2012

Interesting views on society are conveyed through distinctive

voices.
Distinctive voices of societal views can shape how a experience
develops a individuals identity. In Rachel Perkins musical film, One
Night the Moon and T.S. Eliots poem Journey Of The Magi explores
important ideas in unique and distinctive ways. Both texts present
the complexity of self-individualisation, the need for acceptance and
change. The composers utilise various forms and devices to present
their hopes and views of a better world.
In Perkins musical, racism is an important idea explored by the
Rachel Perkins. One scene in the early parts of the film the audience
views a long shot of a carriage moving along the dusty road. The
low angle shot of the European contrasted with the high angle shot
of the walking indigenous family presents vividly the divide between
the two cultures and establishes Rachel Perkins voice regarding
these two groups. Rachel Perkins uses derogatory language of
blacks in Now listen here. No blacks on my land to convey the
way of thinking as it depicts powerfully the fathers racist
perspective on Indigenous people. It illustrates ignorance and
narrow-mindedness of the general white Australian community.
Distinctive voices in T.S. Eliots Journey Of The Magi Draws the
responder in to the experiences of development and changing
perspectives to convey the idea of persistence and how it will lead
to development in self-identity and individualisation.
We returned to our palaces, these Kingdoms, but no longer at ease
here in the old dispensation, with an alien people clutching their
gods. I should be glad of another death.
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages
dirty and charging high prices