The costumes that the Emerald City people were wearing were a beautiful emerald green color, which matched the theme of their city. The clothes and props that were used in the film brought out the true fantasy of the film. For example, the ruby red slippers, the Tin Man's suite, Scarecrow's stuffed straws and clothes, the Lion's hair, face makeup to the wicked witches green face, her hat and broom, these wardrobes brought the picture to life for the audience. Other techniques were used to create such a wonderful film in conjunction with the makeup, clothing, and props. The whole cinematography, lighting aspect of the film brought great visual to the big screen and enjoyment for the viewers. When Dorothy transitioned into her unconscious fantasy world, the color changed to Technicolor and high-key lighting in order to illuminate the scene. The traditional three-point lighting techniques were used to visually show the changeover between the scene of Dorothy's real life and her dream life. The great artistic achievement was met when the scene transitioned from sepia toned to Technicolor. In the beginning of the movie, which is black and white/ sepia toned, low-key lighting was used to set the present life of Dorothy and her family. Sepia toned (a method of changing the color of black-white photographs) was used to capture the true grubbiness and grittiness of the Kansas town.
In my opinion, the Clothes, props, lighting and the arrangement of the visual components in the frame of the shot (Mise en Scene) were put into the scenes in order to show the separation of Kansas and Oz. When Dorothy landed in Munchkin Land, the colorful and beautiful scenery was set in order to show the bliss and joyfulness Munchkin Land has to offer.
(Mise en Scene) All the things that we see in a particular scene was carefully placed and chosen by the filmmakers (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014).
The design goes very well with the theme of the movie because of the transition between the black and whitesepia toned scene to the Technicolor scene.