In the film Gallipoli, there were a series of excellent production features, particularly the film techniques such as angle shots and freeze frame shots used, and the type of music that was played during each separate scene. Each technique used showed Archy's stages during, after and before the war, this was very effective, as it portrays how quickly his attitude changes through the film.
One of the most effect film techniques used was montage, during the scene where Frank had to run as fast as he could to deliver the message to the english colonel, it was cut in short segments as between them, it showed how the light horse brigade soldiers were getting ready to charge over the turkish trench. this shows the passing of time, as it went too quickly for Frank, but slowly for the soldiers. .
A series of shots showed the essences of the film in detail. Close up shots of the soldiers' faces just before they were to charge over the trenches portrayed the terror, fear and sadness, this was important as it showed exactly what was going on in each soldiers' mind at that moment.
A particularly good high angle shot used was during the scene when Frank and Archy were lost in the desert, while navigating the salt lake, Frank and Archy appeared as specks in the shot, showing how small, lost and vulnerable they were, this also shows the stage when Archy had no idea what he was getting himself into.
The final shot at the end of the movie was called a 'Freeze frame shot.' this was the most important film technique used as it was the most memorable shot that stayed in the viewer's memory, we see Archy in his death, frozen, with no sound, the silence and the shot slowly fading away gives us the atmosphere of death and the final end to the soldiers' lives in the war.
The music used in this film effectively intensified each separate scene, creating a different type of mood. .
The theme music was played four times, beginning, end, approaching war and during the last lot of soldiers who were forced to go over the turkish trench.
