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| What are the names of the three girls? | Molly Craig, Gracie Fields & Daisy Craig. |
| Who is the main antagonist? | A.O Neville |
| What is Assimilation? | The taking of a minority group, and absorbing them into a larger group. |
| What are the stolen generations? | Aboriginal children who were taken from their parents, and put in settlement camps, to teach them to live like the Europeans, and be prepared to work as farmhands, or domestic helpers. |
| What is the movie based on? | Based on the true story of three Indigenous Australian girls, Molly Craig, Gracie Fields, and Daisy Karnpill Craig, who were forcibly taken from their families in Jigalong, Western Australia, in 1931. |
| Who is the author of the original book? | The author of the original Rabbit Proof Fence Book, was Doris Pilkington Garimara, Molly Craig's daughter. |
| What was A.O Neville? | A.O Neville was the Chief Protector from 1915-1936, and became the legal guardian of all Aboriginal children under the age of 16. |
| What is a 'half caste'? | Half Caste: Someone who is mixed heritage (half white and half Aborigine). |
| What is the Perth Noongar group? | Perth group are the Wadjuk |
| Where was WA main settlement? | Western Australia's main settlement was in Moore River |
| What does the film show? | Film shows the escape of the girls, and how they traveled over 1500 miles along a rabbit proof fence, to get home, led only by 14 year old Molly |
| Where does the Rabbit-Proof fence start and end? | The actual rabbit proof fence goes from Port Hedland to Esperance. |
| How far did the girls walk? | They walked 1500 miles (2414 km) |
| How long has the Australian Aboriginal culture existed for? | It has existed for over 50 000 years. |
| What is an Aborigine? | Someone who identifies as an Aboriginal Australian. |
| What were Europeans allowed to do from 1910-1970 | 1910-1970 Europeans were allowed to shoot and kill Aboriginal adults |
| Who are the main protagonists? | Molly Craig, Gracie Fields, & Daisy Craig |
| What does the Spirit Bird represent? | Hope, courage, strength, & faith |
| What are two things that children had to do at the settlement? | 1. Speak English 2. Pray before meals |
| What happened to Gracie? | She went to a train station, looking for her mother, then got captured again, and was never seen by Molly or Daisy again. |
| Where were the girls when they were taken away to the settlement? | They were at the Jigalong Depot, collecting rations with their mothers. |
| Why were the childrens backs checked? | To see how pale they were, as paler 'half caste' children were thought to be smarter, and were sent to an actual school. |
| Which girls make it back to Jigalong? | Molly and Daisy |
| What are SWAT codes? | Symbolic codes Written codes Audio codes Technical codes |
| What are SWAT codes used for? | Deconstructing media, to allow us to see how it works. |
| What is an extreme close up shot? | A shot that is: very close to a character's face, to the point of being uncomfortable, used to show emotion, not common, and may only show part of the face. |
| What is a close up shot? | A shot that: is close to the characters face, shows from neck up, and makes you feel closer to a character. |
| What is a medium close up shot? | A shot that: shows only one character, shows chest up, and shows some emotion. |
| What is a mid shot? | A shot that: is used neutrally; doesn't have much meaning, shows multiple people, and shows from waist up. |
| What is a long shot? | A shot that: shows the characters whole body and some of the setting, shows the characters size and body language, and is relatively far away |
| What is an extreme long shot? | A shot that: is extremely far away, makes the character seem small, shows the vastness of the setting, and shows how nature can so easily overpower the character. |
| What is an 'eye level' angle? | An angle that: suggests equality between the viewer and the character shown, can show emotions, and is a neutral angle; it can be used without meaning. |
| What is a low camera angle? | An angle that: makes the character seem powerful, looks up at the character, and lets you see a bit of the ceiling/sky. |
| What is a high camera angle? | An angle that: makes the character seem powerless and small, shows a bit of the ground, and looks down at the character. |
| What is a canted/dutch camera angle? | An angle that: seems off balance/slanted, shows that something isn't right in the story, and shows that the character is weird/unbalanced/ confused. |
| What is an aerial camera angle? | An angle that: is shot from the sky, establishes setting/location, and shows the ground. |
| What is a point of view camera angle? | An angle that: shows a characters point of view, lets you see through a characters eyes, and may be accompanied with movement/breathing. |
| What is tracking? | The camera moving alongside a moving character. |
| What is panning? | The camera is moving while the character remains still. |
| What is zooming? | The camera moves towards the character/towards action (fights, etc) |
| What is Tilting? | The camera changes height (moves up and down). |
| What is dollying? | The camera is moving on wheels. |
| Objects have symbolic meanings based on: | What they are used for (e.g. knives are symbolic of death since they can be used to kill) Famous stories about them (e.g. snakes are symbols of deception because of the story of the Garden of Eden) |
| A character’s clothing, hair and make-up tells us about: | Their personality. How much money they have. The time period that they live in. The colours that a character wears can tell us is they are a good guy or a bad guy. |
| What does body language tell us? | Body language helps us figure out the mood of a scene as well as what characters are feeling. Body language includes: Posture Facial expressions Gestures |
| What does a story's setting show? | Setting is the location in which a story happens. The type of setting can set the mood and atmosphere. Setting includes other symbolic elements such as objects, and colour and lighting. |
| What does colour show us? | Colour is the most complicated and meaningful symbolic code. Each colour has its own meaning. There are set meanings for every colour but these can change depending on the film. |
| What does red connote? | Power, love, anger, danger, or violence |
| What does orange connote? | Warmth, sociability, exotic, friendliness, or happiness |
| What does yellow connote? | Sickness, madness, idyllic, insecurity, or obsession. |
| What does green connote? | Envy, nature, immaturity, ominous, corruption, or darkness. |
| What does blue connote? | Cold, isolation, cerebral, passivity, or melancholy. |
| What does Purple connote? | Fantasy, ethereal, eroticism, mystical, or illusory. |
| What does pink connote? | Innocence, sweetness, femininity, playful, empathy |
| What is a score? | Music that plays during a film, that sets the mood (upbeat or downbeat), and can be used to evoke emotions. |
| What is dialogue? | Speaking that occurs during a movie, conveys meaning and advances the plot, and can show you what a characters personality is. |
| What are sound effects? | Sound effects are the noises we hear in a film. The purpose of sound effects is to make the film seem realistic. Sound effects can also show us plot or explain a shot (e.g. breathing during a POV shot). |
| What is foley? | Foley means sound effects created on purpose by sound effects artists. Sometimes sound effects can’t be heard properly, so foley is added in afterwards. A popular foley technique is to use coconuts to sound like horses’ footsteps. |
| What are written codes? | Written codes refer to all of the writing in a film. This includes the title, subtitles, signs or even writing done by characters which is shown in the movie. |
| What are captions? | Captions are the sometimes called ‘subtitles’. They help us to understand what is happening in the film. The are useful when the characters are hard to understand or are speaking a different language. |