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    Director‚ Peter Weir‚ release his fourteenth movie‚ ’The Truman Show’ on the 24th of September‚ 1998 (Australia). Truman Burbank‚ the protagonist of the film‚ is unaware of the fact that his life is part of a massive TV set. Producer of the show‚ Christof‚ orchestrates ’The Truman show’‚ where utopia is used to describe his image of a perfect world. ’The Truman Show’ live broadcasts every move captured of Truman’s by hidden cameras. Peter Weirrr uses setting‚ costume and ediiting as cinematic techniques

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    The Truman Show‚ Truly Remarkable The Truman Show is a movie that orbits the life of just one person. That person is the character Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey). Truman has no idea his every move is being broadcasted as a live show throughout the world. Christof (Ed Harris) is represented as “God” in this movie as he controls Truman’s life. Christof tells all the actors what there rolls are in his show as well as control the weather‚ time of day‚ etc. Several efforts were made to tell Truman about

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    The Truman Show and Pleasantville essay Satire is defined as biting wit‚ irony or sarcasm used to expose vice or folly. Many literary or theatrical and cinematic works have these qualities. They make ridicule of any fault or foolish act in society‚ often in the form of comedy. In the films The Truman Show and Pleasantville‚ satire is used to portray many faults as well as different aspects of modern society. Cinematography is the art or technique of movie photography‚ including both the shooting

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    daytime talk show that is aired on NBC called The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show is on during the week and each day she has a wide variety of guests. The main goal of the show is to make people laugh. The show comes on right after the local news‚ which in todays society is always filled with sad and depressing news. Ellen wants to be the person to make everyone smile after listening to all the negative things being said on the news. Each episode she starts the show off with a funny monologue about

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    Psychology; period 5 5 September 2013 The Truman Show Truman Burbank is used for an experiment.  Psychosocial rehabilitation specialist‚ Kendra Cherry says “The experimental method involves manipulating one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause changes in another variable.  This method relies on controlled methods‚ random assignment and the manipulation of variables.”   Every aspect of Truman’s life is controlled by the tv show.  The crew of the show control what is said to him‚ the environment

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    variety of TV shows to watch. Among them‚ TV gameshows are the most attractive. The popularity of TV gameshows can be claimed for three main reasons: entertainment‚ knowledge and the prizes. First‚ the most common reason is that demand for more entertainment leads to more TV gameshows. A gameshow usually does not last too long‚ and it is completely suitable for a little relax after a hard-working day. People can have a rest through interesting competitions on gameshows. Each show brings laughter

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    The Truman Show Sequence 14 The Truman Show is a hidden camera reality television show based on Truman Burbank‚ the movie’s main protagonist. Truman is unaware that throughout his entire life he has been filmed with hidden cameras and broadcasted to the entire world 24/7. Unexplainable events begin to occur‚ causing Truman to grow suspicious of the world that he lives in. All of his followed attempted to escape or find answers and terminated and he is left trapped in Seahaven. Sequence 14 of The

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    childhood. But what if this perfect life was a lie and the story of your life was actually a TV show? That is the life of Truman Burbank‚ who was born and raised on a set his entire life without any knowledge of it. So the question is asked: is Truman’s lifestyle an abuse of human rights? Two characters arise to form two sides of the argument. Christof is the creator/producer/director of "The Truman Show" and has watched over Truman since before he was born. Christof believes that his actions are

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    real way to have fake love for someone is to not love at all‚ but just to think you love. In the movie The Truman Show there are many individuals whom exhibit an illusion of love for the main character‚ Truman. At the beginning of the movie many of the characters appear to have genuine love for Truman. However‚ as the movie progresses almost all of the people whom are close to Truman‚ show in one way or another how they only think they love him. The best examples of these types of characters are his

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    Jose Rodriguez 9-11-10 CLS 101 Ethics of Talk In the “Ethics of Talk: Classroom Conversation and Democratic Politics‚” by Ruth Grant‚ a certain quote seemed to draw my attention. “Can talking make people better? “ In my opinion‚ I feel that yes‚ and no. The reason why I say yes is because if the right person is talking‚ he or she can get their point across in a conversation. Also‚ being able to communicate effectively to one another is vital in understanding other people. Talking gives us the

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