Philip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence

“Rabbit Proof Fence’ is a drama/ history film that is based off a book written by Doris Pilkington Garimara and the film was directed by Phillip Noyce. This film was produced back in 2002 and is about three young girls who got taken and sent away from their families to a training camp because of a government policy to incorporate the aboriginals into British society. The British saw the Aboriginal people as less significant people. During the movie, the girls escape from the training camp and make their way through the hot and dry sands, struggling to keep going. Throughout the film the director uses many different visual and audio techniques to convey the emotions and feelings of the different characters. The director also positions the audience by the use of different camera angles, background music, tempos and volumes to emphasize the attitude and positioning’s to allow the audience to understand what the characters are feeling.

An example of this element is when constable Riggs in in the vehicle and was chasing the three aboriginal girls, the camera was going back and forth very quickly from the camera following the girls to the camera watching the constable driving in the car. This makes this scene more exciting and full of action because it’s creating tension between scenes and is never bland. Another example of this element is when the constable had captured and put the three girls in the car and the director uses a close up camera shot on the girls and the mother to show their emotions and how they are feeling. At this point you could see the fear and sadness in Molly’s eyes and the pain and distress in her mother’s face. These are very affective visual elements that that the director has used to convey the feelings of the aboriginal people and how they were