ÍNDICE
Introducción………………………………………………………………2
Ficha Técnica……………………………………………………………..3
Sinopsis……………………………………………………………………4
Ficha Artística…………………………………………………………….5
Análisis de los usos de la información y la comunicación……………...9
• Bloque I: Información como cambiante de situación………….10
• Bloque II: Información como poder…………………………….25
• Bloque III: Concepto de comunicación / Comunicación Interpersonal……………………………………………………...31
Conclusión……………………………………………………………….61
Bibliografía………………………………………………………………62
INTRODUCCIÓN
El objetivo en este trabajo es aplicar a una película las teorías aprendidas sobre información y comunicación. El primer problema al que hay que afrontarse cuando se decide realizar este trabajo es qué película será el objeto de nuestro análisis. Yo afronté este problema siguiendo el siguiente criterio: encontrar una película donde pudiera aplicar de forma clara las teorías aprendidas en clase y que no se tratase ni de una película que me disgustase, ya que entonces me resultaría imposible trabajar con ella, pero que tampoco fuese una película que me encantase porque temía acabar saturada de ella. Escogí El Show de Truman porque un día haciendo zapping vi la mitad de la película, y sin darme cuenta estaba intentando ver y aplicar las teorías que habíamos estado dando en clase. A continuación expongo paso por paso un análisis sobre los usos de la información y de la comunicación en El Show de Truman.
FICHA TÉCNICA
• Año: 1998
• Estreno: 30-10-98
• Género: Comedia
• Duración: 102 min.
• Título original: The Truman Show
• Director: Peter Weir
• Intérpretes: Jim Carrey (Truman Burbank)
Laura Linney (Meryl Burbank/Hannah gill)
Noah Emerich (Marlon/ Louis Coltrane)
Natascha McElhone (Lauren Garland/Sylvia)
Ed Harris (Christof)
Holland Taylor (Madre de Truman)
• Guion: Andrew Nicol
• Fotografía: Peter Bizou
• Música: Philip Glass
Burkhart von Dallwitz
• Montaje: William M. Anderson
SINOPSIS
Truman Burbank es el protagonista de un programa de máxima audiencia que se emite durante las 24 horas al día. El pueblo en el que vive es un decorado y la gente que le rodea son todos actores. A medida que avanza la película Truman comienza a sospechar sobre la naturaleza de su vida. Una vez descubre la verdad se enfrenta a Christof, director y creador del programa.
FICHA ARTÍSTICA
Jim Carrey
Nombre real: Jim Carrey
Nacionalidad: Canadiense
Lugar: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Filmografía:
• ¡Olvídate de mi! (2004)
• Una serie de catastróficas desdichas de Lemony Snickets (2004)
• Como Dios (2003)
• The Majestic (2001)
• El Grinch (2000)
• Yo, yo mismo e Irene (2000)
• Man on the Moon (1999)
• El show de Truman (1998)
• Mentiroso compulsivo (1997)
• Un loco a domicilio (1996)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• Ace Ventura II. Operación Africa (1995)
• Dos tontos muy tontos (1994)
• La máscara (1994)
• Ace Ventura, un detective diferente (1993) (Actor y Guionista)
• El cadillac rosa (1989)
• La lista negra (1988)
• Peggy Sue se casó (1986)
• Mordiscos peligrosos (1985)
• Presentando a Janet (1983)
Ed Harris
Nombre real: Ed Harris
Nacionalidad: EE.UU.
Lugar de nacimiento: Englewood, NJ
Filmografía:
• Me llaman Radio (2003)
El rasgo final es que como hay algo crónico en esta historia. Como del principio del accidente hasta el final cuando muere, hay mucha suspensión, pero dar cosas en listas que ayuda a los lectores. Esta disque lista es buena para ver fácilmente que esta pasando y entender la historia mas. Como entendemos los problemas interior y exterior con todas las imágenes, todo esta en una estructura que queda como un rompe cabeza. Todo esta organizado bien y fluye las historia con la drama.
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Truman, the main character of “The Truman Show” exists on the set of a television show,
In The Truman Show, Omnicam Corporation selects and adopts Truman Burbank out of six of the unwanted newborns to star in a show, directed by Christof. The Truman Show broadcasts Truman's life which he initially is not aware of. The town of Seahaven is a television set enclosed, with built in special effects and is populated by actors making it realistic. As Truman begins to clue in on the show, his life begins to unravel. Unable to escape the set of Seahaven, Truman begins to search for the answers and goes on a quest to discover the truth about his identity. The central theme of The Truman Show is identity, which is clearly shown through Truman’s character development, the movie’s setting and . Curiosity can be
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From John Wayne and the western motif to William Shatner and the science fiction motif, Hollywood has been obsessed with the notion of frontier, taking this notion from an American ideology that encourages men to forge ahead into the unknown. Often, though, it seems these men are more running away from society than really running to the unknown. And in The Truman Show, that is what Truman is truly doing- running to the unknown in order to escape the responsibilities of his current life. Thus The Truman Show, which looks to be a hip postmodern film about subjectivity, is actually a modernist film tying into the frontier metanarrative in which society represents a binding world, and the frontier embodies the male escapist fantasy of no responsibility.
Truman displays great zeal for life like a lunatic, but he discovers that his life was not real. He then goes on, with the same, undying fanaticism to investigate the living hell that was once his happy life. In his methods, he embodies the Socratic virtues of courage and temperance as he lunges forth like a great tiger somewhere in Africa. He then finds wisdom by realizing the truth, and deciding to leave the comfortable fake-world for the uncertain real world. The cast lacks the courage and the wisdom to tell Truman the truth, the director has all three but in all the wrong ways, and the audience lacks the wisdom to know that by not watching the show they free Truman, lacks the temperance for indulging on the show every day, and lacks the courage to do something more productive with their lives in the time they spend watching the Truman Show. The audience chooses to live in that world over their own, and some grow enough obsession to delude themselves by favoring Truman’s world and living as if they are on the
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How does Weir/Ross demonstrate that a world controlled by the media can only be dystopian in nature.
Exploitation is central to Marxist analysis, 1 which makes it an ideal angle through which to view The Truman Show; the extras, main cast and members of the studio are unlike Truman, in that they have a choice. They are handsomely compensated for their hours2, but they sacrifice their daily lives to live a 'fake” life under strict control of perfectionist director Christof.3 Thus in essence they sell their life experience for financial gain. The ultimate exploitation, of course, is ...