Red Dog Film Analysis - Question 6
"The world is a funny place, no? Sometimes you pick your dog. Sometimes your dog picks you." This quote by Vanno emphasizes the true love, friendship and connection between a man and a mans best friend during the famous movie, Red Dog. Red Dog is an Australian film released in 2011 based on the numerous stories of a real-life red kelpie dog that lived in northern West Australia during the 1970s that unified a dissimilar local society while wandering the Australian outback in pursuit of his long lost master. Red Dog found his way into the hearts of everybody he meets, bringing people together, certain find love and others find themselves. The film was produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan and directed by
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The characters in the film are how Australians really are. The characters are examples of stereotypical Australians. The men are tough, big and buff, they are hard working beer-drinking men. When the workers are not working they are usually at the pub. It’s a small community where everyone knows each other and it’s like a family. They have good humour and can insult each other without taking real offence. They reflect the attitude of Australians in their way of language and how they say things. They use colloquial language, slang and joke around with each other. Many Australians do this today also. They are a multicultural society, which is exactly what Australia is. People from all around the world are characters in this movie. They also drink lots of beer, appear rough and are dirty and grimy. One of the characters, Peeto, has a feminine side, which is ironic because he is portrayed as a rough manly man. The clothes that the men wear are singlets, short shorts and boots. The women wear dresses. They wear clothes that keep them cool, giving the viewers an understanding that the weather in Australia is harsh, dry and …show more content…
This shows that Pilbara is a very desert-like and country land. The film uses under shots to make viewers feel small and over shots to make the viewer feel big. An undershot in the movie is when the men place bets on how fast Red Dog can eat. This makes us feel intimidated and scared and small. Over the shoulder shots are used when characters are talking and close-ups on the faces when they are talking. This lets viewers see the reactions and expressions on the characters face when listening and talking. Medium shots are used to show viewers a bigger area of the targeted character. Long shots are used to show the character and where they are. It shows viewers the landscape and gives people an idea of where the character is at that point of time. Close up shots are used to focus on the characters face and to show emotions in detail. This is especially needed in a movie like Red Dog because you have a character who cant speak and the only way to show his reactions is through facial expressions and body language. Eye level Angle is used to show things in the characters perspective at their eye level hence the name. It's really good for what they call a real life affect. This is an example of Red Dogs view its good to see how big it looks to
The director mainly used eye level shots, to leave it up to the audience to judge the two main characters of the movie, although certain power struggles in the film are shown from high angles to illustrate someone dominating a conversation or argument. Figgis also uses some point of view shots to show the imbalance during Ben’s drunken periods where the camera is placed at an oblique angle to show tension and approaching movements. The images in the film are in high contrast with streaks of blackness and harsh shafts of light to underline the dramatic events that occur.
Ladies and gentlemen of the captive audience, I proudly present to you the awe-inspiring Australian film by Baz Luhrmann, Australia. There have been many films like Australia who try to capture how life was when Indigenous Australians were forced into missions and how Australians treated each other in many different ways like ‘The Rabbit Proof Fence’, but no other film I have ever seen has captured the relationships, landscapes and racism of Australia than our very own film, Australia. Starring Hugh Jackman as Drover, Nicole Kidman as Lady Ashley and Brandon Walters as Nullah, the 2008 film Australia was set between the years 1939 and 1942 against a number of dramatized events across the northern parts of Australia some of which include the
His display of what is going on has many features that show’s what being Australia is like with the hard work and the under fed people and dogs and typical Australian desert like background.
The stylised poster of Crocodile Dundee constructs the identity of Australian men as being brave, gritty morally bound macho men who fill the roles of being the protectors of women and conquerors of the universe as man has always been. Paul Hogan is the central focus who represents the supposedly typical Australian man. Linda Kozlowski plays the supporting element in which she is the link between the rest of the world and Australia. The city skyline is the final element which brings the poster together for an immediate understanding for the viewer because it acts as a framing device for the couple. From a modernist point of view in a post-feminist era, viewers can agree with its ideas and Australians especially enjoy our depiction of a
"This week we know what Australia looks like. This week Australia is a boy in a hood in a cell. This week Australia is Aboriginal boys tear gassed, locked down and beaten. These are the images on our television screens. The boys who look like my boys.” (Mitchell, 2016).
