Gendered Voice In One Night The Moon

Good morning/afternoon/evening/day to you all, I am honoured to be here in front of all of you today, at the Australian Film Institute, in front of many respected and hard-working English teachers. I appreciate the effort for all of you to come here and for us to discuss distinctive voices in the film that I directed, ‘One Night the Moon’. My purpose in directing and releasing the film ‘One Night the Moon’ is to highlight the systematic discrimination and racism inflicted upon Aboriginal people and minorities and its negative effect on our society. In the film ‘One Night the Moon’, there are several voices that helps draw the viewers into the experiences of others and allow different perspectives to be explored in my film.

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Throughout my film I wanted to include gendered voices to see different perspectives between the genders. Throughout the film, ‘One Night the Moon’, the male and female voice has influenced the characters decisions and the outcomes as a result. The female gendered voice, mainly portrayed by Rose. Throughout the film her voice has been largely ignored or suppressed, but her decision to reach Albert without her husband knowing, led to the discovery of Emily’s corpse. This is shown through the utilisation of music and song to represent the emotions of a person. In scene five, after Rose confronts Albert who entered her house without her knowledge, sits back down to do her crocheting, with the song in the background “What do you know?” by M Hannan, D Hannan, P Kelly and K Carmody. The last line of the first verse is ‘What do you know?, What do you see?’ Rhetorical Question is utilised to evoke the sudden epiphany that Albert may have knowledge that maybe Rose or Jim might not have. The non - diegetic sound and the soft front light shows Rose’s gaining curiosity about finding out about what happened to Emily and her fear of discovering something that could devastate her. As we all know, every parent cares for their child, no matter what. No difference here with Rose. The other gendered voice, that had a subtle but a major impact was the voice of Albert’s wife. I decided not to give her a name in the film, not
Spiritual voices through the passionate views of the land from Albert and Jim, the cultured voice shown through how the Aboriginal people and the White people handle confrontations and have different cultures that clash, and finally the gendered voice where often the female voice especially is not at the forefront of the issues but is more subtle than the other voices throughout the film. My intention in directing this film is that I wanted to portray problems in our society through the camera lens and the possible solutions to the problems. Through the film I hope people will look at themselves and say to themselves ‘Is that how I treat other people?’ Or ‘Does these types of issues still persist today?’ And I hope that all of you English teachers alike will understand, take this to the next level and pass on the message to your students, because at the end of the day today’s children are Australia’s