Russell Mulcahy

Scott Hicks is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Similarly, the second movie, ‘Swimming Upstream’, is directed by Russell Mulcahy. Russell Mulcahy is an Australian film director whose work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights. The comparison will compose of the different aspects of the movies, the aspects will be analysed will be: an

Jawed Atahi S3544141 Swimming Upstream directed by Russell Mulcahy portrays a story about a young man who loves to swim and tries to go to Olympic and to be an Australian Champion. The film illustrates Tony’s journey from childhood to an adult. Throughout the film Tony’s journey is being focused in achieving his fathers attention and love. On another level the film depicts a story about a father who haven’t achieved his own dream but to uses his sons to accomplish his dream that he never reached

Introduction: Swimming upstream is a film directed by Russell Mulcahy which was based in the early 1950’s. The film was produced in 2003 and is based on a boy named Tony Fingleton a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers. The only way Tony feels about winning his father’s heart is by his extraordinary swimming talent. Tony and his father (Harold snr) have a very unhealthy relationship as Tony struggled

Sentence – What key point to do want to make in this paragraph about both texts? Different text, vocabulary types and camera techniques. * Evidence 1: (Key quotation/scene/technique) The techniques of text and vocabulary that are directed by Russell Mulcahy, uses the Australian dialect, which is common English mixed up with Australian slang, “Coppers came out “-‘Harold Fingleton’, Swimming Upstream 2003, This quote illustrates the Australian slang word for Police or Policeman. The camera view of

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Running Head: GAY AND LESBIAN ADOPTION Gay and Lesbian Adoption Argumentative Emily Stroud Everest University Abstract Lesbian and gay adoption has been widely controversial across the globe. This social issue is tremendously discussed by religious, political and social groups which have been providing numerous statistics, figures and major researches on the effects of same sex couples to the mental and emotional

Introduction The Author of shine is Jan Sardi and is directed by Scott Hicks and the author of Swimming Upstream is Anthony Fingleton and the director is Russel Mulcah, each of these films are about a young talented kid that wants to go and live their lives and become famous but there is one obstacle standing in their way, their father. During the movies there are different scenes showing different facial expressions showing how much the father expects from their sons to be the best that they can

HSC Subject Guide Belonging 2009 HSC: Area of Study – English - related material English HSC 2009 - 2012 is Belonging. What does belonging mean? From the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus: belong, verb, 1) to be rightly put into a particular position or class; 2) fit or be acceptable in a particular place or environment; 3) belong to be a member of; 4) belong to be the property or possession of. Belonging, noun, affiliation, acceptance, association, attachment, integration, closeness, rapport,