Some people, particularly from foreign countries, perceive Australians as typically beaten white bush folk who have Kangaroos as friends, exclaiming the word ‘mate’ after every sentence. This common stereotype is completely misinterpreted. For one, our nation is the eye of multiculturalism. Australia is home to countless languages, with various ethnicities originating from some two hundred countries. It is undeniable that, as you walk through the Brisbane mall or better yet the Bundaberg CBD, there are distinctive racial groups that immerse themselves within our culture. This, in consequence, subconsciously creates our identity. Despite that possibly being indefinite, we certainly are not a hound of Aussie mutts that quench for the outback.
‘They’re a weird mob’ is a 1966 satirical movie telling the story of Nino Culotta, an Italian immigrant arriving Australia with the promise of a job at his cousin’s magazine allows the director to play with the Australian Slang and portrays Australia as protective of the influences of the other countries, and a nation desperate to create its own identity. It observes Australia through an outsider’s perspective and pokes fun at the local customs. As the film happens amid of White Australia Policy, the film is filled with racism, geographic differences and religion. The movie ridicules the migrants’ culture and satire is used to alienate them as they are not made to feel welcomed if they can’t assimilate with the Australian culture. The satire
The film depicts the Australian landscape in both positive and negative lights, fully capturing the essence of the setting in its dramatic format. The film portrays the Australian outback as an unknown land of
Many homeless people have dogs which are their strength and only friend in a time of need when society has turned its back on them, these dogs are well taken care of most of the time, and have a healthy state, but both the owner and pet, don't have a roof under their heads making this hard for them, but having a dog in a time of need makes them safe and protected since the dog loves its owner unconditionally.
Dogs tend to tilt their heads when they see or hear something new to them. Even viral social media videos are able to capture this adorably odd canine behavior. It may look too cute that may make you go “awww”, but there is more to it than we think it is.
Focusing on the racial aspects of this filmic adaption, Buckle categorising the characters “unlikeable” could’ve easily been justified. Why are they unlikeable? They are representative of a dominant culture, and of the power play that necessitates assimilation into it, without criticism. These characters are present in order to dissect the experience of classism in 1970s Australia, but do nothing to examine and evaluate the polarities in experience between Anglos and non-Anglos, aside from having Elizabeth scoff at Whitlam’s speech and slight allusions to Lotte’s
This is one of the major events in the movie. The fact that the red Dog behaves like a human being makes this film to be more interesting. The barking of the dog and its behaviour makes the movie natural and demonstrate what really happens in the real world. The film seems to be natural, but funnier and allowing laughter (Dog, 2012, 40). The part where the caretaker tries to shoot the Red Dog and was rescued by Nancy, as well as John’s friends makes the audience to wake up from laughter because the Red Dog and the caretaker’s cat engages into a battle which results to friendship between them.
Their family life is always unsure of every day and they are forced to make a change to their culture. Told with honest emotion, director Philip Noyce creates a journey for these girls through the outback where we are captivated by the beauty of freedom. The natural sounds of animals, wind, rain and other music adds to the mystical feeling of the journey, carrying us with them. Along the way, we come across many generous humans and the openly opposite who are blind racists. This movie displays the diverse group of settlers in Australia, not all were ignorant, but most peoples were repressed and were forced to abide by the harsh cultured laws they had no choice
Summer, in Australia is a large part to the customs that happens in Australian homes. As temperature can reach up to 40°, the common events in the summertime are to go to the beach, suffering and playing sports such as cricket, beach volley, water sport etc. As Australia is geographical surrounded by oceans, 82% of Australia’s live within 50km of the coast. A major part of the Australian culture is their relaxed attitude that is seen through daily actives. The society is causal. Hanging out with family
The level of thinking and perception of every individual is different from the other and they have the guts and abilities to use their thinking and perception for the sake of their country and entity as well. Stereotypes are a kind of error in terms of thinking and perception in which people have a different level of thinking against an individual or a specific community. There are number of stereotypes which foreigners usually hold about Australians and among them some of them are, Punctual, Rude and Egoists are some of them. The main reason behind holding and having these stereotypes is the attitudes and cultures which have been seen in the sports in which Australian players have rude behaviors with the other players playing in the other eleven. In terms of foreign cultures, the three stereotypes we have are trustworthy, loyal and dedicated (Damien McLoughlin, 2010).