FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Zoom into city of Perth on a graphic map of Western Australia. Fade to high angle shot over city buildings of Perth. GS people in streets shopping, sitting on benches, MS girl eating apple as she walks. WS construction work on high-rise building amid other city buildings. WS bus along crowded main shopping street through city. VS city street scenes and VS city buildings. Good shots of street sweeper working in front of mannequins in shop window and MS elderly woman shaking her charity collection tin on street. MS man making donation to volunteer. Tilted WS juxtaposing new office buildings with old city features such as lamp posts and statues. WS track following traffic along Swan River set against expanding city skyline.

Travelling shot along shipping wharf past crates and cargo on wharf next to large container ship. CUs foam and waves lapping shoreline at sunrise and GS of shore against gentle mauve and gold coloured sky. CU long tufts of grass against early morning sky. Zoom out from CUs banksias. VS bulldozers pushing mounds of sand past camera. WS to For Sale sign on barren flat parched brown soil. Various WS of newly build houses and suburbs in dry areas. GS sprinkler on lawn. VS domestic scenes of woman collecting milk from driveway, dogs in garden, car reversing out of garage, woman in bare backyard and woman hosing garden. GS people at bus stop and boarding bus on arrival.

VS construction site with CUs of large crane scoop and workers on high-rise building project. Zoom in to concrete being poured onto formwork by construction workers in helmets and whistle blowing in background. GS helmeted workers receiving load of steel bars from crane with surveyor in foreground. GS traffic and GS city of Perth. Track following women walking up escalator in shopping mall, Asian shoppers, postmen riding along city street on bicycles, traffic signals and large city pedestrian crossing. CU elderly man lighting pipe, CU face of Aboriginal baby and VS faces of people on city streets. VS people eating on streets. Gs policeman asking man to move from sitting on flowerbox. VS people relaxing on public green spaces. GS quiet street scene.

WS school and playground as bell rings. GS young girls shooting balls through basketball hoop. WS "lollypop man" stopping traffic on city street for children to cross at zebra crossing. GS children gathered for dance class. GS iron lace verandahs of city hotel. VS people, shops and services of outer city area. GS fruit market. GS woman removing pram from rear of bus. VS people in butcher shop, woman at grocery shop checkout and CU woman carrying armful of groceries down street. WS elderly couple contemplating row of lawnmowers. VS city streets and city skyline across water.

Newspaper boy at traffic lights. Track along line of commuters waiting at bus stop. GS motorists, traffic and pedestrians. GS flashing red traffic signal. WS clothes shop owner closing up doors. Rows of neon shop signs above heads of pedestrians on city street. City street at night and WS track of traffic with lights reflected on water and sunset sky.