Peter Weir

Witness is the famous American movie directed by Peter Weir in 1985 which the story starts with the witness of a brutal murder happened in the bathroom of New York City station by a little Amish boy named Samuel Lapp. Through the investigation of the incident with the policeman, John Book, Samuel and his mother, Rachel, the viewers encounter the plain life led by blackclad Amish people. People there had a lifestyle which the “American” experienced a few decades ago, for example, riding horses…

Society and freedom are contradictory. Societal forces are detrimental to the human spirit. The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the film, The Truman Show by Peter Weir, and the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, all are related to the contradicting themes of society and freedom. The more one is influenced by the society, the less freedom he has. Being free in a society that is savage has negative consequences. Freedom that one does not earn…

communicating over the internet replaced human connection? Mae, the protagonist in the Dave Eggers novel The Circle, discovers how different her life can be without privacy after beginning work for the large internet company the Circle. Truman, of Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, a man whose whole life has been set up, captured and broadcast for the whole world to see, also discovers his lack of privacy and tries to put an end to it. Mae does not find her life to be strange until people bring it to…

In Peter Weir's film, “The Truman Show” Truman is born into a TV show where he lives a fake life unawaringly, controlled by the creator Christof. Towards the end he leaves the movie set since he realizes that his environment is strange and phony. The protagonists fake world displays how when one's life is controlled they yield to the circumstances of their life, but when surroundings in their life show falsehood they resist and attempt to break free from the control. Initially Truman is…

the black man (Mcfee), the white wall and the smear of blood shows a contrast in the clash of cultures and corruption ‘the English’ have brought into the Amish community. When showing the Amish men responding to Samuel’s alarm and coming to help, Weir uses the same non-diegetic music as he did in the Barn-Raising scene. He does this to show a sense of victory and convey a theme of community. Bringing that safe and calm feeling to audiences just he did in the Barn raising scene. Also the cloud…

People are often molded by the experiences they endure in their lifetime. They are who they are because of those experiences. We are all influenced by what we hear and what we see, for good and bad, and that is what structures us. Whether you live in the inner-city or the countryside, we are all influenced by certain affairs. I have been influenced all my life, every day I am shaped into who I am and who I will become. Some of the biggest influences in my life have come from the people around…

As Truman proceeds to his car to go to work in a closed form frame (6), a barking Dalmatian charges him. The composition changes at this moment depicting a point of view shot (8) of the neighbor’s Dalmatian through Truman’s eyes. The dog is close to Truman’s face, as if to signify his fear of the animal. This psychological technique allows for the audience to witness an emotion more carefully, in this case, the emotion is fear. The low camera angles exhibited the enlarged action of the dog and…

feeling that what they see before them is real. Most of the shots are given through static hidden cameras complete with the distortions that those cameras would bring. Peter Biziou, the cinematographer, wanted to make a world that closely mimicked the quirks of a bad television show set. “In making Peter Weir 's 'The Truman Show ' [Peter Biziou] relied on that 'unreal ' look to create an insular world lit by too-brilliant sunlight (Hess).” Cinematography is “Every creative choice related to…

Composers convey journey through the use of film techniques and narrative techniques. In the film, ‘The Truman Show’ by Peter Weir and in the novel, ‘Paper Towns’ by John Green, the concept of journey encountered by individuals become the focus. In The Truman Show, the main character Truman had to learn the truth about his world and devise a way to physically escape. In Paper Towns, the main character Quentin goes on a road trip to find the love of his life, who he doesn't really understand. An…

make-believe world,” and “How often had he seen Pegasus flying in the sky ceiling or seen fountains of red fireworks, or heard angel voices singing.”All of these familiar fairy tales represent the innocence of Peter and Wendy. Peter and Wendy also have the same name as the main characters from Peter Pan. “She”, Beth Kattelman, says, “notes that, while readers admire his imagination and creativity, they also appreciate his artistry”. All of the references to childrens stories just emphasize how…