"Rabbit Proof Fence" What comes to your mind when you here the words "stolen generation." Maybe you think of the Holocaust when the Jews were unwilling taken to concentration camp’s to suffer before their horrific death. Or you might think of the European settlers going to Africa to literally kidnap its people and bring them to the Americas for slave labor. Both are good assumptions but are far from what the "stolen generation" really is. Until watching the documentary "Rabbit Proof Fence"
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"Rabbit-Proof Fence" Summary: An overview of the ways in which the film "Rabbit-Proof Fence" conveys the importance of home‚ family‚ and country to indigenous peoples. The film "Rabbit-Proof Fence" conveys the importance of home and country to indigenous peoples. The director Phillip Noyce refers to home in different ways. He has symbolised home by repeatedly showing images of the Spirit Bird and the Rabbit Proof Fence‚ since it is a connection to their home. The movie shows Molly’s determination
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In “Rabbit Proof Fence” directed by Phillip Noyce‚ the main themes in the film are the loss of a home and family and the strong bond with family. From the scene depicting Molly‚ Gracie and Daisy’s journey back home‚ the audience observes the struggle they face as they travel 1500 miles through unfamiliar territory to return to their land‚ their homes and families. It reveals Molly’s ambition to return to her Mother. Phillip Noyce conveys this to the viewers by the use of camera angles and editing
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Rabbit-Proof Fence is a film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is about three mixed-race Aboriginal girls who ran away from the Moore River Native Settlement to return to their mothers. The girls walk for nine weeks and 1200 miles of the rabbit-proof fence in Australia to return to Jigalong‚ their hometown while being tracked down by a hunter and several others under Mr Neville’s orders. The film uses several effective production techniques such as a variety of camera shots to fulfill different purposes
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Journeys notes Rabbit Proof Fence Film‚ Phillip Noyce director‚ 3 half caste girls taken from their family to be assimilated‚ 1200 mile journey home Journeys can be forced upon you by others Being forced into the car - reaction shots of girls and family‚ horror of force - close up facial shots of girls‚ distant family – filmed through glass to show separation Journeys can be intimidating and threatening Girls in cage- Molly looking up at guard. Point of view shot showing
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RABBIT PROOF FENCE INTRODUCTION 50‚ 000 half- cast aboriginal children were taken away from their families in the 20th century. Can you imagine being taken away from everything and everyone you ever loved or cared about to never see them in your life again? The film “The Rabbit Proof Fence” directed by Philip Noyce set in Western Australia highlights unfairness and the vulnerability of aboriginal people. The stolen generation is a devastating story. It is honestly hard to believe that
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individual (and combinations of several) techniques to reprensent the concept of the physical journey and specifically that it is the journey‚ not the destination that matters. Noyce has used a number of filimic and literary techniques thoughout “Rabbit Proof Fence” to ddo this. The use of symbolism‚ lighting‚ characterisation and camera angles all enable Noyce to express the physical journey being explored. The cover of Kellehers’ novel ______ uses visual techniques such as colour‚ blending and dark patches
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Q1. ’Rabbit Proof Fence’ highlights how experiences change our point of view. Discuss. Can you imagine being an Aborigine? Living in the outback? Hunting for food? What would your point of view be if you were brought up that way? Or maybe you were a white person. What would your point of view be then? What would you think of the Aborigines and their way of living and the way they were brought up compared to you? All the different experiences people have such as how we are brought up‚ our beliefs
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Rabbit Proof Fence An Australian film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Philip Noyce is reliable to an historian studying the Protection policies of the Australian Government during the 1930’s in that it tells a true story about three Aboriginal children who were taken away from their families because they were half-castes. However‚ it is not reliable in that it only tells us about the effect of Protection policy in Western Australia‚ not the whole country. This film outlines the experiences
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Rabbit Proof Fence A contemporary Australian feature film released in 2002 and direct by Phillip Noyce. Child characters: Molly (14)‚ Daisy (8) and Gracie (10) walk 1600km home to their desert home in Jigalong from the mission called the Moore River Native Settlement north of Perth * Noyce uses oral and written historical methods to tell the story * He uses real and fictional characters to present an emotive and supportive narrative of the girl’s journey‚ showing the white authorities
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