Cinematography in The Truman Show

Cinematography in the Truman Show 

The scene I will be using to show cinematography in the Truman show is the Do something scene with Truman and his “Wife”.

Straight away a medium shot is used to create a sense of relaxation between the two characters. This allows the viewers to analyse how Truman’s “Wife” is acting and the character that she is playing. So the medium shot helps to show a relaxation between the two people. It helps to make the film feel natural and comfortable and Truman won’t notice what is happening as there is hidden cameras everywhere. 

The second type of camera shot used is a two shot which has been used to show the interaction of Truman and his “Wife”. It helps to show a relaxed nature between both of them and there familiar relationship.

The next shot is an extreme close up that is zooming in on Truman’s “Wife” as she is advertising the “Mococa” This type of shot helps to show a massive change between what is real and what is fake in Truman’s life. As all around Truman is product placement and advertising. This is what helps Truman to discover the world he lives in is fake.

The next shot is a close up of Truman who is getting angry at his “Wife” for talking strangely and is advertising the “Mococa.”This type of shot has been used to show the emotion of anger that Truman is feeling. It has been used to make the audience feel empathy for Truman whose life has been recorded constantly.

The next shot is an Eye level shot which has been taken to show what Truman is seeing and making the audience feel invisible in the scene like they are seeing something they shouldn’t. This shot has been used to make the audience see what Truman is seeing and the fact of the anger that he is walking with. The effect that this causes is that the audience is just a witness to the unfolding events in the Kitchen of Truman’s house.

The next shot is a secret camera hidden in the necklace of Truman’s wife. It is a mixture of close up and eye level shot creating a sense of invisibility for the audience and the close up helps us see the emotions that Truman are feeling.

The next shots are a sequence of eyelevel shots and close up shots. This sequence helps to show how frightened Truman’s wife is at Truman’s Rage. The eyelevel shots help to make the audience feel scared for Truman as they are experiencing the same things as him. Whereas the close up shots of Truman help the audience show what emotions he is feeling.  

The next shot is shown from a Tv. This shot is a high angle shot. As we are looking down on Truman and His wife. This shows a sense of how insignificant they are as appear smaller and that Kristoff is controlling everything that is happening. This brings in the effect that you want Truman to escape and stop being a puppet of Kristoff’s.