Another technique used throughout The Rabbit Proof Fence, is the use of music. Music can create many different moods, atmospheres and can set the scene for any type of movie. This movie had a variety of different songs and sound in it: many were traditional Aboriginal songs. Some of the music is a bit unsettling but since it is combined with other sounds it becomes less noticeable. There isn’t a very obvious tune to the music that was played. Instead it’s more of a sequence of synthesised sounds that don’t really have a climax. In my opinion most of the Aboriginal music sound a bit supernatural, like ancestral voices. The repetition of the dideridoo is present in most of the sounds. The most powerful song used was titled “Long Walk Home” by
The opening sequence of the Rabbit Proof Fence introduces you to the Aboriginal people. The scene begins with white writing on a black background which informs us of the situation in Australia in 1931 and the effects it has had in Australia. This is followed by an aerial shot of Australia?s desert which is hot, vast, desolate and has no vegetation showing the audience the difficulty someone would have trying to travel across this desert. Subsequently Molly?s voice over begins, she tells us in simple sentences her story. There are subtitles because she talks in her native tongue to represent Phillip Noyce?s respect for the Aboriginals. The screen, after tilting across the land stops at the small rabbit proof fence, which gives the effect that there are only a few white people compared to the number of Aboriginals.
A connection is the relationship in which a person or thing is linked. In the film The Rabbit Proof fence (TRPF) directed by Phil Noyce and the novel The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (TBITSP) written by John Boyne they each show the connections characters have around them. The theme of belonging is communicated through the establishment of forced and natural connections that the characters have with their surroundings. Between the characters in both they shape their identity by having connections with people and places around them to feel a sense of belonging.
Although both these films have very different protagonist from one another, both protagonist have a similar mission. In Rabbit Proof Fence, the girls Molly, Daisy and Gracie are running for their lives having escaped the camp forcing the whites to use all their resources to get them back. While in
Overall, The music played in this movie were either suspenseful and mysterious, urgent or wistful. In the opening credits, we are struck with the sound of banging drums and blaring trumpets and baritones. Police cars and motorcycles
How is music used in this film to create a sense of place? Trace, compare, and discuss the role of musical exoticism in three different scenes. You can either be literal in your discussion (Tibet, Egypt, the Amazon, etc…) or more abstract (the supernatural as a type of “exotic”). How does Williams use unusual harmonies, instruments, or special effects to create an expressive mood?
In the first stanza, the tone is lighter, describing a scene where two boys are running through towns. The boys race, the faster one being described as a “wild rabbit”.
The music in the movie was great it set the tone and mood of the movie. The beginning of the movie starts with ominous on the verge of creepy music. Also when Candy’s dog is about to be shot and the audience is viewing the bunkhouse were the ranch workers are and all you hear is silence and then hear the gunshot then hear Candy crying and then sad ominous music starts and that sets the mood of the scene. The music and sound of the movie determines how someone feels about the movie. The movie also does a spectacular job at showing the theme of the movie loneliness. They use Crooks to show the theme by him trying to explain to Lennie how he feels. The movie also shows loneliness with Curley’s wife she tells everyone that Curley does not pay any attention to
This is done by playing a serious song over a seemingly silly scene. It is used in the film by playing “Still” by Geto Boys as Peter and his friends throw a printer in a field and began to destroy a company printer. The machine is first thrown on the ground, and then it proceeds to be kicked with gunshot effects going off with each hit. Peter then brings a baseball bat out which is further used to smash the printer until Micheal starts to use his fist which Peter and Samir have to pull him off. The scene itself is full of ridiculous, and the music helps show this especially with the gangster-like lyrics being sung in the
The sounds and music in this film are very realistic, and to the point. There is not anything abstract or out of place, and everything is very appropriate. The sound effects in the film are diegetic (sounds that the actors can hear), with the score being nondiegetic (sounds that the actors cannot hear). The film falls under the category of realism, with no stylizing or manipulation of images and sounds.
, we often underestimate the importance of film sound. Audio codes are used in the documentary to add emotion and rhythm to a film. These aren’t usually noticeable; it often provides a tone or an emotional attitude toward the story. In addition, background music often foreshadows a change in mood. For example when Mrs Abigale comes cross a recording she hears alien taking in a different and strange language that was not from this planet then suddenly gloomy background music starts to play in the background creating a mysterious and scary atmosphere contributing to the documentary’s re-enactments and archive footage . The use of audio code makes the audience more susceptible to jump scares and leaves the audience emotionally
A key aspect that was used in this scene was the way that the director builds and releases tension when required using the sound track. This is used as Tim gets up to put his clothes in his draws. The slow, high pitch music in the background started to become more high pitch and louder as the light falls and breaks, the door then opens revealing a shadowing figure as the music comes to its climax. This non-Diegetic music serves the purpose of amplifying the emotion and tension of the atmosphere in this scene in the way that diegetic sounds are restricted from. The use of the monotonous, string based, music served as a way of emitting a
Every country has its own unique stories regarding races and how it treated the Indigenous peoples of the land. Australia’s history – shaped by the arrival of European settlers, notwithstanding any concord with the Aboriginal people, had led to the government’s policies of forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families over the period between 1905 – 1970. The movie Rabbit Proof Fence told one such story. Rabbit Proof Fence’s value does not only lie in its influence on the history of Australia’s silver screen but also in its heartfelt depiction of the Stolen Generations. Yet, conservative historian and journalist – Keith Windschuttle – had published articles and books in contemplation of denying the accuracy of the film and the
The Rabbit-Proof Fence to some was a source of employment, others was a division to keep rabbits from continuing to reproduce but “For the three runaways, the fence was a symbol of love, home, and security” (109). These three runaways were half-caste children, meaning their mothers are Aborigines and their fathers are white. The Australian government believed they were doing the right thing by removing these half-caste children from the Aborigine community, and stripping them from their families. The half-caste were sent to schools that were at comparable levels to a prison, and the purpose behind this was to train and teach the children to either become a house servant typically for females. While the males on the other hand trained to be
Macavity: The Mystery cat, would be another composition I would like to discuss. Even though he is the main antagonist in the movie, I still think they did a pretty good job on introducing him. The piece is sang by two female cats. The instruments used were the brass, percussions . They give out a mysterious feeling or tone. They are normally softer between the verse, and got louder as they go to the chorus, which lyrics is “Macavity, Macavity…..” There are 4 beats in each measure, which is a quadruple meter. They did stress some notes which I think that the notes are receiving a dynamic
We see fences everywhere, telling us where we can and can’t go just like they do in the wilderness. But who would ever think that fences could be a bad thing? Aren’t they for our safety and well being, keeping us from places that are dangerous for us? Yes, that is true however recent studies have shown that large-scale fences are leading to an ecological meltdown and having a negative effect on ecosystems.