299 0 obj <> endobj xref Cool celebrates the world's oldest living culture and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded. Editor: Sally Fryer Director Ian Darlings film is crafted using only archival footage aired at the time, which has been expertly edited. Directed by Ian Darling, and solely compiled from archival material in a technique reminiscent of another great sports doco in recent years, Senna it's a powerful and impassioned chronicle of the treatment Goodes received from crowds and commentators alike. Retrieved fromhttps://fbiradio.com/ian-darling-yvonne-sampson-last-days-adam-goodes-career/, Shark Island Production. Documentary Australia at Sydney Film Festival, https://thefinalquarterfilm.com.au/media-articles/, Early-Mid 2019: Screenings with dozens of influential organisations and individuals including peak Indigenous bodies, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the AFL including the Indigenous Players Group and all 18 AFL Clubs, May 2019: Media screenings for more than 100 journalists as a part of a proactive media strategy to reach a mass audience, 7 June 2019: Premiere screenings at the Sydney Film Festival to sold out audiences, receiving unprecedented demand and extensive media coverage, followed by a number of other film festivals, 19 July 2019: Broadcast nationally on Channel 10 (July 18) and WIN- accompanied by a special on, 20 September 2019: the film became freely available to schools, sporting clubs and community organisations and anyone could access the resources, stream the film, or request a copy of the DVD, Community, corporate, school and sporting club screenings were facilitated, with Shark Island staff attending over 95% of the screenings to participate in panels and Q&As, 27 September 2019: the Home Entertainment (digital) release began. Given the content, it is also important for teachers to communicate with parents and guardians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students before playing the film and/or engaging with the teaching and learning resources. See a snapshot of media articles here: Additional assets have had high engagement including 944 Screening Guide downloads. 299 48 Mise en Scene is an integrated design concept which refers to what we see on screen in a film. Provide every junior and senior sporting club with access to the film and screening guides and supporting materials via the AFL and Australian sporting clubs, Work with sporting bodies to encourage clubs to screen the film as an ongoing part of Indigenous Round activities. 0000003986 00000 n During the last three years of his career, Goodes was named Australian of the Year, accused of staging for free kicks, and performed an on-field war dance celebration. THE FINAL QUARTER April 2019 PRODUCTION CREDITS Director Ian Darling Producers Mary Macrae & Ian Darling Editor Sally Fryer Executive Producer Malinda Wink Executive Producer Mark Monroe Executive Producers Mark Nelson & Will Vicars Archive Researcher Lindy Boylan Composer Paul Charlier Sound Designer Wes Chew Graphics Paul Ducco Edit Assistant The Final Quarter is a 2019 Australian documentary, directed by Ian Darling and produced by Shark Island Productions, about the final stages of the Australian football career of Adam Goodes, during which he was the target of repeated booing by opposition fans. Explores injustices faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their rights and the continuing journey towards reconciliation. This sets the scene for exploration of one of the films key messages: that words matter, and they ought to be used responsibly. Lighting Costume and make-up Staging/blocking: movements and performance Note: Mise en scene is independent of the camera work or editing. Tracy Bentin is a Child and Adolescent Psychologist who has worked in the education sector since 1997. 'The Final Quarter' compiles a selection of opinions from cultural commentators at the time (like Andrew Bolt, Miranda Devine, and Rita Panahi), who present the most common arguments for why people were booing Goodes. Oz musicians Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan provide an original ballad for the films bleak coda, which brings the saga very much into the present tense. Concrete Playground acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live, work and play, and across the lands we travel through. Use these age-appropriate lessons to guide your students through the process of viewing the filmin its entirety. As Darling astutely realised, the footage says it all. Director's Statement. 0000011178 00000 n Many Year 10-11 students openly admitted that it had changed their attitudes, and students have said the film empowered them to stand up to racism and helped them acknowledge it was damaging. THE FINAL QUARTER | Film - Official website TRAILER PAUL KELLY MUSIC VIDEO Education Resources FOR SCHOOLS AND SPORTING CLUBS All Resources Watch now Request Free DVD Screening Guide Adam Goodes was a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader. These should help both aspiring and professional cinematographers create the most impactful and engaging films and music videos. This requires planning among multiple teachers and across specialist streams. The methodology of The Final Quarter and other aforementioned films of its ilk can have a distancing effect many of the traditional powers of the motion picture medium (cinematography, for instance) having been surrendered for more curatorial kind of approach. Feedback to date also confirms the transformative nature of the film for students, as well as the powerful capability of the film as a tool for teachers to help their students understand racism and discrimination. They specialise in creating documentaries that educate the public about important social issues. It begins in 2013 when Goodes, at that point a veteran of the game, singled out an opposing teams supporter for calling him an ape during a match. 0000003092 00000 n 0000091843 00000 n Adam Goodes is a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader who became a lightning rod for an intense public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. In this lesson students will learn about archival documentary filmmaking conventions and apply their analytical skills to scenes from The Final Quarter. 