PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PRODUCTION
- Released in 2002
- Director: Rolf de Heer
- Stars David Guptill, Gary, Sweet, Damon Gameau and Grant Page
- Set somewhere in outback Australia in 1922
Plot
In 1922, a white women was murdered by an aboriginal man. A fanatic(Gary Sweet) got together a small group of into the Australian outback to track the murderer down. They take a aboriginal tracker(David Guptill) who knows the land better than anyone. The tracker knows what he's doing but he isn't trusted by the fanatic. This causes the thought of betrayal to stir on the trackers mind.
TITLE
The title of the movie comes from the main characters job throughout the movie. His job is to track down a man who is accused of murder, with help from a fanatic and a young man. Aboriginals are fantastic trackers, as they would use their skills to hunt for food.
THEME
There are many themes used in The Tracker. One theme is the abuse to the aboriginals and the land that they owned. The abuse of the aboriginals is present as the fanatic is continually rude and abusive to the tracker and it is also present that as the fanatic shoots a group of innocent aboriginal aiming to kill as many as possible. Other themes include the amazing tracking ability of indigenous Australians as well as the apparent hatred from white people to native Australians. There is also and obvious dislike in retaliation by how the aboriginals were treated
ACTORS
In the tracker, you never actually find out the characters names. They are on,y known as the tracker(David Guptill), the fanatic(Gary Sweet), the follower, (Damon Gameau) and the veteran(Grant Page).
David Guptill has appeared in Crocodile Dundee and Rabbit Proof Fence. Gary Sweet is most well know for his role in Australian TV drama, House Husbands. Damon Gameau as appeared in Raw and Howzat. Grant Page appeared in The Man From Hong Kong.
FILMING TECHNIQUES
Creating Suspense and Atmosphere:
Aboriginal music, Heat
Camera Angles: Low shot angles for the fanatic. Shows they are higher up and feel like they're more important. High shot angles for the tracker as no one respected him as he was Aboriginal.
Close up of tracker when the fanatic shot the aboriginals, which showed his emotion and how much he hurt.
