgery, officials said she was "doing fine." Heirsch described the Castellanos' experience as a " Wizard of Oz ride" in an interview with the Associated Press, adding that Dea Castellanos was "screaming" and seemed "hysterical" at the scene.Įmergency services quickly arrived and were able to rescue the daughter from the ruined house. This is the moment they heard their daughter trying to do the same thing from inside the wreckage of the house.Īccording to the Associated Press, neighbor Chuck Heirsch called 9-1-1 while witnessing the Castellanos realize the disaster that had happened. The large tornado had picked up the Castellanos' bungalow and dropped it 30 feet away into the street, Dea told the Associated Press.īoth Dea Castellanos and her husband immediately called out for help. She says she climbed out of the wreckage of her home only to notice that it was not where it was supposed to be. She says she couldn't tell what happened in the following moments but remembers the aftermath. The mother said she suddenly felt the whole house start to spin, and was thrown into one of the bedrooms. The Castellanos family was at home when they heard the storm suddenly intensify outside their window, the girl's mother, Dea Castellanos, told the Associated Press.ĭea Castellanos was in the living room when a tornado swept over the house, while her daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, was in her own bedroom. A twister picked up her family's house while she was still inside, and dropped it in the street. A girl survived a terrifying Wizard of Oz-like close call with a tornado late Tuesday in Arabi, Louisiana.
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