0000008383 00000 n (2019). Narragunnawalis online platform is free to access and provides practical ways to introduce meaningful reconciliation initiatives in the classroom, around the school and with the community. Explores what it means to be Australian, and how we express our individual and collective identities. He publicly called out racism, was named Australian of the Year, was accused of staging for free kicks, and performed an on-field war dance celebration. [27], Darling also announced that the film will be made freely available to schools and clubs across Australia. Darlings approach differs in that his intention in many respects is more ambitious, and certainly more relevant to Australian society, than the more familiar price of fame and portrait of obsession style narratives. Specialist lessons will achieve the best results when THE FINAL QUARTER documentary is introduced as atopic across the curriculum. You must be logged in to view this form. 0000042939 00000 n An Aboriginal player, and number 37 for the Sydney Swans, Adam Goodes was singled out for verbal abuse, booing and jeering by spectators from a range of clubs during the last three yea. Check out the trailer for The Final Quarter below: The Final Quarter will release in Australian cinemas later this year. Our 250 Analysts and SMEs offer a high level of expertise in data collection and governance using industrial techniques to collect and analyze data on more than 25,000 high-impact and niche markets. The cheers became boos as the crowds turned on him. consider the various ways mood and meaning are created in archival documentaries. 0000003655 00000 n It includes footage of the incidents, as well as interviews and comments from media personalities, politicians, players, officials, and members of the public. The girl phoned to apologise, saying that she hadn't realised the impact of her words. The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory organisation, established by an act of Federal Parliament. 0000003937 00000 n At the centre of a maelstrom, confronted by all kinds of ugly behaviour, the player himself remains composed and eloquent, offering nuanced perspectives. They largely argue that he overreacted to being heckled by the crowd. H\Mj0>3ML(d F68*-g[v2wc S uUlqh\2opzqoMpgH*h8^vC.)>PzqC42DYQH_>atwmU#y{m}|,6L |,,BG 0000004288 00000 n Uncomfortable, too, in the middle of a media storm he never saw coming, and which seems never to abate. When the football crowds turned on him, the Brownlow medallist left his beloved game. [27] Luke Buckmaster, writing for The Guardian, called it "confronting" and "inspiring",[29] while Blake Howard, writing for Flicks, gave it five stars and called it exhilarating and powerful. Make Concrete Playground yours with My Playground. 0000003225 00000 n The filmmakers sympathies are not in doubt, though his decision to avoid talking heads relying instead on contemporaneous television coverage makes his case stronger by giving all the fulminators enough rope to hang themselves. Keywords: film, documentary, analysis, analyse, media, The Final Quarter, archival, footage, conventions, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, AFL, footy, football, perspective, point of view, techniques, editing. The game did not do enough to stand with him, and call it out. The first film, The Final Quarter, just launched at the Sydney Film Festival, premiering to a packed house on Friday, June 7 and receiving a standing ovation from the lively audience afterwards. Using only archival footage aired at the time, the film holds a mirror to Australia and is an opportunity to reconsider what happened on and off the footballfield. In addition, there was an incredible response and conversation that occurred on social media, with the film trending in the top-ten mentions in Australia for days. The Final Quarter Teaching Resources The Final Quarter Curriculum Resources Fighting against Racism through Education. 0000062288 00000 n We highly recommend that students view the film in its entirety before participating in subsequent lessons. He did not participate in a final parade for retiring players as he feared that he would be booed again. Embracing Diversity Years 5 & 6, Assembling Archival Footage Media Arts Years 9 & 10. Music: Paul Charlier By calling out racism, and by refusing to be put inside a box where the powers that be might have liked him to remain, Goodes unquestionably made life harder for himself. Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re-examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of footballer Adam Goodes' playing career. To help make planning easier you can access all the specialist units on this page. Learning Through Film, Social Issues, Indigenous Education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (OI.9), The Final Quarter Assembling Archival Footage Media Arts Years 9 & 10, Editing Conventions Seed Discussion Posters, Editing Vocabulary And Archival Documentary Conventions Factsheet, Students understand how technical and symbolic codes are used by the director of. hb```f``a`c`gd@ A2 , ]p&V0]~l[8mNg[YUyg)&t28~rd]3fW'd:e Students explore the way mood and message is created for the audience by the editor and director. [33][34], The Western Bulldogs released their own statement about the documentary. In the final three years of his playing career he became a lightning rod for a heated public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. Explores how to respectfully listen to and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures. subsequently exacerbated the situation by suggesting, in an on-air interview, that Goodes be used to promote the forthcoming stage musicalKing Kong. Our Watching the Film lessons are designed to support you in facilitating this process. I am referring of course to the final quarter, as it were, in the career of Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes, who chalked up a whopping 372 games in total the most of any Indigenous player in history. If it was hard to mount that fingers-in-the-ears argument back then, it seems almost impossible now though the peanut gallery of outspoken conservative commentators, who haunt this film like ranting apparitions (among them Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones), are hardly likely to show contrition any time soon. 0000081321 00000 n Note: This film may not be suitable for viewing by all young people. Being independent means they are not owned by a major media company. Producers: Mary Macrae, Ian Darling 33 Creative and the GO Foundation were invaluable in publicising the film and carrying out its impact campaign over social media. Darling also makes the point that we can always learn from history whether that history is found in an ancient scroll inside a museum, or via television footage from the old, dark, distant days of 2015. The AFL Players Associations Indigenous Advisory Committee also issued a statement, and there was an outpouring of emotion from the Indigenous players who called for all to fight against racism. Relevant parts of Years 9 & 10 achievement standards: By the end of Year 10, students analyse how social and cultural values and alternative points of view are portrayed in media artworks they make, interact with and distribute. 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