Truman Show Techniques

Peter Weirs film 'The Truman Show' is a film set in the life of Truman Burbank who is living unknowingly, in a relatively TV show. Throughout the film Peter uses techniques such as camera framing, dramatic irony and flashbacks, which help present the significant idea of control. Using these techniques we are able to see and point out how we also controlled using microcosm to link it to the real world. Essentially how we are controlled.

The directors choice of the technical device of camera framing, making the use of the camera known is to reminds as that what we are watching is a film within a film. Not only does this show this bit it also emphasises the fact that Truman's life is completely monitored, giving him no privacy as everyone can see his every move. This wasn't just limited to 'The Truman Shows' supposed audience but its supposed director (Christof) and camera crew. Throughout the film we see how they monitor his movements to make sure he is doing what they are wanting him

Throughout 'The Truman show we see many flashbacks into Truman's life, more particularly the one where we are shown how Truman's father drowned in a sailing accident while out on the water with him. It is this incident which causes his fear of the water to the point he cant even drive other a bridge that crosses of the water, this fear was essentially manufactured by the childhood event. Fears being manufactured by events in our childhood are also prominent, these fears are not only manufactured by events but by what people tells us. What Weir was trying to get across is that to often with these types of fears we let them control our live; he wants us to understand that if we let our fears control our own lives we end up not living the life we want. Instead we should embrace those fears try and overcome them so that we can live or lives to the