Picnic At Hanging Rock Psychology

The film revolves around the mysterious disappearance of 3 girls at Hanging Rock. Yet, although the film revolves around the disappearance, the film is not about the disappearance; the mystery remains unsolved. Instead, the film focuses on how the disappearance affects people associated with it and progress the film from what could have been a thriller or mystery into a deeply psychological drama.
Picnic at Hanging Rock’s dates its events to the year 1900. It sets them shortly before the foundation of the Federation of Australia with the country under English rule. It was filmed at hanging rock in the Macedon ranges in Australia, Victoria. It is also set at a boarding school called, Appleyard College some distance from the beginning town of

Appleyard. Mrs. Appleyard has always been tough on Sara to get her to obey. However, after the disappearances, when tension, panic, and uncertainty mount, the stress begins to get to Mrs. Appleyard and her toughness on Sara turns more into torture. Though these characters, Lindsay explores the biggest mystery of all: the way the mind operates under stress and chaos. It drove Mrs. Appleyard so insane she killed Sara. What we the audience learn from this theme is perhaps more curious than what happened so quickly to the women on Hanging Rock is how slowly and unconsciously the mind can

However, sleuths have pointed out that 14 February 1900, was a Wednesday when in the book it's said to be a Saturday.
Crane shot. A film technique used in the film is when we see the girls for the last time. It's one of the moments in which the director brilliantly weakens the film's realism with a creeping sense of the unexplainable. Edith, the young and geeky member of the group, watches her companions shuffle off like robots, as if they're being led by a supernatural force. The camera switches to a shaky crane shot as she screams – the rest of them never to be seen again. (Play video)
Colours/Lighting. The colour and lighting used in the film help builds atmosphere one detail and lingering shot at a time. The cluttered, shadowy interiors of the school contrast with the open spaces and welcoming sight of Appleyard College and hanging rock but still making neither feel like a safe place. Every moment feels designed to be unsettling, mysterious and full of secrecy which helps try to show what Lindsay was trying to display in her novel.