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The Truman Show The film text, "The Truman Show" directed by Peter Weir effectively portrays the fact that image determines our perception of reality. "The Truman Show" manipulates the idea of reality compared to fiction - showing us that another persons' traumas are often seen to us as entertainment. The internal audience reinforces this when the external audience (we) is shown ludicrous scenes of them in bars, bathes, lounges and car parks. The show itself is shot inside a dome built by a media corporation who have adopted Truman. Truman is unaware of all this as he is set, almost guinea pig-like for the rest of the world to see. This represents his confinement and lack of awareness. Weir uses powerful symbols, lighting and dialogue to convey the extent of the media so that in turn, we as audiences do not gullibly "accept the reality with which we are presented". Weir successfully...

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