Tomorrow, When the war began film study

The Opening The film begins with a close up prospect of Elli m protrudeh to the photographic camera. It Is transpargonnt that this footage was laborn at the end of the composition, as she has cuts on her facet and she looks dirty. Elli ranges that theyre not expiry to hold backside. Recording it bid that is so essential to them its a means of telling themselves that they still matter. The video diary is a great mood to start the film as it explains the voice-over passim the appease of the film as well as putting the auditory modality In suspense. The footage Is of poor quality and on a sm onlyer screen, so It Is a actu every(prenominal)y(prenominal) obvious arise In time when Elli takes the Tory back to the beginning.From what we see, It Is obvious that Elli has grown up on a farm. She is independent and very(prenominal) capable. Elli rides her cycle to see her best mate, Carrie. On the way to Corrines residence on that point is a sequence of crap-shooters. The first is a snap bean of a dirt bridle-path and a sign welcoming race to Wearied. This tells us that Elli lives step up of town. Elli is mirthful and waving at the the great unwashed in town. We see a lawnmower a garbage truck and a banner advertising the annual Australia daytime show at the show grounds. We also see the Chinese eating place and the Dentists crosswise the dad. there is a shot of people setting up at the show grounds, then an establishment shot of Corrines signaling. This sequence demonstrates the balance. Every manife lieu of the motor rhythm sequence is important as they exclusively come into the story later Retelling the story The film opens with a close up shot of Elli, which was obviously taken post- fight. She has a cut on her forehead and she looks devolve and dirty. Elli clacks most(prenominal) how the free radical feels by the end of the film, which puts the audience in suspense to k now how it all happened. Elli says shes deviation to te ll the story from the beginning.This explains the voice-over throughout the film. Carrie and Elli are tiddlerhood friends. They want to go camp out before give instruction goes back. Carrie wants to go further up the river than theyve ever been before, maybe all the way into nether region. Elli says shell ask her dad for the Landholder. After finally convincing her parents, Elli talks to Carrie virtually who they should invite. Kevin, Corrines boyfriend, is a definite and they decide to take kor as well. kor grew up on the farm next to Elses, so hes almost alike(p) a br otherwise. bulls eye wants to invite Fl. When we first meet If she is in a beauty salon Ewing pampered.Its Ironic that homer and Fl end up relish each other, as they are from different worlds. bell ringer Is very mutinous and proud of his Creek heritage. The next character that is introduced is downwind. It was Elses choice to invite him. She describes him as interesting. lee works in the Chinese resta urant that his parents own. leeward do sextet, unless Elses dad said they had to break octad. Eventually they compromised on s charge, as long as robin redbreast was the s unconstipatedth. Robin comes from a very purely religious family. There Is a hilarious jibe of Robin enquire for her Fathers permission to go camping.They seem to be In his actuate intoice. The style Is palely 11th and the opposite side of the desk to her father. Elli and Carrie look like they are toil some very hard not to laugh. The ternion girls are tone very well presented. This displays Robins character well. She is trus iirthy and responsible, only if cheeky. She is saying what she knows her Dad pass on agree to. The next shot is the seven teenagers driving in the Landholder. They all detect out of the Landholder at the top of a hill. Kevin remarks that they raft see Cobblers Bay and the sub Bridge from where they are. That comment from Kevin sets the story up for later on.They disappear the Landholder there and hike the rest of the way into orchestra pit. When they pay into Hell the first piece of composed music starts to play. Up until this point only pre-recorded music has been played. Hell is very isolated and peaceful. Its a really beautiful and quiet location. The classify spends time bonding, laughing just close a campfire. Through a conversation in the midst of If and Elli we discover that If has effrontery issues. The next day homing pigeon is lecture to Elli about F. bell ringer is backward to ask her out because he fundamental makes that a girl as handsome as that must get asked out all the time.On the second base eight of camping under the stars, planes are seen flying over them. No integrity takes much notice of it. Just a bunch of soldiers planes going somewhere. -? Elli. The next morning the gathering discusses the planes. Robin said that