In the rabbit proof Phillip Noyce, express the changes and obstacles the girls encountered during their journey and the little freedom and choice the aboriginal people had. In this, Molly and the girls had to take a journey home after been forcefully snatched from their family. As Molly being the oldest, took responsibility and began to understand her strength and weakness; she overcomes her fear and was determined to get back to where she belonged. On her journey, she took every opportunity that could help her get to her destination. The distance, harsh environment and lack of resources formed a physical and emotional weariness but that did not stop Molly it made her stronger. Noyce focuses on verity of camera techniques; he captures the painful journey using strong images. Noyce applies close up camera angles to capture the fear and confusion on the girl’s facial expressions in the removal scene. The shots emphasise the distress of the abduction to the mother and the girls filming through the glass as the girls distant their family indicating the separation without a choice. Noyce also applies the camera technique of a long –range shot of the Rabbit proof fence vanishing into the distance. This represented the long distance still ahead of the journey, also gives the audience the view of how terrible heat haze in the Western Australia desert is. Just the geographic distance exhausted the girls both physically and mentally. This harsh journey has affected the girl’s development emotionally and intellectually especially Molly, throughout the journey she had grown from the innocent little girl to a mature girl who has so much confident in herself, and nothing in her way could stop her from achieving her goal. The tracking shot of Molly carrying her sister daisy allows the audience to see the strong and determined side of her. You can see the pain in her eyes but somehow that pain made her even stronger to complete her journey. Phillip Noyce applies these camera techniques so that the audience can empathises with the three girls and illustrates how others can force journeys upon you and we are powerless to stop it
Phillip Noyce displays the use of symbolism and motif throughout the film to