The Truman Show Paper
Stu Daly
Period 2
The idea in which the Truman Show is based on could be debated if it is ethically right to have someone live their whole life for a TV show without knowing it. That is why this movie has so many supporters or doubters, in other words most people either love the movie or hate it. I happen to be one of those people who love it. The Truman Show depicts several interesting areas of the video production through cinematography, special effects, and other technical aspects.
The first reason why I enjoy the movie so much is because of the cinematography. The way the movie is filmed is very creative and unique. I like it because they made a movie about filming a show and they managed to do it very well. The way they portrayed Christof in the movie was kind of like a god like figure since he was the creator of the show, at first I didn’t understand who he was but towards the end I realized it which made the movie more interesting. With all of the cameras that they used I’m sure it was very hard to get them all to get good shots and even more the editing of the film must have been very long and tedious, you can tell by the way it is put together. Another reason why this movie is so impressive is because of the lighting that had to be calculated properly for all of the different camera shots. I can tell they took a long time to make this movie, probably more than others that were released around the same time. There are many aspects of the filming that made this movie as good as it is. You can tell that the people who made this movie were experts and knew what they were doing, that is why I like this movie so much.
The second thing to me that makes this movie as good as it is were the special effects, one of my favorite parts in the movie was when Truman was just sitting there by himself and it started raining just around him for a little bit and then eventually rained everywhere. They used special effects to make the movie funny at most parts but also in the most serious parts like when Christof tries to kill Truman in the big storm out at sea. I feel like the special effects in this film made it great because it enhanced all of the good and bad times that happened. They also did a great job with showing where the whole show took place by saying it was in a big dome and you could see it from space, which helped sort of some of the confusion that I might have had in the beginning of the movie. In some movies they over do the special effects but in this one I felt like it was just the right amount, even though the idea of the movie wasn’t very believable it made it just a little more realistic with the special effects. Along with the cinematography the special effects in this film make it a more interesting movie to watch.
Another thing that I like about this movie is all of the technical things that went into making this film. The fact that they used so many cameras is amazing because they had to tie everyone of those together to come up with the shots they did and they did a great job of that. I like the way that they tied in the people watching the show on TV to the actual show and showed their reactions when something big would happen. I thought I thought this movie was a little slow and confusing in the beginning but the way they had the technical things set up tied it all together and made it that much better of a movie. Like I said earlier they made it look like an actual TV show because everything was so real. Other than the cinematography and the special effects the technical aspect also made this movie good.
What makes the Truman Show a great film is the cinematography, special effects, and the technical aspects. So next time you want to sit down and watch a movie pick up the Truman Show and think about if its ethically right and also pay attention to all of the things I talked about and see if you like it just as much as I did.