her and leeward stayed chequerful counting them, that there were dozens and dozens, flying really low. Whilst in Hell, Kevin shows modest signs of selfishness. He was eating chocolate without sharing, and when there was a snake in the grass in his quiescence bag he excitede a big tummy about it even though Elli was the one the snake was going for. The snake was about to bite Elli when lee(prenominal) killed it. If went into the river.This shows small signs of some important traits in the characters. If is a bit of an airhead, as she didnt know snakes could swim. Elli is very selfless and doesnt haulage attention to herself. Lee is protective over those he cares about. In this moving-picture show Homer is the one who gets the snake out of the sleeping bag, which shows that he is brave. They disappear the next morning. As soon as the Landholder pulls up at Elses there is a very backbreaking sense that something is wrong. The colors in the shot are very dull and there a baffling but dramatic music that builds. Elses bob is dead and her parents are nowhere to be seen.The power is out and the phone lines have been cut. There is no cell reception or Internet connection. They all go to Homers abode next, which they rein to be empty also. When the others find Homer inside hes stressful to use some sort of radio communicator. Real quiet out there. -Homer. They traveled to Kevin augury on motorbikes as they had decided to stay off the main roads. Sevens family isnt there but his dog, Flip, is. There is a fight between the boys because Lee said it was a bad idea to take the dog with them. They decide to take Flip with them to Corrines and make another decision depending on what they find there.They find nothing new at Corrines house. Robin says that you shtup see most of Wire from the hill out the back of her house, which expertness tell them something. They see lights at the show grounds, which they think is where everyone is, and at the hospital, which must be using emergency generators. The group decides to split up. Robin and Lee go to L ees house and Homer takes If to hers. Homer, Carrie and Elli go to the show grounds. The story hounds where Elli goes. At the show grounds they see most of the town creation held captive. Elli goes to get a closer look spot Kevin and Carrie stay hiding in between parked cars.A man careful a sentry spy her. The soldiers start shooting at the three of them. Kevin runs and leaves the girls. The next shot is of the dickens girls running down a street. Kevin Jumps out at them and says he judgment they were ahead of him so he Just ran. The girls are pretty mad at Kevin for running out on them. The three of them run into someones backyard to cover up from the soldiers. Carrie cuts her knee on a lawn mower as theyre running. The soldiers are move along the street aspect for them. Elli takes Sevens shirt and dips it into the accelerator tank, then sets that on fire to throw back at the lawn mower.The lawn mower mires up, killing three soldiers. When Elli, Carrie and Kevin get bac k to Robins house If and Homer are there, but Lee and Robin hadnt returned yet. There is a mount the next day when Elli is sleeping on the cast next to Homer. When they wake up Homer and Elli talk about whats happening. Homer ties his vibrissa up. From that point Homers pig stays back, which is symbolic for when he gets serious about whats happening. Homer and Elli have become the perishers of the group. Homer and Elli decide to go back into town to look for them.Sevens selfishness shows over again when he is against the idea of going into own. Carrie is very mad at Kevin. Elli, Homer, If, Carrie and Homer are posing around the table at Corrines reservation a tendency of things they need to pack in the Landholder to take into Hell. Kevin starts attempt to fix something that makes a care of noise. Once he stops that, they all hear Flip barking and a faint helicopter noise. They forgot to have someone on watch. The helicopter flies around the house looking in with a spotli ght. No one is spotted but it comes back and Homer shoots at it on impulse. The helicopter marks the house with flares.The group runs from the house, Elli and If eloping Carrie run because of her injured knee. Kevin runs back to save his dog, Flip. A missile in shot into the house and it explodes. The group had only Just make it into the shed in time. This makes them all realize how mighty Homer was. Hell was the only invulnerable place for them. Elli and Homer ride into town to find Lee and Robin. As theyre riding into town they pass the Heron Bridge and see that the resistance are using it for access to Wearied from Cobblers Bay. When Elli and Homer reach Robins house they found her there alone and very panicky. Lee had been shot. Robin leads Elli andHomer to Lees restaurant. There is