The Truman Show

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In the film the “Truman Show”, directed by peter weir, an important incident at the end of the film was when Truman Burbank, the main character, chose to escape from the safety of his controlled and fake life in Seahaven and rediscover his exploring spirit to find his long lost true love, Sylvia. Visual and verbal features helped assist us in highlighting how this incident was important through the use of costume change, techniques of composition and framing, camera movement, the manipulation of light and the use of special technical tricks, as well as the use of dialogue between Truman and Christof in the last sequence. Truman made the important decision to escape from Seahaven and this was shown to be an important incident through the characters costume change. At the beginning of the film, Truman is perceived as being a poor controlled and naïve character because although he has own costume, it has been in a controlled and limited environment. This is shown through the use of costume - fifties clothes of boxer shorts, tie and shirt as he is as an insurance salesman. At the end of the film, Truman loses his insurance salesman uniform and then dresses in a costume of dark and masculine clothing as shown on the yacht (Santa Maria), wearing a sailors jacket and cap, showing he is like the captain. In fact he is now beginning a new journey in which he is the captain of his own life. This visual feature is important in illustrating that leaving is an important incident because it portrays that Truman is a changed person, and had eventually gained control of his life. Throughout Peter Weirs film, the “Truman Show”, cinematography was used to highlight that the important incident of Truman leaving was important. We are first introduced to Truman through rapid extreme close up’s, as he talks to himself in the bathroom mirror. This illustrates to the audience that he
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