Beneath Clouds

Beneath Clouds
BENEATH CLOUDS
Ivan Sen (2002)
NOTES
* Opening credits: Images of rolling clouds, vast and immense, threatening and powerful. * Two female, high school students dressed in uniform walk a
barren landscape. The only colour and movement comes from the trucks that roar through. Isolated, Aboriginal community. * Walk past an indigenous
man carrying a jerry can of petrol. Stereotypical image of addiction. Lena in a thick Australian accent: "Whadda dickhead." Clear from this dialogue
that her values are very different from the norm. * Close up of dead butterfly with crawling ants, camera switches to close up of Lena. Connection
between the character and the butterfly is made – both are beautiful creatures but neither...show more content...
The 'us' and 'them' mentality is revealed again. Refer to each other through their dialogue as "cuz" and "brother". Immediate kinship expressed
through colloquial language. Diegetic sound comes from the radio as the lyrics "I wish I was back in the Dreamtime" filter out. * Cut to close up
shot of dead cockatoo on the road side. White is indicative of innocence and purity. Another thing destroyed. * Car is pulled over by police. Officer
refers to the driver as 'boy' – a derogatory term, belittling, demeaning. An allusion to the African slave term and reflection of inherent racism. The
generic title removes the individuality of the driver. An assertion of power. * Police car seen leaving in rear view mirror (possible link between
abandonment of Australian government concerning indigenous issues).
* Lena sits in the back seat, next to another young, fair–skinned Aboriginal woman. She has a toddler on her lap. Again, that theme of pregnancy is
raised and in response to the child's cries, the driver turns and slaps her across the face. This scene seems to highlight the negative aspects of
Aboriginal culture – that is, the subordination of women and prevalence of domestic violence. * L: "Stop the fucking car... I said, stop the fucking
car." To the driver: "you're an arsehole, you know that." * She takes a stand, noticeably Vaughn and the girl herself do not. Quiet acceptance of such
exchanges. When out of
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Walking The Boundaries Analysis
In the novel 'Walking the Boundaries' Australian author Jackie French introduces the reader to Martin and his family and the history of their family
farm. The reason why Martin is visiting his great grandfather Ted is because the old man has challenged him to walk the boundaries of the property
and if he does this successfully, then the farm will be his. Martin wants to get the property and all the money that would come with selling it. In the
beginning Martin thought the walk around the boundaries would be easy but he ends up facing some unexpected events and as a result learns about his
family history while walking the boundaries. French expresses the change in Martin's personality through her knowledge of Australia's indigenous past,
her use of sensory language and through the development of her main characters. In the book 'Walking the Boundaries' Martin discovers how the bush
works and how it is everybody's obligation to take care of the land for future generations.
Before his walk around the boundaries, Martin thought the walk would be easy but Old Ted, his great grandfather, knows how hard this seemingly
simple journey will be. Since Old Ted knew what Martin was going to experience, he makes sure Martin goes the right way around the boundaries so
Martin can find out about the land's Aboriginal past. Old Ted says multiple times, "no matter what happens, follow the way I told you to goD." (p.23)
Martin was confused about why the old man was making such a fuss about the

Red Dog Australian Identity
Australian people and culture are often stereotyped in the media in different forms, one of them being film. The two films being examined, 'Red dog'
(2011) and the 'Sapphires' (2012), are an example of the Australian identity but from different points of view. 'Red dog' shows the kind and positive side
which exemplifies mateship and loyalty. The film 'Sapphires' ,which takes place in the 1950's through to the 1960's, shows a negative and racist view
towards the indigenous people. Both the films show different aspects of the Australian identity, not all insights of the films accurately represent
contemporary Australian identity as the Australian identity has changed by the evolution of people and their lifestyle.
The film 'Red dog' focuses on the life of a dog and how he affects the lives of those around him....show more content...
This is a person who is friendly, faithful and loyal and strives to find a solution in any tight situation. This 'true blue' persona is represented by several
characters in the film 'Red dog' including the dog himself as he shows companionship and resilience throughout the film. The community working
there also represent the Australian identity by treating Red Dog like one of them even when Red Dog was injured everyone was worried about him as
if he was a human being. An addition to these themes 'Red dog' is set in the Australian outback wereAustralia is shown as dry dessert, a common
misconception which is inaccurate of Australian land. Today the majority of the Australian population live in cities where they are close to their jobs
and other facilities therefore this aspect of the film does not properly represent contemporary Australian society. Although the notion of mateship and
the virtues of the characters in 'Red dog' are accurate representations of the ideal version of the modern Australian identity, the darker side of Australian
culture and history is completely

The Sky Is Grey Analysis
.3.Darius Smith
Instructor Bonds
English 242
7 December 2015
The Wind is Pink, the Grass is Black, and the Sky is Gray Ernest Gaines' "The Sky is Gray" is a wonderful story that deals with the nature of life and
the struggles it brings. While it does mainly focus on the coming–of–age struggles of the roughly 8 year old protagonist James, the title also means that
there is something out of place with the way that things are. It is representative of a subjective reality that is not what others may think is there. It is
also representative of a rebellious notion of reality that is counter to what the existing one is. This idea asserts itself in the conversation between the
preacher and the young student. The preacher, being a man of God,

