Culture Clash

A major example of the two cultures clashing is when Mr A. O. Neville checks children at moor river to see how faire their skin is. This show a major rivalry between two races. Also when Molly is in bed, her dialogue is "Bad place, make me sick, sick, make me sick." In the film, along with this dialogue in a montage of Molly's thoughts, this includes Mr A. O. Neville, a white policeman, A staff member a moor river and Moodoo, who works for the white. These are all enemies of Molly, daisy and gracie, then, next in the montage comes the spirit bird. The way that this montage is set out, having the spirit bird at the end, shows Molly's determination and strength, this is also the turning point in the story when Molly decides to run away from moor river. Another way that a clash between cultures is depicted in this film is by film techniques. Using low angle shots of the white, and high angle shots of the aborigines evokes strength towards one race and weakness towards the other. Another film technique used is tracking. tracking creates the idea of some one being chased, and also gives the idea of weakness in some situations. The main idea of this film, I think is a traditional lifestyle or race vs a very modernized lifestyle or race, and how one race have had to adapt to another way of life.