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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specifically where the Igbo tribe was located‚ and imposed their religion and culture upon them. Similarly‚ in the film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Philip Noyce‚ the colonial government of Australia put in
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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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recaptured and sent back to camp. The other girls keep walking along the rabbit-proof fence until it runs out‚ but they don’t lose hope‚ they keep walking until it continues and they can feel their home. They are then reunited with their mother and grandmother after 9 weeks of walking to get home. This is when the epilogue begins to give us details after. Symbolism: RABBIT-PROOF FENCE – the fence is referring to the actual fence but is very symbolic because it is built by whites and it gives the feeling
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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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Rabbit-Proof Fence * How do the filmmakers begin the film and engage us in the story and at the beginning of the film what do you think you are seeing at first? The Australian film based on the true story about “The Stolen Generation” titled “Rabbit-Proof Fence” begins with a brief written summary about the Australian Aborigines Act of 1931. This historical information is just enough to really grasp the viewer’s curiosity before moving on to what is initially‚ the unidentifiable aerial footage
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Rabbit Proof Fence in the context of Australian identity: In the introductory lecture our attention was focused on a number of core themes which run throughout the course. One such theme was the concept of a nation and the way in which cultural products of the nation shape our sense of identity. Rabbit Proof Fence is an important film to examine within this context as it is the first international film to examine the issue of Australia’s Stolen Generation. The film brought the story of the
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Related Material Analysis Rabbit Proof Fence- 2002 Phillip Noyce How does Rabbit-Proof Fence explore the concept of journeys? Introduction The Film Rabbit-Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002 explores the concept of journeys through the telling of the story of three girls as they are captured and sent to the Moore River Native Settlement in Outback Australia. The three girls dually escape and set off on a 1600km trek‚ guided by the Rabbit Proof Fence back to Jigalong to be reunited
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