Mod 2 Adaptation studies Flashcards
What are the pieces of evidence for paragraph 1: generator scene/ Lucy wakes up?
Book:
“And the boy- the boy follows the strongest current.”
“She looks across at M and smiles- how? Lovingly? Could it be lovingly? A mothery smile.” (M’S CHARACTER)
Film:
- “Hey little girl is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone?” -Bruce Springsteen- I’m on fire
Film critique:
“The cinematography via Robert Humphreys is excellent, as is the use of music in a handful of scenes.”- Nicholas Bell- Ioncinema
Micellaneous~
- M let Lucy hug him and hugs her back
- Gesture of turning music off→ end of dreams for Lucy
- Lights turn on→ symbolizing new hope
- wears Jarrah’s coverall-> takes up his role in the family
What are the pieces of evidence for paragraph 2: Martin kills tiger?
Book:
“What he is seeing is both beautiful and terrible at the same time… there is no way he will miss this shot… knowing that he is a killer, and that he, too, will be killed.”
“She is more than an animal to him, more than a wallaby or pademelon, and he observes her body as he would the body of a friend laid out in the morgue.”
Environmentalism: *impregnation
Film:
- tiger at higher position than martin, tiger in open(vulnerable)
- looks back, lowers head (conform)→ unlike film
- sound of gunshot and Martin’s actions being the only sound
- Martin cries, begging gesture
- Leaves in mist, carrying tiger
Critique:
”The film was incapable of making a decision about it whether it wishes to focus on the mind games between man and nature or the more obviously human drama around the edges”- Jim Ross, TAKE ONE Magazine*
What are the pieces of evidence for paragraph 3: Martin on cliff with thyla’s ashes, Martin reunites with Bike?
Book:
“Mention of the Armstrongs is now as foreign to M as mention of another planet… only Bike is real to him, Bike- the boy who counts.”
“Small holds in his palm for all to see a gleaming little white block of quartzite… he tosses the rock into the grass so that it tumbles over and over… the three of them watch it disappear.”
Meaning: helps prevent you from slipping back to your old state after you undergo any uplifting change
Film:
- landscape shot
- throws ash (most, not all, some still in bottle) symbolizing his connection to family
- “I’m going to see the sights”
- looking at each other, hugging (non-verbal communication
critique:
“There is a strange beauty and quiet majesty in its closing scenes… these are complicated emotions that are tough to have stirred up.”
What are the 5 terms to describe add/lose of content in hypertext?
Generator scene~
Retained
Transformed
Invented
Deleted
Supplemented
What is expected in the thriller genre of The Hunter?
- numerous, often overlapping, subgenres
- characterized and defined by the moods they elicit
What is the Tasmanian gothic genre?
- images of mysterious figures
- crumbling mansions
- supernatural forces
What are the themes/ ideas in The Hunter?
- Environmentalism
- ## Small town prejudice
Describe the structure and style of The Hunter.
Structure:
- First part: gradually reveal mission, called back to Sydney.
Second part: returns to revisit family, not to hunt the tiger
Style:
- present tense, third-person, subjective voice
- based on M’s experience, readers need to keep track of to understand Leigh’s meaning
What is the synopsis of The Hunter?
The Hunter is a psychological drama set in the
contemporary Tasmanian wilderness about a mercenary’s
search for the last living Tasmanian tiger (or ‘thylacine’). Where he is drawn into not only a dramatic search for the tiger and at the same time his empathy for the family.
deepens.
Intro to text
Julia Leigh, 1999
Daniel Nettheim, 2011
Context of The Hunter
- Leigh: 1999
- Nettheim: 2011
- Tasmanian wilderness in Australia
- context of species extinction and conservation efforts
- issues of illegal logging (real world)
- protests over the proposed damming of the
Franklin River in the 1980s
What is Daniel Nettheim’s intention for the film?
Daniel Nettheim said The Hunter was intended
as a contemporary take on the traditional
‘adventure in the wilderness’ genre. His aim was
to show the landscape’s “beauty and poetry”
in a way that didn’t need to be explained.
What meaning does M’s obsession with the tiger show?
highlights that if given the chance, we will repeat history and continue to dominate and control.
How does Julia Leigh’s writing fit the Australian gothic genre?
- developed a dark and wild landscape to add to her depiction of the flaws of human condition
- presented the nature as silent and vulnerable to further develop the controlling role of mankind
- the thylacine figure being extinct and not extinct crosses boundaries between past and now, fits gothic genre
What are some film techniques used in The Hunter?
- Filming under overcast conditions- avoiding full sunlight
- wildlife to reinforce Tasmanian context
- close-up shots of environment
- time-lapse
