Film Techniques Used By Paul Goldman

* Lena sits in the back seat, next to another young, fair-skinned Aboriginal woman. She has a toddler on her lap. Again, that theme of pregnancy is raised and in response to the child’s cries, the driver turns and slaps her across the face. This scene seems to highlight the negative aspects of Aboriginal culture – that is, the subordination of women and prevalence of domestic violence.

Deadly Unna? a novel by Philip Gwynne and Australian Rules, a film adaptation of the novel, directed by Paul Goldman are both set in an Australian town, focusing on two different locations – the Port, inhabited by white people, and the Point where the Aboriginal people live. Both texts follow the progress of a hopeless football team coming together to play in the grand final. The novel explores the enlightenment of the protagonist, fifteen-year old Gary Black, or commonly known as Blacky, and his realisation and recognition of the world around him. Everyone assumes that the three main ‘Australian rules’ are that all Australians are equal, Australians believe

"Deadly Unna" is the story of Garry Blacks realization of racism and discrimination in the port where he lives. When everyone else seems do nothing to prevent the discrimination Blacky a young boy steps up to the plate and has the guts to say no against racism towards the local Aborigines. Blacky is beginning to realize that the people he looks up to as role models might not be such good examples as most of them including his father his footy coach and even the pub custodian all accept racism as a normal way of life and Blacky begins to realize this and tries to make them aware.

Although released over 17 years ago, Rob Sitch’s comedy The Castle remains an incredibly popular film that portrays an ‘Aussie Battler’ family, the Kerrigans, in suburbia. Film writer Ian Craven states that the Kerrigans possess “the qualities of a simple good-heartedness family, with human decency and dignity”, all of which can be easily recognized by the audience throughout the film. The Castle takes a satirical look at Australian suburbia in order to manipulate traditional stereotypes, gender constructions, themes, identities, ideologies and cinematic techniques as a means of altering the positioning of the audience.

The different perspectives create interest and draw us into the experiences of others. The two texts, ‘The Tracker’ composed by Rolf De Heer and ‘Bran Nue Dae’ composed by Rachel Perkins explores this notion. Both films are evident to the racial discrimination of Aborigines in Australia. ‘The Tracker’ is a 2002 art house film set in 1922. It is clear that there were no Aboriginal rights and which white settlement had the greatest control. ‘Bran Nue Dae’ is a 2009 musical/comedy/drama film set in 1969 about the beginning of Aboriginal rights.The different perspectives are from Colonial/Indigenous people. The voices were through the role of the characters, the genre, the music and the cinematography.

Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker is a thought provoking film exploring revenge and small-town politics providing a compelling reflection on aspects of Australian culture. Through powerful symbolism present in fire, mirrors and clothing, the audience is able to interpret its themes and forge a deep connection with its

The pub scene in the Australian Outback helped me understand the consequences of prejudice through the combination of dialogue and cinematography. These film features shows the unfair treatment that Aborigines endured because of their race. The mid shots showed how the white Australian audience at the pub Talent Quest ignore the two Aborigine sisters as they began to sin. A panning shot showed the audience’s disapproving and disgusted looks as they avoided eye contact with the sisters. Clearly contrasting with the warm and enthusiastic cheers given to the white Australian performers before them, as also shown in a panning shot. Noticing the coldness of the crowd, Gail says, “Thanks for the half-heart applause.” The dialogue and camera shots clearly outlined the difference in treatment between Aborigines and White Australians in Australia. This clearly shows the inequality between the two races, as Aborigines were clearly mistreated based on their appearance. At the end of the Talent Quest, after the White Australian performer

The underlying messages that Australia is an inherently violent society, and that the Australian male uses violence to resolve their problems is shown in The Removalists through the Oker identity of Simmonds and Kenny. Stereotypes creating deeper understanding of the themes when staging this production are presented immediately by Kenny’s recognisable personality, which allows the audience to easily accept that Kenny would abuse his wife

