The Sapphires

Hospital Scene:
- Panning
- Close up and Medium shot
- Sad song

Kay and Gale conflict:
- 'Think you can walk away from your mob? Live in the city for ten years making out you're a gubba? And then get up on stage and say you're a black fella and that's alright?'
- Separate shots, shows tension
- Gale showed regret after hitting Kay

Gale and Dave's talk:
- Long shot to start off, with chaotic setting
- Flashback
- Close shot when Gale talks
- Kay's mums voice in background as Gale talks
- Dave try's to lighten the mood
- Close shots from the side, but shows both Gale and Dave
- 'You're Mumma bear, and they're your cubs'
- Soft dramatic music in the background
- Tells story in time
- Government men are faceless and inhuman

Bombing
- Medium and Closeup shots
- 'I was never good enough at music, and certainly not at life.'
- Dave tells Gale everything & apologises
- They have a false sense of security
- Long shots
- Chaotic
- Lighting is the bombs and madness
- See the snowball of everything
-War / Race / Love / relationships Letter:
- Sad
- Close up shot
- Dave narrates his letter
- Music playing in the background

MLK shot.
-'Let me tell you how it is for a black marine in Saigon tonight. His home is burning and here he sits in hell, while his brothers and sisters are dying in the streets. It's reasonable to assume that he may begin question what the hell he's fighting for. These marines they need something, they need what you can provide and they need it tonight.'

Gale sings
- Gale understands what Dave was talking about when he described what blues music was.
- Song relates to her situation with Dave.

Kay ceremony
- Birds flying in background symbolises peace.
- Smoke creates a homey feel
- Ancient tongue
- Close ups
- Natural scene
- Light represents hope and happiness
- 'Welcome home, my daughter'
- singing in background

Key quotes from ‘The Sapphires”

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