One Night The Moon Analysis

“One Night The Moon” a film directed by Rachel Perkins explores some of the universal themes such as Power, distinctive voices, and racism to demonstrate how they define society. Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech addressing similar themes demonstrates how much the Australian attitude changed since the setting of One Night The Moon and how abused the power of the government truly was. Perkins use of camera shots along with Rudd’s factual and emotional words brings both texts to life.
Settings can change and shape the moods of certain experiences. In the opening scene of One Night The Moon the audience is introduced to a confronting, wide, long shot of a family riding through out back Australia on a horse and cart. The family rides past an indigenous …show more content…
In a search scene Jim and the search group set out in a long line stomping over the land trying to control the voice of the land rather than listening to it. The camera shows a long distance shot of the wide line. Albert again walks more freely, listens to the voice of the land and knows that he could find the little missing little girl given the chance. The two men begin singing “This land is mine” Jim sings “they won’t take it away from me” and means it materially. He legally owns the land and doesn’t was someone to take his power and ownership away Albert is singing the same line and means that they won’t take his culture and connection with the land away. Rose, Jim’s wife, eventually listens to her conscience and asks for Albert’s help.
Both text explore the power of voices. Given the power, Albert could have found the little girl alive. Jim had distanced himself so much from the land that he had no connection with it and could never have found the child. Kevin Rudd expresses how wrong the voice of authority had been. One Night The Moon and Kevin Rudd’s speech successfully demonstrate themes and distinctive voices in the text . They achieve this through character development, film techniques, mature dialogue and