No Sugar: Scene- by-scene analysis Act One: Events Questions Orientation Scene One: The Millimurra-Munday family How are both poverty and resilience Northam are suffering under extreme represented in this scene? povery at the Government Well Aboriginal Reserve. Scene Two: Frank Brown has arrived in the Why has Davis used cross-cutting Northam/ town and is questioned by the (moving between locations) or the in police. technique of split scene in this scene? Neville’s office Perth The scene then cross-cuts to Perth where Neville and his secretary Miss Dunn discuss the rate of unemployment. Scene Three: Frank Brown comes to the Why is it important that women are the Northam Millimurra-Munday ones shown to stop the men from family’s camp to have dinner. He creating trouble? supplies alcohol to Jimmy and Sam. Scene Four: Sergeant Carrol and constable What is ironic about a white man like Al Northam Kerr arrest Jimmy and Sam for Jolson putting on black make-up and, drunkenness. as Jimmy says, ‘makin’ out he was black’?
No Sugar: Scene- by-scene analysis Act One: Orientation Events Questions Scene One: Northam The Millimurra-Munday family are suffering under extreme povery at the Government Well Aboriginal Reserve. How are both poverty and resilience represented in this scene? Scene Two: Northam/ Neville’s office in Perth Frank Brown has arrived in the town and is questioned by the police. The scene then cross-cuts to Perth where Neville and his secretary Miss Dunn discuss the rate of unemployment. Why has Davis used cross-cutting (moving between locations) or the technique of split scene in this scene? Scene Three: Northam Frank Brown comes to the Millimurra-Munday family’s camp to have dinner. He supplies alcohol to Jimmy and Sam. Why is it important that women are the ones shown to stop the men from creating trouble? Scene Four: Northam Sergeant Carrol and constable Kerr arrest Jimmy and Sam for drunkenness. What is ironic about a white man like Al Jolson putting on black make-up and, as Jimmy says, ‘makin’ out he was black’?
Act-One-No-Sugar-analysis-of-scenes-2i34evo.docx