Images are pervading forces that sculpt our attitudes and beliefs about our world, our community & ourselves through media production. Through my study of Peter Weir's The Truman Show, Turkan's article "An insider reveals the truth about Big brother" published in the Daily Telegraph & Pink Floyd's song "Wish you were here", I have learnt the powerful message of how the media can manipulate audience's responses. Weir has successfully used film techniques along with powerful symbols, lighting & dialogue to convey the extent of the media manipulation so that in turn, the audiences do not gullibly "accept the reality of the world with which we are presented."

The opening scene of the "Tru Talk" shows the artificiality of the Truman's world. This long shot of sun rising over Seahaven shows the constructed nature of the environment. The paranoiac shot of the building of studio creates a sense of sameness. The dialogue "It's the Truman Show" is used to create an image of Truman being......

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Title: Truman Show
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