As the scene commences, the viewer hears a soft and mild melody that fades with the background. Additionally, the music seems to advance with an adagio tempo that stays the same throughout. The use of quiet instruments and a slow tempo create strong feeling of sadness and grief. However, the addition of an extra harmony alters the entire message of the music. This new melody demonstrates the appreciation the colored people have for Atticus. Quickly shifting, the music goes from a central message to another that alters the viewer’s perception on the entire movie. The melody in the beginning depicts a mournful crowd; the second melody, a grateful crowd. The music alone creates a clear message to the viewer, on the feeling of the people remaining in the courthouse. Along with the music, the camera shots at the beginning of the scene coincide with the message of the melodies. Following the establishing shot of Atticus, the camera rapidly switches between Reverend Sykes, the children, and the colored people. Reverend Sykes, the reverent of the African Church in Maycomb, can be seen with the children on top of the balcony when the camera focuses on them twice. Afterwards, the camera begins to focus on the colored people standing up, as Atticus gets ready to leave. All of abrupt camera shots happen at a medium range, symbolizing the relationship all the colored people have as a community. Accordingly, the camera shots coincide with the music and reinforce the idea of a rapid change in mood in the scene. As soon as the camera shifts the focus to the colored people the music changes, in order to inform the viewer of a change in tone. This change in music and the colored people standing up go hand in hand to strengthen the idea of the people’s appreciation towards Atticus on the

Initially the film presents as a cinematic memorial to Treadwell even going so far as the places name and date of birth and death on the lower third of the screen which acts like a gravestone in the opening shot of the movie. This commeration continues throught the film but as with other aspects of Treadwell's personality Herzog works to complicate and at times undermine Treadwell's approach to the natural world he achives this a number of different ways but primarily uses juxtaposition between interviews with professionals and Tredwells personal footage for instance in this scene Herzog deftly places a piece of radio from the curator of the boutique museum over Tredweells footage "if I look at it from my culture Timothy across the boundary

The use of various camera techniques such as canted frames, low-angled, high-angled and close up shots, as well as camera distance, enhances the struggle between the characters. The use of such techniques not only allows the audience to get an extensive insight into the many different characters, but also helps us understand the relationships between them and how all of these factors contribute to the overarching theme of racism in the film. The use of these camera rapid movements

Video B has better imagery in comparison to Video A. The imagery showed not just sad children that are beaten, but also a story with clear and memorable scenes. For example, in Video B, it shows a brutal scene of a drunken father ramming his fist into his son’s face; the boy’s face became swollen and bruised. In opposition, Video A only shows a small girl curled into herself as the audience hears muffled shouting. In another scene from Video B, an angled shot of a boy destroying his red new bicycle out of frustration. Showing the viewer how a kid under an abusive home feels powerless. Video B shows how the brutal imagery can affect the viewer, but sound also links with the story is progressing in the video. The sound of a whistle as a kid kicks and smashes his bright red bike into the pavement, anger clear on his face. Or a father’s fist hitting flesh over and over again, the smacking sound echoing in the video. Finally, Video B’s imagery are

At the very beginning of the movie, a picture of the mansion of Lord family comes into our eyes, freeze framed briefly. The same picture from the same angle repeats several times afterwards, aiming to emphasize the wealth and nobleness of the upper class seemingly. Information conveyed in the picture includes the huge size of the mansion, a broad view of the sea and well-designed garden plants, all implying the special social status of the Lord family. With a series of long takes following the footstep of Dinah as well as Mike and Liz, the lavish interiors of the house are revealed. While in scenes centering around Lord family members, the luxurious furniture still plays a role of background settings, in scenes of reporter’s first arrival, the piano, the chairs, the couch, the cabinetry, the decoration, the antiques, and especially the silverware in the surprising amount come into close-up. The recording action of the photographer also guides the audience’s attention to the settings and contributes to highlighting the possessions itself.

In the movie each character had a part to play and to best of understanding. William Wallace was the hero of the entire who comes to the rescue of his entire country to get it back from the english. His wife although she was killed played the damsel in distress who made a valiant attempt to stand up for herself ,but what was done to stand up for herself was punishable by the english so she was brought to her death. There is always the person who has to be the betrayer in the film, where they are close with one of the main characters but end up doing something to hurt them.

Crocodile Dundee is a movie about the story of an American reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) and Michael J, or “Crocodile Dundee” (Paul Hogan). In this movie, Linda Kozlowski acts as Sue Charlton and Paul Hogan Acts as Michael Crocodile Dundee.This movie is written by Paul Hogan, John Cornell, and ken Shadie. It is directed by Peter Faiman. An American reporter, Sue traveled to the northern territory to a town called walkabout creek. It is a small village where people live together and lead their life by hunting and very simply. Michael or crocodile Dundee is a real hunter who subdues crocodile easily. Crocodile Dundee is very friendly person in his culture who walks through the bushes freely with confidence and pride. Crocodile Dundee is a character who rides horses and subdue buffalos. Crocodile Dundee is representative of the Australian Bush culture. After watching this movie, I have understood how the main character Crocodile Dundee is influenced by his Masculinity culture and cultural competence.