Discuss the way one or more groups of Australians are represented in film and to what extent this representation reflects wider social attitudes. Refer to at least one feature film you have studied.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:12:25
Category: / History / European History
Length: 5 pages (1312 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 5 pages (1312 words)
The representation of certain groups of Australians in film does to some extent reflect wider social attitudes. The extent of the truth in these representations is obtainable in Japanese Story made in 2003 and mostly set in the outback of Western Australia and Sunday too Far Away, also set in Australia but made in the 70's. Both Australian films construct representations of Australian women that do, to some extent, reflect social attitudes in Australia, while Sunday …
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…context in which both films were made in is evident in the fact that if both films were released at different time periods, the representations of both the Australian groups would not provide a true reflection of the social attitudes. But the representations presented in films might not be affected by the perceived social attitudes but might also be affected by the people involved in producing the film as in the case of Japanese Story.
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