Rabbit-proof fence Sequence description

Set in Australia in 1931, Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the story of a government policy that required children that were half white and half aboriginal to be taken from their homes by authorities to be trained to work as servants for the whites. This is based on a true story about three young girls who decided to escape from this training facility and they used Australia’s long stretches of rabbit-proof fences (the longest fence in the world designed to control the rabbit plague) as their guide to make the long jo

As they make their run for the fence the camera cuts between the oldest and younger girls back and fourth. The camera zooms in on the girl as a slow-motion shot takes place. This effect was probably done to show the detail of the girl’s emotions as she runs toward the fence that she traveled so long to find. When she reaches the fence she immediately puts her hands on it and then looks down the fence as far as she could see. Immediately after, there is a cross-cut showing the mother of this girl touching the same fence; only the portion she is touching is hundreds of miles away. The mother puts her hands directly on the barbs of the fence probably reflecting on the pain she is feeling not knowing if her children are safe. There is cutting back and fourth between the children’s and mother’s hands rocking the fence. They then show the face of the mother looking out down the fence; as if it were an eyeline match, they show the girls looking in the mother’s direction. As if they both know they will see each other again, they smile with an optimistic expression.

Centered in the middle of the screen and standing very tall with the camera sitting very low, the woman has coats in her hands and she throws them towards the camera. This must be another ellipsis since she had only walked out of the house with a tray just a while ago. As the three girls put on their coats, they look back at the woman without saying “thank you,” but with the expressions on their faces, they didn’t have to. They set off from this unusually green land, and made their way towards the unforgiving Australian outback with the food and clothing they were given. There is a gap in action when we see the girls walking though a landscape that looks much dryer and browner than the previous. The camera follows behind them and a tracking shot is used to make a full circle around the characters while showing the deep-space cinematography that is being used. All of the planes in this shot really compliment the size and openness of Australia’s landscape.

Again we see another cross-cut back to the girls in the desert and the very first shot we see is two different planes of action. In front is the oldest girl leading the way, and a few meters behind are the two younger girls walking together. This is a selective focus shot because the character in front is in focus while the other two are not. The girl starts looking around and there is a cut scanning the la

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