AUSTRALIAN THEMES IN FILM

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which Australian director created the film Strictly Ballroom?

Peter Weir

Baz Luhrmann

George Miller

Warwick Thornton

2.

Multiple Select

45 sec

5 pts

Which films represent the theme of Mateship? (there may be more than one answer)

Footy Legends

Kenny

Gallipolli

Samson and Delilah

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which film does the image represent?

Strictly Ballroom

Wog Boys

The Castle

Muriel's Wedding

4.

Open Ended

3 mins

5 pts

Why would Footy Legends be a good example of the theme "Aussie Battler"?

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5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which 1979 Australian film, set a new record for the biggest profits made on a film

Mad Max

Crocodile Dundee

Jedda

Picnic at Hanging rock

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

What Australian film highlighted the outback as being eerie and haunted?

Mad Max

Picnic at hanging rock

Crocodile Dundee

Jedda

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

What is the term used for a person who does not always adhere strictly to polite social conventions; a bit of a stirrer. Usually mocks authority is a playful, comic way.

The Aussie Larrikin

The Aussie Battler

The mate

The immigrant

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

What film is represented in the image?

Picnic at Hanging rock

Samson and Delilah

Jedda

The chant of Jimmy Blacksmith

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which film was the first to give Indigenous Australian's starring roles?

Ten Canoes

Jedda

Australia

Samson and Delilah

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Country towns have been commonly represented to portray all that is bad in Australian Culture in which type of media.

Movies

Television

11.

Multiple Select

45 sec

5 pts

Why do you think the film makers decided to dress the girls in white dresses?

Because that's all they had in the costume department

To help represent the girls innocence and purity

To help establish the time in Australia that the story takes place

To make the girls look older

12.

Open Ended

3 mins

5 pts

What elements do you think helped create the eeriness of the Australian landscape in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock?

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13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

Which film was suggested that they dub over the Australian voices for American audiences.

Gallipoli

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Crocodile Dundee

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