The Trumen Show

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Describe at least one idea that you thought was important in the text(s) In the film “The Truman Show” Directed by Peter Weir, An idea that was important was Control. This idea was shown in the camera and props. This idea was important as it showed us how Truman as a Human man can live believingly in an artificial word. Truman lives in a town call “Seahaven” which is actually an artificial dome built to stage this show. Truman has always been obliged to do something when having the thought of going somewhere else, for example his mothers sickness when he wanted to go and find Sylvia . And even when Truman was young Truman wanted to be an explorer his teacher said” Truman, it’s too late everything has already been explored!” His Fear of water when his father died from a sailing accident is also something that was staged to keep him inside his world. Seahaven was the “Perfect” little town to be in as every fence is clean and white every lawn is nicely cut. Everyone was nice and there were no rough bullies in the whole town. The weather is perfectly sunny on most days and there is a beautiful moon every night. Weir used this to show how artificial and controlled Truman’s world looks and how controlled it was when the moon turned in to a search light when they were trying to find Truman and how vicious everyone looked when they were hunting Truman down. This feature showed me the important of control in this film. The Camera angles showed me how scripted and controlled everything looked, For example the Pamming show when all the cast was standing frozen in position waiting for their cues of Truman returning. Cross cutting between the control room and Truman. Also when Truman was wedged between his mother and Meryl when seeing his baby pictures the camera angle made his look trapped between them and looked as if he was uncomfortable. Weir used this to show
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