Storm Boy Movie Analysis

Movie Comparison
Wise. Dreamtime. Elder. Violence. Isolation. Addiction. These words represent some of the features of Aboriginal culture for the past two hundred years. Good evening everyone and it is an honour to commence an Australian Film representing Aboriginal culture and how both film interpret Aboriginal culture. Warwick Thornton Samson and Delilah, which was released in 2009 and Henri Safran Storm Boy, released in 1976, both invite their audience to view, how both movie represent Aboriginal culture in their own way. Exploiting the dramatic component of the Aboriginal cultural class, the director acquaint the gathering of people with youthful characters that represents the Aboriginal culture for as far back as two hundred years. Samson and Delilah are two Aboriginal adolescents who battle and take a stab at living harsh condition, as the director portrayed some of the negative side of Aboriginal culture. On the other hand, Storm Boy, is a film where the director depicts the Aboriginal individual and their way of life in positive point of view, for example, the wisdom and traditional culture of the old day. These two motion pictures together speaks to

the complete picture of both positive and negative aspects of Aboriginal culture and its people.

In Samson and Delilah, violence is represented through Delilah’s life, the isolated community of indigenous. In this scene Warwick the director wanted to create a dark and mysterious mood. Delilah gets attacked by her aunts and family for the loss of her nana. It is generally known that normal families support each other and always care for each other’s, although this is not the case, but where her family would punish Delilah for her lack of care towards her grandmother. This is joined with diegetic sounds and outfit to depict the feeling to anger and hatred where they have failed to care for the nana. Likewise in this scene where, the town’s exclusive phone is ringing. Nobody picks it up which shows, disengagement and separation from the outside world. This scene utilizes non-diegetic sounds, for example, a complete silence with just the telephone ringing which makes an anxious and strange feeling towards the group of audience. With the camera shot concentrated on the telephone which likewise demonstrate seclusion of the group. Furthermore, towards the end of the opening scene, the director got the actor to sniff petrol in the morning consolidated with brilliant cheerful non-diegetic sound which create, what is an Aboriginal youngster day by day propensities and what they see as ordinary. Despite the fact that the director portrays Samson as someone who is addicted to sniffing petrol, he additionally made the audience to feel like it was a typical normal Aboriginal thing to do.

In Storm Boy, wisdom is portrayed in this scene through the speech of the Aboriginal man, and also can interpret as dreamtime due to the fact for the famous Aboriginal story telling.

This scene the director included non-diegetic sound such as their traditional Aboriginal music which represent their wise and their culture. The director of this film also carefully chose an elder that could represent Aboriginal people and depict their knowledge and understanding of their land. Costumes plays an important role in this scene as what they are wearing as an equal person who lives in Australia. The Aborigines are wearing traditional clothes while the kid wears their type of clothes which demonstrate that everyone is equal. This relates back to the traditional wisdom and what people should do when encounter an

elder.

Warwick’s Samson and Delilah represents to the Australia Aboriginal everyday life, to be tranquil and its isolation, is then appeared to prevent wellbeing as appeared from Samson and Delilah’s way of life spoke to in the film. Storm Boy depicts the Aboriginal individual in a complete inverse manner, the director fortifies the possibility of shrewd Aboriginal older folks telling there well known dreamtime stories. The director effectively pass on these throughs by utilizing a careful plot and a scope of film procedures, for example, longshots and soundtracks.