What Lies Beneath
While critics may think that the film "What Lies Beneath" is blatantly inauthentic, this film was a success. People watch this movie when they want to
watch a well–made horror movie, with a little bit of drama. Even though this production comes across as a drama, it still serves it's purpose of being a
horror film. Critics tend to say it is too lazy and weak when defined as a horror film. Although these assumptions are brought up, there are factors
proving otherwise. For instance, when director Robert Zemeckis uses the close up shot to minimize the audience's peripheral vision, it makes the
scene more suspicious. For example, when Claire figures out that Norman does not really call the police, she looks around to discover where

Rabbit Proof Fence Analysis
The Rabbit Proof Fence, a film by Phillip Noyce (2002) presents the story of 3 young aboriginal girls being forced away from their family to the
Moore river settlement and their struggle against a white government to return to their home along the rabbit proof fence. Noyce uses generic
conventions to view the idea of racism against aborigines in Australia from a particular perspective. The perspective of an aboriginal mother a native
child and a caucasian are all exhibited to prove the events of racism against aborigines during the 1930s.
The perspective of an indigenous mother and generic film conventions are utilised by Noyce to demonstrate the racist attitude towards aborigines in
Australia throughout the 1930s. Towards the beginning...show more content...
The racialist outlook of white people is established in The Rabbit Proof Fence with the aid of generic film conventions and an aboriginal child's
point of view. Throughout the duration of the young girls being transported to Moore river they are kept in a cage under the supervision of a train
worker. Noyce applied a low camera angle through the eyes of the children looking up at the train worker through the bars of the cage. The low
camera angle depicts the train worker as large, powerful and scary through the perspective of a child also making the children seem small and innocent.
This demonstrates the racism by forcing the white people to look dominant over the aborigines as they have all the control. The cage also symbolises
the treatment of aborigines as if they are animals and inhuman to the white race again proving the intolerant attitude of caucasians towards the natives
but through the perspective of an indigenous child. This again has a tendency to extract empathy towards the children as everyone knows how it
feels to be teased or feel submissive. When the girls arrived at the Moore river settlement all the children were gathered together and got checked for
their skin colour. When molly one of the young girls asks what is happening a friend replies "looking for the whiter ones, they more clever than us."
This dialogue again shows acts of racism through the perspective of the children by

Beneath Clouds Analysis
Intertextual study
"Beneath clouds & Growing up Asian in Australia"
Identity
'Beneath Clouds' directed by Ivan Sen and 'Baked Beans and Burnt Toast' written by Jacqui Larkin both explore the theme identity in the four main
characters, Peter, Jacqui, Lena and Vaughn. Ivan Sen uses mise en scГЁne, dialogue, setting and symbolism when directing to stoutly portray the
identity of Lena and Vaughn. Correspondingly Jacqui Larkin scrutinizes identity primarily through dialogue, metaphors, hyperbole and imagery in order
to emphasise the problems Jacqui faces with identity. Seemingly both Sen and Jacqui both explore Identity but in similar and distinctive ways to make
the audience ponder about how the main characters are feeling relating to their identity throughout the film and book.
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In Beneath Clouds and Baked Beans Burnt Toast they both show the main theme identity through community. In the film the main characters Lena
and Vaughn live in a small country town which is full of Indigenous people and white people. Vaughn lives in the stereotypical life as an Aboriginal.
The cops treat Vaughn like he is a speck of dust, they call him 'boy' to downgrade him and his race. The white people think of Aboriginals as people
with low self esteem and all they do is drink alcohol and abuse their wives. They believe that Aboriginals are uneducated. The white people do not
treat the Aboriginals in the same way as their own race. This is also displayed in Baked Beans and Burnt Toast

Analysis Of ' Beneath Clouds '
The notion of the contemporary indigenous identity and the impact of these notions are both explored in texts that have been studied. Ivan Sen's 2002
film 'Beneath Clouds' focuses on the stereotypical behaviours of Indigenous Australians highlighting Lina and Vaughn's journey. This also signifies the
status and place of the Australian identity today. Through the use of visual techniques and stereotypes the ideas that the Indigenous are uneducated,
involved in crime and the stereotypical portrayal of white people are all explored. Similarly the notion of urban and rural life is represented in Kennith
Slessor's 'William Street' and 'Country Towns'.
In contemporary times the Indigenous are stereotypically represented as being violent and aggressive. Sen is creating a stereotypical image of young
Indigenous boys as criminals and dominative. An extreme close up of Vaughn behind jail bars show the separation between Vaughn and society. The
stereotype of Indigenous Australians as criminals is shown in a negative light and acts as a false stereotype. The jail bars act as a physical and
metaphorical barrier and the use of non diegetic music sets a mood of extreme sadness. Domestic violence is also suggested in the car ride. The
women with the child is seen as submissive and this violence acts as usual practise. However, Vaughn does not appear to this stereotype of all males
being dominative. Sen's use of camera angles highlights the stereotypical nature of indigenous people and

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