In the film Samson and Delilah directed by
Warwick Thornton. The idea to show the Australian society and the world the
realities of life of young aborigines living in Australia is shown through the
visual techniques cinematography, props, and make-up.
Thornton uses the visual technique cinematography to shoe the dislocation of Samson from his own society and culture. In the film there’s a scene where Samson is on a hill looking down at his village. Samson’s dislocation from the village is clearly highlighted through a big shot take from a high angle. It shows Samson’s point of view looking down at the village emphasizing his resentment. Then there is a mid-shot of Samson by himself sniffing a can petrol while looking at his village showing that he is an outcast. After that there is a long shot of Samson walking away from his village and the camera shoeing rejection towards his society. These three shots show the effect of Samson’s dislocation towards his culture and how he feels towards his culture and how he feels towards his own society.
The reality of the dislocation that young aborigines experience towards their culture is shown through the visual technique props. The opening scene of the film is Samson waking up and sniffing a can of petrol. This is the first prop we associate with him and is thereafter constantly seen with it. He’s addiction to petrol results in him not noticing when Delilah gets run over. He does not hear the tire screech as the car was approaching Delilah, he didn’t hear the impact of the accident. Samson just kept on walking on walking while sniffing bottle of petrol. Thornton uses props (bottle of petrol) to show the audience the dislocation Samson experiences towards his culture and everything else.
Thornton uses the visual technique of make-up to show the idea of constant violence being a reality of life on the streets of Alice Springs for young aborigines. After Delilah gets kidnapped, she returns to the bridge where Samson is. There is along shot of Delilah looking at Samson. Then there is a mid-shot of Delilah showing that she has been severely beaten up. Her face is bruised, swollen and bloody. Make-up such as prosthetics, blush, eyeliner and stage blood is used to create what looks like a severely bashed up face. This shows the violence Delilah has been through in Alice Springs. By using make-up Thornton clearly shows the violence on the streets of Alice Springs.
In conclusion the visual techniques used to show the realties of life of young aborigines are cinematography, props and make-up. Thornton used these techniques and more to show the world and Australia what aborigines actually go through in their daily lives, the neglect from their families, the violence on the streets and what some young aborigines result to which is substance abuse. Thornton wanted show the people in Australia what was hidden, what they didn’t know; I think the way that Warwick Thornton showed the life of a young aborigine was really effective.
Thornton uses the visual technique cinematography to shoe the dislocation of Samson from his own society and culture. In the film there’s a scene where Samson is on a hill looking down at his village. Samson’s dislocation from the village is clearly highlighted through a big shot take from a high angle. It shows Samson’s point of view looking down at the village emphasizing his resentment. Then there is a mid-shot of Samson by himself sniffing a can petrol while looking at his village showing that he is an outcast. After that there is a long shot of Samson walking away from his village and the camera shoeing rejection towards his society. These three shots show the effect of Samson’s dislocation towards his culture and how he feels towards his culture and how he feels towards his own society.
The reality of the dislocation that young aborigines experience towards their culture is shown through the visual technique props. The opening scene of the film is Samson waking up and sniffing a can of petrol. This is the first prop we associate with him and is thereafter constantly seen with it. He’s addiction to petrol results in him not noticing when Delilah gets run over. He does not hear the tire screech as the car was approaching Delilah, he didn’t hear the impact of the accident. Samson just kept on walking on walking while sniffing bottle of petrol. Thornton uses props (bottle of petrol) to show the audience the dislocation Samson experiences towards his culture and everything else.
Thornton uses the visual technique of make-up to show the idea of constant violence being a reality of life on the streets of Alice Springs for young aborigines. After Delilah gets kidnapped, she returns to the bridge where Samson is. There is along shot of Delilah looking at Samson. Then there is a mid-shot of Delilah showing that she has been severely beaten up. Her face is bruised, swollen and bloody. Make-up such as prosthetics, blush, eyeliner and stage blood is used to create what looks like a severely bashed up face. This shows the violence Delilah has been through in Alice Springs. By using make-up Thornton clearly shows the violence on the streets of Alice Springs.
In conclusion the visual techniques used to show the realties of life of young aborigines are cinematography, props and make-up. Thornton used these techniques and more to show the world and Australia what aborigines actually go through in their daily lives, the neglect from their families, the violence on the streets and what some young aborigines result to which is substance abuse. Thornton wanted show the people in Australia what was hidden, what they didn’t know; I think the way that Warwick Thornton showed the life of a young aborigine was really effective.
