This article explores Campion’s film ‘The Piano’ as a text that crosses a number of genres, including melodrama, romance, road film, woman’s film, and which is gothic in its style. Gillard and Sharp discuss the film in the light of what we know about suc
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Maryrose Casey recounts the Mabo decision which legally set aside the notion of terra nullius, and the reaction against the decision by politicians, leaders from the mining industry, financiers and media commentators, many of whom sought to label indigeno
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In the wake of the furore over Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ Avril Alba examines the portrayal of religions and religious belief in film, and the issues that arise when teaching such films in the classroom. Using ‘The Passion of the Christ’ as
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A Film as Text on Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot (2000). Looks at how the film links self-acceptance with the struggle for acceptance from others, and how it uses motifs of landscape, movement and music to construct notions of self.
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‘“Shakespeare in Love” not only considers and stimulates the desire to perform but tells us something of the nature of that desire. In Viola, Will and company, the act of performance is something which stimulates desire and fans passion. Within the munda
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The article discusses the undertaking of an animation project by the students at Meadow Primary School, South Australia. ‘Australia - The Encounter’ is a six minute animation that depicts different aspects of Matthew Flinders’ voyage to Australia, from bo
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This study guide features activities and discussion points for exploring Ivan Sen’s ‘Beneath Clouds’, with particular emphasis on the way the film uses characterization and setting to explore its themes of adolescent and Indigenous identity.
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‘Reality TV supposedly placed ‘ordinary’ people in ‘extraordinary’ situations and allows other people (including the crew) to watch them react. It supposedly provides a microcosm of social interaction. This is really the ultimate signifier of alienat...
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‘Of particular interest to teachers and students of Australian Studies, Australian History, Social Education and Media Studies, ‘Blood Oath’ reconstructs the Australian war crimes trials against the Japanese following WW2 and is loosely based on hist...
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‘When viewing a film there are two reactions to take note of: the way a film makes you feel and the way a film makes you think. A great film makes you experience powerful emotions, while helping you to think beyond just the scope of the cinematic experie
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‘From the bush to the city, Aboriginal people have used country music to tell their stories of life and the struggle for justice ... Buried Country traces six decades of this rich tradition. What emerges is not only a poignant record of Indigenous Au...
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In this article, Jane Mills deconstructs Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ and Amy Hecklering’s ‘Clueless’ within the context of the NSW HSC Advanced English Module A Elective 1: Students choose a pair of texts and consider the ways in which transformations generate
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‘Nundle is a small town with a population of about 300 in a shire of 1392 residents, distributed over 615 square miles (the smallest shire in NSW). Until recently Nundle’s most notable association with films had been in 1968 as the shooting location for a
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A discussion of the treatment of ‘adult’ themes in what is essentially a programme made for and targeted towards children and young people. Includes sections on working with ‘Dawson’s Creek’ in the classroom and an analysis of patterns and continuiti...
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A study of the political and historical issues surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, and the ways in which the event has been interpreted by historians and by Hollywood, most recently in Michael Bay’s 2001 film ‘Pearl Harbour’....
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‘Dreamtime to Dance’ is a four part series that takes the viewer behind the scenes of NAISDA (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association), the Sydney-based dance college for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Students.
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This is the second in a two part series. In this article Mark Nicholls expands on earlier themes of shedding illusions, the law and mitigation, good citizenship and friendship and Oedipal desire.
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Based on his internationally-produced play, ‘Speaking in Tongues’, Andrew Bovell describes his screenplay, ‘Lantana’, as ‘part mystery, part thriller and part journey through the labyrinth of life’. Directed by Ray Lawrence and influenced by multi-narrat
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A study guide on the documentary ‘Least Said, Soonest Mended’, which explores the meaning of family and motherhood. ‘“Least Said, Soonest Mended” explores true events in the life of one family, events that were never discussed over thirty-five years....
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Rob Wellington writes about the production history and features of the interactive CD, ‘Mabo: The Native Title Revolution’, which he co-produced and co-directed with Film Australia....
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