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Walkout, Directed By Rob Sitch: An Authentic Australian Voice

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Good day everyone, I will explain how and why Australian text composers produce authentic Australian voices. What is the concept of voice, you wonder? The voices that are present in a text have the power to give “voice to the voiceless,” like the audience. Is compelled to listen and think about why writers have gone to such considerable lengths to ensure the voice of perspectives is heard! The Australian multifaceted reflects Australian ideals like mateship and the underdog voice. The fact that the Australian voice is recognisable contributes to its inclusion in the Australian identity. It is important to understand these voices because they steep various voices in our rich history, continually develop, and ultimately shape who we are today. …show more content…

Some people are more multicultural, while others are more focused on the Outback. It can differ depending on the perspective. The castle, which is directed by Rob Sitch, is about the quirky Kerrigan family, with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail is a few metres from an airport. When a building inspector uses it for airport expansion, the Kerrigan family and their lawyer will be in for a fight. The voice I chose for the castle was the marginalized and underdog voice. In Walkout, the director Nicolas Roeg gives a plot about two city-bred siblings who are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his walkabout, a ritual separation from his tribe. For this text, I chose the bushie voice. This helps the composers of Australian text to create authentic Australian …show more content…

Rob Sitch created a marginalised/underdog voice by using film techniques to his advantage, and in the movie, you can see that even though they are marginalised and have something in the way like a wall to overcome, they always have a positive attitude. Why does Rob Sitch try to create an authentic voice? He tries to create a marginalised voice because it makes a deep connection to the characters and adds suspense to the climax. This incorporates the underdog voice. A scene in the castle shows how they are being looked down upon by the court and gives you the feeling that the trio is inferior compared to who they are up against. Rob’s each used plenty of techniques to portray the voice of the battler, like angling the camera to represent the court looking down on them. The effect of all the techniques enhances the audience’s understanding immediately because you have a sudden reaction, and you can easily pick out which party is going to win. In another scene, they are all the victims of the airport expansion together in a room discussing how much it is to buy Dennis, who is the lawyer they marginalise in this scenario because they cannot afford a better lawyer than Dennis. There is a use of hyperbole because of how Darryl exaggerates how good Dennis is at being a lawyer, which later in the film proves to be incorrect. The effect is not immediate because, if you are experienced at buying lawyers, you would know

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