techniques Flashcards
albert and jim singing ‘this land is my land, this land is me’
close up
albert and jim walking in separate directions
positioning-symbolism
rose closing the window
symbolism
jim-‘this land is mine’
albert-‘this land is me’
quote
irish music and dijaridoo
contrast
albert sad about not being allowed to find Emily when he knows how to find her
close up-facial expression-body language
rose finding albert in Emily’s room
close up
‘get out!’ -rose
imperative language
‘what do you know?’
voice over
clouds of sorrow
imagery
what do you know? what do you see?
rhetorical question
‘I promise I will find her’
dialogue
rose and Emily running around and chasing each other
flashback
moon-time passing
symbolism
disconnection between rose and jim compared to how they were at the start (holding hands)
contrast
rose- seeking albert’s help- becoming desperate
characterisation
‘is the black tracker here?’
tone/language
fence/gate-owns the land-white culture independent owns property
symbolism
rose’s dream of black and white hand
symbolism
rose sitting down, albert looking for Emily’s trace
positioning/contrast
jim drinking- depression
camera cuts to home
albert returning Emily, handing her body to jim
irony
jim’s face staring at albert
close up
albert and his wife standing in front at Emily’s funeral
positioning-symbolism
‘I will have no blacks on my land’
close up
‘please jim let him help us’- begging jim to allow albert to look for Emily
close up
allman- ‘albert is the best tracker we’ve got, this is his land, he knows it the best’
characterisation
