Cambridge Wizard Student Guide The Truman Show
Marcia Pope(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 16. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-521-54615-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Truman Show is a major film by Australian director Peter Weir. It sets up the conceit of a 'reality TV' show about an innocent called Truman Burbank, who doesn't even know that his whole life is a carefully scripted fiction, beamed out to millions of viewers around the world. When the truth dawns on Truman, he challenges the god-like creator of 'The Truman Show', and makes his escape into the real world. This fascinating satire on media manipulation is both engrossing and relevant to contemporary trends. Study of the film is set within the context of the NSW syllabus English Elective module 'Image'. The guide provides background material on the 'Image' theme, as well as contextual information about the 'grammar' of film, before offering a summary and detailed explication of the movie. It concludes with linking notes (the movie as an example of 'Image') and a model answer.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
90 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-54615-7 (9780521546157)
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