Language Identity and Culture
Language
Visual language (pictures, shots, colour)
Moon motif
Limited dialogue, lots of music
Cultures
White settler culture
Indigenous culture
House with fence around it- ownership of land
Possession vibe
Belonging to the land
Houses aren't destructive to the land- wooden
Lots of landscape shots
Colour and lighting
European music with the white settlers
Didgeridoos and drums indigenous
Identity
March in lines
Tracking- looking at details in the land
Rose
Memories of Emily
Harmonizing voices= moon, memories.
Lighting and colour changes when she remembers times with Emily
Desperation = reaches out to Albert
Jim
Protector of the family
Pride/in control
Albert's wife sings at the funeral
Role of women in reconciliation
Albert
Knowledge of land
"This land is me"
Excluded but wants to help
Rejected by Police and Society
Compassion
Emily
Waves at Albert's child
Foreshadows the future
Innocence
Purpose
Show the Indigenous knowledge
Lead to reconciliation
Loss of understanding of his own world