Truman World

Link to movie scene：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwuW8n3JYA

Recently, I revisited the 1998 American movie Truman World, which is one of my favorite movies. The plot of the story tells that Truman is the protagonist of a popular reality show. He has lived in the reality show world since he was born. Everything around him is false. His relatives and friends are all actors, but he doesn’t know anything about it. In the end, Truman walked out of this virtual world. This is the third time I have watched it, and each time I have a different feeling. Through these three weeks of study, I have a deeper understanding and analysis of this movie. In particular, the lens used in some scenes is unique. Most movie scenes’ lens center follows Truman’s movement, but the angle and shooting method of the lens has changed greatly; a similar alternate uses a high-angle shot, a low-angle shot, and the wide-angle used in the movie’s lenses. For instance, one of the scenes that impressed me the most was the beginning of the movie when Truman greeted the camera. The lens advances from the middle shot to the close shot. This shot directly gave Truman a close-up, showing the importance of classic lines in the show. Moreover, the lens is in the form of a home TV frame, showing Truman and his neighbors’ introduction. After they finished introducing myself, there was a lamp in the sky that fell on the ground. Truman walked over and picked up the lamp that fell on the ground. The screen moved directly from the long shot to the close shot, which clearly showed Truman’s confusion and left clues for the plot behind. In the next scene, Truman sits in the car, which is a low-angle shot lens. I found a circle that like a lens. The audience is watching him through this lens; the outside of the circular area is all black in the picture, showing the lens’s invisibility, telling the audience that his life has been monitored. Finally, each of these scenes is unique and important.