Based on a biographical novel Rabbit-Proof Fence is the title of a dramatic motion picture that deals with the issue of the Stolen Generation – the Australian Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their parents by Australian authorities in 1931. Molly is the hero of this story and leads her sister and cousin back to their homes and family after they get taken away. Phillip Noyce directed the award winning 2002 film‚ and applied emotive audio and visual elements to evoke a profoundly
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The film‚ Rabbit Proof Fence communicates and connects deeply with the viewers’ knowledge‚ response and feelings deeply towards the injustice of the Stolen Generation. Rabbit Proof Fence‚ sympathises the viewer with the Aborigines‚ sharing the atmosphere of hopeless‚ powerlessness and loss‚ bringing out its significance in its message. The power of sympathy‚ kinship‚ bonds and injustice were used throughout the film to bias the viewers. Rabbit Proof Fence focuses on many of these
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Rabbit Proof Fence: There are two ways to connect the Mockingbird walking in someone else’s shoes’’ theme in RPF the film. The first is of course how the Australian society did not believe that aboriginals were proper people and deserved the same rights as the European whites did in those days. This is because they lived in the bush and had no civilized way of living‚ according to the white perspective. Families were split up and children were taken to places where they would grow up and learn
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In the film Rabbit Proof Fence‚ directed by Phillip Noyce an important/significant character is Molly. The director helps us understand why Molly is a significant character when he shows she is a unselfish caring person. We also notice Molly’s Significance when she uses her leadership skills and knowledge to happily lead her cousin (Gracie) and her younger sister (Daisy) back to Jigalong. The director helps us understand why Molly is significant character by showing how caring and unselfish she
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is highlighted by the opening aerial shots‚ and additional overhead shots confirm their tininess against the fence. Name a recurring theme throughout the film. Throughout the film‚ the girls are pictured as frightened rabbits trapped on the wrong side of the fence - wide-eyed as if caught in headlights‚ caged in a hutch transporting them away to the settlement‚ huddled like baby rabbits on the Bush floor. The Eagle Very early in the film‚ we see the eagle‚ Molly’s totem‚ her spirit bird
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SPEECH Good morning ……. My question to you is “Why are our morals and values such an integral part of our life?”[PAUSE]. Well the answer is that it defines who are and what we want to be in life. We strive to express our identity in the search for belonging to the places and the people we desire to be with but as we all know‚ life can throw unexpected events in the times of struggle between ourselves and our loved ones. * Why do we always seem to return to the people that matters the most
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Attempted Aboriginal Genocide in Rabbit Proof Fence The exploitation and colonizing of the Australian Aborigines by the British settlers in the early 20th century is evident through Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. Historical background information has provided a deeper understanding into the “stolen generations”; hence‚ we further understand the struggles Daisy‚ Molly‚ Gracie and their families had to go through. The kidnapping of these children to brainwash them of their language‚ tradition
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Analyse how important techniques are used to engage your emotions in the RPF Rabbit Proof Fence is a bio pic film based on three Aboriginal girls living in Western Australia during the time of the Stolen Generation in the 1930’s. The director Phillip Noyce purpose of creating this film was to inform the audience of the way these Aboriginal children and their families were treated. Throughout the film Noyce successfully uses a range of important techniques such as music‚ dialogue‚ and camera techniques
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in Rabbit Proof Fence‚ Molly’s journey home to Jigalong is a journey from childhood to adulthood‚ which challenges her physically‚ emotionally and intellectually. Through the many obstacles Molly encounters and overcomes‚ she begins to understand her personal strength‚ allowing her the ability to mature and become independent. The geographical distance alone created a physical and emotional exhaustion and frustration which Molly tolerates with maturity and strength. The cinematic technique using
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Rabbit Proof Fence has been published both as a book and as a movie. Being a reader or a viewer entirely changes our point of view on the story. As a reader‚ we get descriptive insight on the situations and emotions of the characters. We are then able to re-create these visually using our imagination and have endless freedom doing so. As a viewer‚ our creativity is somewhat restricted. We do not imagine the characters’ physical appearance‚ the locations or the overall situations in the same way as
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