A Day in the Life of Phillip NoyceThe Close Study of a Scene

Rabbit Proof Fence- Amy Faithfull

The first shot after the introduction to The Outback will be of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Be-cause this film is set in the 1930s, it will be incredibly difficult for there to be a street that has remained un-changed since then,

so instead I would like a backdrop pained of the street. The build-ings should be mostly in shadow, demonstrating the contrast be-tween the bright and happy outback, to the gloomy, orderly city. I want the streets lined with vintage cars and people dressed authen-tically. The noise in the background should be the noise of a bustling city; cars, factories, and miscellanies sounds. “Perth, West-ern Australia” will be printed across the screen, to let the viewers know what city they’ve been transported into. This should just be a long shot captured at eye level.

I want a shot the clearly states Neville’s position, so that it won’t have to be verbalized throughout the film. I want this shown in a letter addressed clearly to the Chief Protector or Abo-riginals. The letter should also contain information about Molly, Daisy and

Gracie and where they live. The camera shall film the letter, and then move down the desk toward A.O Neville and a report being written authorizing the removal of Molly and her sisters. This is where the date should be noticeable.

A fountain pen should be visible, and the scratching on parchment should be clearly audible. I want the bells of church to be heard in the background. This will highlight the contrast between the Aborig-inals way of life, and the European’s. They should both be extreme

close shots.I want a close-up of Mr Neville himself so that the audience have a view of who they’re dealing with. He will be neat, tidy and prim; dressed well in his three-piece suit, clean shaven and with his hair combed back. The scratching of his fountain pen will continue, because he is still writing the report

about Molly, Gracie and Daisy.

Neville’s secre-tary shall be be an orderly woman who

isn’t dressed too extrava-gantly, but more “practically”.

This shot will also exhibit Neville’s office in a subtle manor. It will be dark and gloomy and full of boring items, such as filing cabinets. She will carry with her files of different Aboriginals who wish for per-mission for things such as seeing their child at a settlement, or buy-ing a new pair of shoes. This will be a medium shot at eye level, and later a low angle shot showing a different position of the room.

This shot will be of both Neville and his secretary. It will show the layout of the office and the neat piles of paper, Neville’s huge desk, the filing cabinets and a map of Western Australia. The floors will be polished wood, which will relay an image of the neat and disciplined Europeans. The door to Neville’s office should be open, displaying other areas of work.

I want a different angle of Neville’s office, which will show more filing cabinets and more shadows. I want people to know that Neville is a very metic-ulous and organized, and this can be demon-strated by the neat piles of files on his desk and the lack of clutter

you might find in other offices. He will still be writing the report au-thorizing the removal of Molly, Gracie and Daisy.

I want to try to capture the unhappiness of Aboriginals who’ve tried to adapt to the European ways. They should be dressed in Eu-ropean cloth-ing and be act-ing orderly. They will be waiting to ask permission to marry, have children, see your children that have been taken away, or even just to buy a house. This would make any person uncomfortable; being in a place that isn’t your home, dressing in a way you’re not used to, and asking permission for things you’ve always thought of as a basic human right. I want these people to be full of sorrow, and perhaps comforting each other. This shot will be after a brief explanation of their circum-stances buy Neville’s secretary. This will be a medium shot.

This last view of Neville will be a low angle close-up. I want him to be holding up his reports authoriz-ing the removal of Molly, Gracie and Daisy, as if he is dry-ing the ink. He will be speaking with his sec-retary, which means

his facial expressions will be changing and because it is such a close shot, we will have a clear view of the changes. This shot will reinforce the image created of Neville; an neat well organized man who believes he is doing what is best for the Aboriginals, even if ev-eryone else knows that what he’s doing is wrong. It will be gloomy, like the rest of the scene, which will trigger subconscious opinions of shadows equalling untrustworthy of boring environments.