The Truman Show

2. What impact does music have on the movie? Why is particular music used for certain scenes? Why does the music stop when Truman sails into the wall? How does Christof display the importance of music in his television show? How are other sound effects used to add to a particular feeling? Is this movie deserving of a golden globe award for best original score?

-The music plays a very important role, like in the beginning it was intense to show how important the show is. The classical music shows how boring and stiff his life is. How planned out it is and everyone knows everything kind of world. Everything is perfect and the music sounds like that. When he thinks about when his dad died in the storm its intense violens etc. and it sounds sad and shows Trumans past was bad.



3. What does “The Truman Show” say about the impact of mass media on our society? How does the movie use product placement in a sarcastic way? Is this movie realistic when thinking of current trends in web broadcasting? Would you watch this show? Would you be an actor in the show? What is the irony of a movie about the making of a live television show? Compare this movie to “Bullworth”, “Wag the Dog” or another movie about mass media.

-The Truman show, shows that people are obsessed with media and that we are always watching it or surrounded by it in our everyday life. when she talks about the knives she bought she says dishwasher safe etc. They use the show as commercials. I wouldnt want to watch the show in real life today but it would be interesting to watch. You would get sucked into it that you wouldnt live your own life. I wouldnt want to be an actor in this movie because it is your whole life it would be hard to know that Truman is living not acting. The irony of a movie about making a live televison show is that your just watching people living their lives. It is entertaining but sad that somone thought of this. It is interesting to think about all the symbols, irony etc.


10. Did you like this movie? Why or why not? Comment on the cinematography, sound, lighting, special effects or any other technical aspects. Comment on the characters or the actors themselves. Comment on the script or the story used in the movie.

-I have seen this movie before and it is entertaining and i like watching it. My favorite parts are with the product placements because they just go on and on about the product when no one cares. It would be hard to act in the show so good for them, even though this is a fake plot. The sound is really good and the lighting also. The script is really good and funny because sometimes they have to emprovise when Truman does somthing out of the ordinary. It is a really good movie and im so glad in the end that he realizes everything about his life was made up.