Archetypes In The Truman Show
MCO 450: VISUAL COMMUNICATION + Spring, 2015 * DR. NATHARIUS
SUBMISSION TEMPLATE 2 pages: THE TRUMAN SHOW: A FILM ANALYSIS
Student Name: Last: Green First: Michelle Student #: 1205641147 THE PRINCIPALS INVOLVED IN THE FILM
Word Count: 436
Producers: According to The Truman Show’s IMBD profile, there were six producers and executive producers credited for the making of the film. Edward S. Feldman was also involved in the films 101 Dalmatians & Witness. Andrew Niccol also helped produce Lord of War, The Terminal and In Time. Lynn Pleshette aided in the production of the movie Mary Reilly. The next producer to work on The Truman Show was Richard Luke Rothschild who also was involved with Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Double …show more content…
I definitely recognized the mother and father figures within the movie. Truman’s literal mother figure is representative as this archetype. “To distract Truman (Jim Carrey) from his recent discoveries and suspicions, Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates the return of Truman 's father and creates a moving television moment in the process” (Youtube 2011). Another archetype I identified was family. The general relation of Truman to his wife and his craving for his father is an example of this archetype. I believe that the feminine archetype are also identifiable in The Truman Show. You can see Truman’s obsession with creating a woman out of clippings from magazines. Another archetype represented is the shadow through the character …show more content…
I want to start off by saying that I truly loved this film and found it to be provoking and made me very introspective. It’s hard to watch this film and not look over your shoulder. Being able to look closely at this film and dissect the visual communications has definitely given me the opportunity to learn about the way I perceive movies. I feel that The Truman Show is a great look at the way we are broadcasted to the world, especially now in a time where we are self-promoting into a world of social media and internet usage. I think in our modern world, we become both Christof and Truman, setting our thoughts, images, relationships and personal information into the world to be seen constantly and consistently. I am not sure this movie would have worked better at any other time than when it was made. Again, I feel this was a brilliantly produced movie that is though-provoking and thoroughly
SUBMISSION TEMPLATE 2 pages: THE TRUMAN SHOW: A FILM ANALYSIS
Student Name: Last: Green First: Michelle Student #: 1205641147 THE PRINCIPALS INVOLVED IN THE FILM
Word Count: 436
Producers: According to The Truman Show’s IMBD profile, there were six producers and executive producers credited for the making of the film. Edward S. Feldman was also involved in the films 101 Dalmatians & Witness. Andrew Niccol also helped produce Lord of War, The Terminal and In Time. Lynn Pleshette aided in the production of the movie Mary Reilly. The next producer to work on The Truman Show was Richard Luke Rothschild who also was involved with Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Double …show more content…
I definitely recognized the mother and father figures within the movie. Truman’s literal mother figure is representative as this archetype. “To distract Truman (Jim Carrey) from his recent discoveries and suspicions, Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates the return of Truman 's father and creates a moving television moment in the process” (Youtube 2011). Another archetype I identified was family. The general relation of Truman to his wife and his craving for his father is an example of this archetype. I believe that the feminine archetype are also identifiable in The Truman Show. You can see Truman’s obsession with creating a woman out of clippings from magazines. Another archetype represented is the shadow through the character …show more content…
I want to start off by saying that I truly loved this film and found it to be provoking and made me very introspective. It’s hard to watch this film and not look over your shoulder. Being able to look closely at this film and dissect the visual communications has definitely given me the opportunity to learn about the way I perceive movies. I feel that The Truman Show is a great look at the way we are broadcasted to the world, especially now in a time where we are self-promoting into a world of social media and internet usage. I think in our modern world, we become both Christof and Truman, setting our thoughts, images, relationships and personal information into the world to be seen constantly and consistently. I am not sure this movie would have worked better at any other time than when it was made. Again, I feel this was a brilliantly produced movie that is though-provoking and thoroughly