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What Are The Stereotypes In Red Dog

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Red Dog Film Analysis - Question 6

"The world is a funny place, no? Sometimes you pick your dog. Sometimes your dog picks you." This quote by Vanno emphasizes the true love, friendship and connection between a man and a mans best friend during the famous movie, Red Dog. Red Dog is an Australian film released in 2011 based on the numerous stories of a real-life red kelpie dog that lived in northern West Australia during the 1970s that unified a dissimilar local society while wandering the Australian outback in pursuit of his long lost master. Red Dog found his way into the hearts of everybody he meets, bringing people together, certain find love and others find themselves. The film was produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan and directed by …show more content…

The characters in the film are how Australians really are. The characters are examples of stereotypical Australians. The men are tough, big and buff, they are hard working beer-drinking men. When the workers are not working they are usually at the pub. It’s a small community where everyone knows each other and it’s like a family. They have good humour and can insult each other without taking real offence. They reflect the attitude of Australians in their way of language and how they say things. They use colloquial language, slang and joke around with each other. Many Australians do this today also. They are a multicultural society, which is exactly what Australia is. People from all around the world are characters in this movie. They also drink lots of beer, appear rough and are dirty and grimy. One of the characters, Peeto, has a feminine side, which is ironic because he is portrayed as a rough manly man. The clothes that the men wear are singlets, short shorts and boots. The women wear dresses. They wear clothes that keep them cool, giving the viewers an understanding that the weather in Australia is harsh, dry and …show more content…

This shows that Pilbara is a very desert-like and country land. The film uses under shots to make viewers feel small and over shots to make the viewer feel big. An undershot in the movie is when the men place bets on how fast Red Dog can eat. This makes us feel intimidated and scared and small. Over the shoulder shots are used when characters are talking and close-ups on the faces when they are talking. This lets viewers see the reactions and expressions on the characters face when listening and talking. Medium shots are used to show viewers a bigger area of the targeted character. Long shots are used to show the character and where they are. It shows viewers the landscape and gives people an idea of where the character is at that point of time. Close up shots are used to focus on the characters face and to show emotions in detail. This is especially needed in a movie like Red Dog because you have a character who cant speak and the only way to show his reactions is through facial expressions and body language. Eye level Angle is used to show things in the characters perspective at their eye level hence the name. It's really good for what they call a real life affect. This is an example of Red Dogs view its good to see how big it looks to

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