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Questions Please respond to these questions by clicking on the "discussion" tab at the top of the white section of this page. **//__ the TRUMAN show __//****__ questions __** ** General Questions ** 1. List as many items that are advertised during the film as you can. 2. There are four examples of the relationship between TRUMAN and his wife during the first 15 minutes (before the flashback to their first meeting). Explain how characterisation (dialogue, costume, body language, etc) in each of these adds to our understanding of their relationship. 3. The audience (you) is constantly aware that they are watching the Truman show during the course of the film. What techniques are used to ensure the audience is aware of this and how does it add to your understanding of the power of the media? (hint: mention lighting, camera angles and shots, events in Truman’s life, irony and advertising) ** Scene Specific Questions ** 1. What images are cut together during the first scene? (who is included and what are they doing) 2. Speculate on why you think each of these images is included and how they set up the characters and themes of the movie. 3. Write down 3 quotes from the first scene that you think are significant in building the themes of the film. 4. Describe the music during the first scene. How does it make you feel? What relationship do you think there is between the music, the way it makes you feel and one of the themes of the movie? 5. What are the first hints Truman gets that his reality is not what is seems? 6. The most dramatic event of Truman’s life (the drowning of his father) is told with the ovular camera focus of one of Christof’s hidden cameras. What does this suggest about the nature of reality?