Rabbit Proof Fence Abduction Scene Analysis

The Director, Phillip Noyce represents Aboriginal people much more sympathetically than he represents Europeans by using a range of technical and symbolic codes such as colour, camera angles and shots, auditory devices and symbols. This codes can be seen in the Abduction scene, Arrival at Moore river, Mr Neville’s says No and the scene where Mr Neville signs the papers for the girl’s removal.
The technical codes and symbols used in the abduction scene of the Rabbit-Proof-Fence effectively help represent the Aboriginal people as powerless, thus, the audience will feel more sympathetic towards them. The first technique used was the dreadful camel noise, which is a diegetic sound. This builds tension in the scene and notifies the audience that something bad is about to happen. Furthermore, when the Abductor runs over the wire on the ground, the Aboriginal people were alerted and curious about what was happening. The facial expressions used by the parents of the girls shows that they were distressed and …show more content…
This scene uses technical and symbolic codes to help emphasis the point that the children are powerless, thus, the audience sympathises for them. The constant noise of the animals and bugs in the background represent that they are secluded from society and any populated area. The director has used a vast number of camera angles and shots. He used long shots to create the illusion that the white people are superior, while he used low angle shots to supress the audience to think that the Aboriginal people are inferior to the white people. In this scene, all the Aboriginal half-casts are wearing white gowns, this represents that they are innocent. Meanwhile Mr Neville is wearing a black suit, this represents he is in a high position and is superior to the girls, thus, evoking the audience to not sympathise for the