a great shot when Elli is waiting for Homer and Robin and she sees a painting on the brick wall behind her. The painting is of Captain create and His men settling in Australia, there are indigen ous people standing in the background. This is a big statement as to what the slope did to the aboriginals. When they get to Lees restaurant there was a man, Dry Clement, is working on Lees leg. Before he leaves Elli asks him if he knows about any others like them. He tells them that hes heard about a few. Some even tried to fire up the Heron Bridge, but they all paid the price.Elli, Homer, Lee and Robin are discussing how to get Lee out of town. They end up deciding on a garbage truck, which was Elses idea. She wanted to rock up in something so indestructible that it wouldnt matter who saw them. Lee climbs into the bucket at the front of the truck and Robin sits in the cabin with Elli while Homer gets a get-away car. Soldiers start shooting at them. Elli yells to Robin to take the hitman and shoot back but she refuses. There is a car shack sequence. In the end they get away and meet Homer. The next scene is of Carrie looking at the smoking rubble of what was her home.The colors in the shot car. Throughout the movie there are many times when the strong friendship between these two girls is showed. Everyone is in the Landholder asleep while Elli is driving. She is too tired to drive and almost hits a tree. She pulls into the next way and stops the car. As theyre all walking into the house they start talking about the boy who lives in that house, Chris, saying hes a stoner. They hear a voice and Chris is standing on the porch watching them. Chris did look like a bit of a stoner. He had earphones in, and his hair looked unkempt. Elli left(p) Chris on watch while the others Estes.Elli and Lee were sitting together talking. Lee kissed Elli and she kissed him back. Elli then left Lee to go check on Chris. When Elli gets to Chris she sees that hes fallen asleep. This enrages Elli. Shes wow at Chris that he risked all of their lives. Elli takes the electric ray and points it at Chris. Chris falls to the floor. Because of the camera angles, we get the sense that Elli is in power. The camera points up to Elli and points down to Chris, so the audience would get the feeling of who is the weaker one if they didnt already know. Elli doesnt shoot Chris. Chris goes with them back to Hell.When in Hell, there is a moment when Elli is alone on top of the hill. She is looking out at the Heron Bridge. She can see convoys rolling across it consistently. The next scene is of Elli, Lee and Homer watching the bridge at night and talking about why and how they are going to blow it up. If they cant resurvey their soldiers, then they cant fight. -? Elli. Homer already has a plan. Elli and If steal a petrol oil well, almost getting shot by soldiers. Dramatic music builds, but stops suddenly when If asks if she can smash the window. The music tarts building again when she smashes it and the soldiers hear it.Elli and If park the tanker close to the bridge. There are quaternary Walker-Talkies between the groups, one between two. If turns the walker-talkie off , so they dont receive the message that there were soldiers creeping up behind the truck. To get away, the girls have to drive the tanker into position, but no one else was ready yet. Homer and Lee hastiness their distraction, which works rather well. Elli and If are all set until they realize that neither of them have a lighter. Elli and If are lying on the ground screaming and eating shot at by soldiers. Robin takes the gun Chris was guardianship and shoots the soldiers.Meanwhile, Kevin, Carrie, Homer and Lee are all getting shot at by the soldiers. Kevin gets up and runs from the group. Instead of leaving them, he brings back the other motorbike for them all to get away on. Homer and Lee take that bike and Kevin is about to drive away with Carrie when she stops him. Shes about to say she forgives him or something, when she gets shot. Chris runs to light the rope to blow up the tanker. The truck explodes and alone obliterates the bridge. Elli, If, Robin and Chris return to Els es house to find Carrie lying on the couch bleeding. Kevin says he loves her takes her to hospital.The film then goes to Elses video diaries talking about the wait divorceies theyve seen. The group is back in hell, with guns. Theyre looking out to Cobblers Bay and where the Heron Bridge was. The last shot is of three motorbikes riding into the distance, each with two people on them. Characters and Conflicts Kevin Immediately after the motorbike sequence Carrie tells Elli about losing her virginity to Kevin. Kevin is obviously in a move relationship. Whilst camping in Hell, Kevin shows some subtle signs of selfishness. The first example was when he was eating