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    only is the Truman show a great and entertaining film but also a fun and easy way to teach techniques used in films. I’m here to represent my class to argue why the Truman show should still be used as a close study of text for year 11 English. This film uses a great actor to portray many important themes and messages throughout the film...these include: * Media manipulation * Morals and ethics * Reality vs. Illusion * The power of the human spirit These different themes are used during

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    The Truman Show is a film which has been developed through a range of images. Peter Weir has creatively directed a film portraying the media and its impact on society. Within this film we see the effectiveness of techniques‚ which include camera angles‚ framing‚ shot types‚ camera movement‚ style of music‚ costuming and sequencing. By using a range of different techniques Weir is able to create emotive images and portray three different worlds to the audience. Image is everything in today’s society

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    “The Truman Show” is a film about a reality television show that was created to depict the life of Truman Burbank‚ the main character in the show who was adopted by the networking company‚ he is made to believe that the environment he lives in is true and real‚ this is his reality. The film is set in the made up town of Seahaven‚ which is a simulated world made to be similar to the real world in order for the audience to be able to relate to the events. The set of Seahaven is inside a large dome

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    Fears and External Obstacles versus Freedom to Leave (The Truman Show 1998) Lauren: Yeah. I know. Look‚ Truman‚ I’m not allowed to talk to you. You know. Truman Burbank: Yeah‚ well‚ I can understand‚ I’m a pretty dangerous character. - When Truman met Sylvia first time Everyone in the world has different characteristics and personalities. When many different characters make harmony together‚ it leads to great wealth in our lives. Not necessarily money‚ but the quality of life. However‚

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    tv show‚ a world full of lies- every person he met was an actor as for Christof’s world was the real world in which we live in today. Personally I would rather live in Christof’s world as it is the real world‚ a world of truth where we are constantly learning from our mistakes. As for in Truman’s worlds everything is staged and too script‚ there is no freedom to experience. TRUMEN’S WORLD No free will controlled innocent safe planned watched Emotions aren’t real SIMILARITIES Truman struggles

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    Bennett Con Issues 5/13/2013 Reality of Truman The Truman Show criticizes society through a dystopian theme. The most undesirable characteristics that the film portrays are how society is entertained by dehumanizing people‚ and how government and other groups are encroaching upon people’s privacy. Today’s society has options to address these privacy issues and can influence the personal information they provide. Reality television is the most popular entertainment in media today. Television series

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    The Truman Show “Meryl described the Truman show as “a blessed life”. To what extent do you agree?” Some aspects of Peter Weir’s film ‘The Truman Show”‚ can lead you to believe that the participants have truly blessed lives. However‚ other aspects of the show prove that‚ in reality‚ life within The Truman Show is truly damned. The viewer’s perspective on life determines whether life in the Truman Show is blessed or not. While Meryl states that The Truman Show is “a truly blessed life”

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    Classical Hollywood Narrative and The Truman Show The Truman Show (1998) directed by Peter Weir‚ tells the journey of Truman Burbank‚ a man who has been living a directed and staged life since he was born. It follows Truman as he slowly starts to find himself and discover the world he lives in. This movie follows typical Hollywood narrative‚ however the movie has an aorist ending. It leaves the audience imagining what is going to happen next‚ in this case it is if Truman is going to get the girl he loves

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    equality and peace. However‚ in George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984 and The Truman Show‚ readers and viewers are presented with a clever contradiction‚ dystopia. In both 1984 and The Truman Show‚ there are dystopia. Both the novel and the film have a “controller”‚ an all-powerful force who controls every aspect of the dystopia. In 1984‚ this dystopia is The Party‚ the force who will not even let its citizen’s have freedom of thought. In The Truman Show‚ the force is Christof‚ a man who makes an outwardly perfect

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    The Truman Show is a movie about a man who is held captive inside a world that revolves around him. Truman Burbank‚ the main character has been raised on a huge TV Soundstage filled with hidden cameras and actors who pretend to be his friends and family. This world is one where he is literally trapped in his own life by the surreal existence in which he has been forced to spend every day of his thirty years. Since the day he was born Truman Burbank’s

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