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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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    Not 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

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    Fahrenheit 451 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper‚ more specifically books‚ burn. As a fireman living in a futuristic city‚ it is Guy Montag’s job to see that that is exactly what happens. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel Fahrenheit 451 that the future is without literature -- everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. Anyone caught with books hidden in their home is forced out of it while the firemen force their way in. Then‚ the firemen turn the house into an inferno

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    Rest Through a story about a society of people who have lost touch with their humanity and history while allowing themselves to become victims of propaganda and censorship. These people have become mindless and naïve. The science fiction film Fahrenheit 451 was directed by François Truffaut. This film predicted that the future is to become greatly dependent on technology implications for immediate happiness. The fact that the growth of television and technology has driven the people not to read has

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    Ray Bradbury did just this in his novel Fahrenheit 451. Concerned by the rise of technology and the relationship between burning books and burning people‚ Bradbury sought to highlight the dangerous path that society is on‚ one that could lead to mindlessness and thoughtlessness. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury challenges thoughtlessness and promotes freethinking through the construction of his characters. He uses the character of Mildred and her friends to show the consequences of a superficial‚ dumbed-down

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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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    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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    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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    society. This is greatly expressed in Fahrenheit 541‚ a book by Ray Bradbury taking place in the 1940’s. This book is centered around a man named Guy Montag who maintains the career of a “fireman”‚ or a book-burner‚ as he would be called today. Fahrenheit 451 is centered on his metamorphosis after meeting a young woman‚ not even seventeen-years old‚ who believes that people should have rights to their own opinions‚ instead of society’s manipulation. In Fahrenheit 451‚ people are unable to own books that

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