chocolate without sharing, even though the whole group wanted some.The second example was when there was a snake in his sleeping bag. Kevin refused to go near it, and even when the snake was dead he make a fuss. When the group had returned from Hell and rode motorbikes to Sevens house, Kevin was the only one not sharing a bik e with someone. subsequently on that day, Kevin was with Elli and Carrie when the soldiers started going after them. Elli and Carrie fall behind and Kevin leaves them. The next day, when the group are discussing going into town to look for Robin and Lee, Kevin interrupts saying that its a huge risk and that he wont go.Near the end of the film, Kevin, Carrie, Homer and Lee are getting shot at by the soldiers. Kevin gets up and runs, this makes the audience think hes leaving them again. But he actually gets another motorbike so they can all leave. Kevin is waiting for Carrie to get on the back of his bike when she gets shot. Kevin drives Carrie to hospital, even though there is most certainly a very dark future for him in this war. By the end of the film Kevin has agnize how much Carrie means to him. Homer Homer has a proud seditious Greek side in him that makes him not care what anyone thought of him.Homer is a troublemaker, which is made obvious when his character is first introd uced strutting out of the police station with pride. During the time he spent with the group before the war started, Homer becomes known as a joker. An example of this is when the snake is in Sevens sleeping bag. During that one scene Homer shows that he is independent, capable and immature. The example of him being capable was the fact that Homer was the one trying to get the snake out of the sleeping bag. He shows his immaturity by dancing when Elli told him to vibrate it, meaning the bag.He shows that he is very independent when Lee kills that snake and Homer says he was about to do that, as if he thought Lee wasnt needed. His rebellious thinking becomes useful when the group decide to blow up the bridge. Homers major turning point in the film is when he ties his hair up. From this point onwards, Homer is a very a serious and committed member of the group. Robin Robin comes from a very strict, religious family. However, she is rather cheeky in the way that she lies to her Dad about her reasons for wanting to go camping. Robin is very well presented in front of her father.At first, she seemed quite timid but whilst the group was spending time together in Hell she opened up a bit. When the group is talking about going into town to fight, Robin very firmly states that she would not kill anyone. At one point, her morals almost kill her, Elli and Lee when she refuses to shoot back at the soldiers chasing them in the scene with the garbage truck. Robin is very caring, this is shown when we find out that Robin carried Lee to safety after he was shot. When the group is trying to execute their plan to destroy the bridge and it al goes dismally wrong, Robin helps save the day.Elli and If are lying in the grass takes the gun from Chris and walks forward. There is a brilliant shot of her walking forward, and her leg pushes foregone a swing seat. This represents Robin moving away from the innocent child shes always been. By the end of the film, Robin is still scar ed but she has grown. She is stronger and she is more willing. Key Scenes Prominent Setting This scene takes place during the second night that the group spends camping in Hell before the war started. The scene starts with a close up shot of Homer snoring, out displace around a campfire.The camera then moves to Elli, when we hear the sound of airplanes. Elli wakes and looks at Carrie who is lying across the fire from her. It takes Elli a moment to register what the sound is she looks to the sky and sees the planes. Carrie wakes and asks about the smell, and questions when Elli says its Jet fuel. Just a bunch of Army planes going somewhere. -? Elli. Carrie then rolls over to be closer to Kevin, which leaves only Homer and Elli in the light of the fire. This shot is great because Elli and Homer become the leaders. The fact that Homer doesnt wake up is a very subtle summit that he still needs to mature.The shot of Elli and Homer sleeping is an impractical shot to give the feeling that they are small and weak against the forces of the encroaching(a) army. This scene only lasts for 50 seconds but it is a crucial part of the story. If this scene didnt exist, it would seem to be such a sudden Jump from the balance when they return from Hell. I think the setting is important in this scene because it shows how well hidden and safe they are in Hell. This scene is another very short scene, but I think the camera work is great. In this cane Elli is asking Lee to come camping with her and her friends.Elli is quite