How Does Baz Luhrman Use Film Techniques In Australian

Australia, published in 2008 directed by Baz Luhrrman, is an Australian film starring Nichole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashely, Hugh Jackson as The Drover and Brandon Walters as Nullah. Set on Faraway Downs, a cattle station in the northern territory of Australia, Lady Ashely and the drover set out to drove Cattle to Darwin to be sold for the army. Featuring events of the era, that is September 1939 through to 1942, including the bombing of Darwin during world war two. Australia is the third highest grossing film of all time, representing Australia to the rest of the world as a exiting, dangerous country and revealing the prejudice values against Aborigines and woman during that time. Lurrhman uses cinematography, mis-en-scene, and diegetic and

Throughout the film the director uses extreme long shots, often panning with the movement of the drove, to convey the vast, dry land that the characters travel through. Revealing the dangerous heat but also conveying the landscapes majestic beauty. The Non-diegetic music that is coupled with these extreme long shots often have a indigenous Australia beat and majestic music with Australian connections. (Waltzing Matilda). The hills by faraway downs and the large canyon is used to show the majestic landscape, however since Gulapa or King George is often seen in these places they are conveyed as places with a spiritual

Lady Sarah Ashely as an English Aristocrat is emphasised in this group. Introduced with posh english music, trotting on a posh pony. Her acting style reveals the Stubborn, bossy personality and Luhrrman uses close up shots on her face reveal her determined or dramatic, shocked expression as well as tracking midshots focussing on her posed, arrogant body language. She is dressed in an expensive, blue and white aristocrat dress and gloves carrying a matching umbrella and hat. Accompanied by many cases matching in colour and filled with underwear and