Message from David Corlett
Mahoney, I. (Director). (2016, January 28). Go Back To Where You Came From [Documentary]. AUS: Cordell Jigsaw for SBS
Personal Narratives - Go Back To Where You Came From
- Yeap, S. (2011, June 18). Refugee reality - high drama and exploitation. Retrieved from the West AustralianRaquel is 21, unemployed and has the most dreadful nasal whine. She is the obvious weak link but producers will stick with her because she is the most racist of the group. If she can be won over then the show has succeeded in its aim of breaking down hostility towards refugees and asylum seekers.
Study Guide
- Chesher, A. (2011). Go Back To Where You Came From. Study Guide. Retrieved from http://www.metromagazine.com.au/pdfs/studyguides/go_back_to_where_you_came_from.pdfThis three-part documentary series produced for
SBS informs and provokes discourse across all
sectors of Australian society as the nation continues to deal with the complex international issue of the humanitarian care of refugees and asylum seekers. - SBS Learn. (2016). Go Back To Where You Came From. Retrieved from http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/go-back-to-where-you-came-from/learnChoose from three immersive, character-led journeys to engage in the asylum seeker debate.
Codes and Conventions in Journalism
- Code of Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.spj.org/pdf/ethicscode.pdfMembers of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.
- Miller, R. (2011, November 10). Documentary codes and conventions. Retrieved from https://film.edusites.co.uk/index.php?/article/documentary-codes-conventions/This site provides a list of conventions applied to Documentary film making – it must be remembered that not all conventions apply to all film texts.
- Broersma, M. (2007). Form, style and journalistic strategies. Retrieved from http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.j.broersma/broersma_introductionformstyle.pdfForm and style matter in journalism. To a large extent a newspaper’s identity is determined by its appearance and its tone. Readers want to feel comfortable with a paper’s design, its departmentalization and its use of illustrations, colour and headlines. The style of writing and the form of stories should please them.
- Nichols, B. (n.d.). What to do about documentary distortion? Toward a code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.documentary.org/magazine/what-do-about-documentary-distortion-toward-code-ethics-0Can we establish standards for an ethical documentary practice? This is not a purely rhetorical question, as the debate around whether Mighty Times: Volume 2: The Children's March (2004; Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston, dirs./prods.) deserved receiving an Oscar in 2005 indicates. The film apparently merged reenactments and historical footage indistinguishably, and used archival shots of violence in one time and place to represent violence in another.
- Australian Broadcasting Authority. (2004, December 16). Documentary Guidelines. Retrieved from http://www.acma.gov.au/~/media/Diversity%20Localism%20and%20Accessibility/Advice/pdf/Documentary%20Guidelines%20Interpretation%20of%20documentary%20for%20the%20Interpretation of 'documentary' for the Australian Content Standard.
- Scott-Stevenson, J. (2012). New Directions for Documentaries. Metro, (171), 86-90. Retrieved from Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.The article focuses on the use of technological and interactive developments in documentary filmmaking. It states that the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has engaged technological innovations in filmmaking, mentioning that NFB had won several awards for its production using the approach. It explores the significance of using specific elements in enhancing the online delivery of a film.
- Addie, B., & Nelson, A. (2005). National Identity in Australian Documentaries. Metro, (143), 76-80. Retrieved from Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre.Presents an abbreviated version of a paper presented as a dialogue at the Australian Teachers Of Media National Conference held July 2 to 4, 2005 in Melbourne, Victoria. Exploration of the motif of the anti-hero in the context of cultural insularity and heterogeneity reinforced by the vulnerability of the Australian film industry within a global cinema market; National identity in Australian documentaries.