awkward in conversation, which makes it apparent that she likes Lee. Lee seems to be very happy to be hearing from Elli, so maybe he likes her too. For the most part of the conversation, Elli and Lee are facing away from each other, making it look awkward. The camera shots dont have them facing each other until Lee says that hed love to go camping with her. At this, Ell spins around talking excitedly. Elli seems to let up when Lee says yes too, this may b e more obvious because of the camera work. The predominate of thirds is used well in this scene.Both of the characters shoulders sit along the bottom horizontal line, and the face of the character is usually on one of the vertical lines. excellent Camera Work The scene starts off with the group, apart from Lee and Robin, sitting at the table at Corrines house making a list of things to take with them to Hell. Kevin leaves the table to go try fixing the sink, which makes a lot of noise. When he does fix it and the noise takes charge of the situation. He yells for everyone to spread out and go to different rooms. The helicopter circles the house until its where Elli is standing.This shot of Elli is good because it follows the regain of thirds very well. The bottom horizontal line goes across the floor and the right vertical line is on the doormen where Elli is standing. The light stays on her for a while until the helicopter leaves. Everyone takes a breath of relief, and then it co mes back. The group all drops to the ground get out Homer, who impulsively shoots at the helicopter. The helicopter marks the house with flairs. Elli yells at everyone to run. They all make it to the shed with time to spare except Kevin, who goes back for Flip. Kevin has to Jump from the explosion but he doesnt get hurt.Corrines house is completely destroyed. The ending Elli, F, Robin and Chris walk into Elses house. Theyre talking and laughing excitedly about the bridge. Theyre mood suddenly drops when they see Lee. He leads them to the living room where Carrie is lying on the couch across Sevens lap. Kevin is holding her and stroking her hair. Elli rushes to her side. Carrie wants them to leave her. Homer agrees, he says its the only rational thing to do. Kevin interrupts saying he doesnt care whats rational. He loves Carrie and hes staying with her. This displays well how much Kevin has changed.Sad music starts playing restfully Just before Kevin says that he loves Carrie. Elli says goodbye to Carrie through the window of the Landholder. Elli runs to Lee and cries, very loudly. Only the two couples are shown in focus now Homer and If, and Elli and Lee. The music swells as Elli is crying, then dulls. Homer starts talking about what theyve done, saying that theyve hit them hard and that the soldiers will be looking for them. A different music starts playing. The music now is similar to what played when the group returned from Hell to Elses empty house. It cuts to Elses video diary. She is well composed, strong.Elses voice continues over a helicopter shot going around the hills into Hell. Dramatic music is building. The six of them are getting guns from somewhere hidden in the bush. They Bridge was. The camera moves over each one of them. The appearance of some shows how much theyve changed. Chris has his hair tucked into a beanie, and looks serious. If has dirty hair no makeup, she looks determined and ready. Before, If could have been compared to a frighte ned little Barbie Doll, but now shes more like a soldier. Robins face is pale and dirty. She looks slightly frightened but she knows what she needs to do.The group walks forward in single file. Robin is the last to follow She pauses before walking with them and takes a deep breath. This shows that Robin is still scared and religious, but she will stay with her friends and protect them when she can. The music has been building and is quite loud by this time. The last shot is of three motorbikes with two people on each, riding off into the distance. The music reaches its climax and is cut off to play the credit music. Alternate Ending The two endings are the same until Homers dialogue. His voice continues over the shot of the bikes riding along the road.There are soul shots of the couples on the bikes. It then cuts to Elses video diary. However, in this video diary Elli is pouring her feelings out, hoping theyll be safe. The ending they chose was best suited to the movie. The audienc e would be more eager to watch a sequel because it would more likely lead to more action. The real ending I think was better because it showed how losing Carrie had made them stronger and developed as a group. It really emphasizes the changes they have all made throughout the film. It would lead into the second film well because they are looking at Cobblers Bay, which they plan to attack.