The Truman Show - sociological and cultural issues

Hi everyone

I am an multimedia design student and i have difficulty in writing an essay from my contextual study - media culture. The question is as following:

"Explore either realism or fantasy in film in an era of you choice.
Show how your examples reflected sociological and cultural changes of their time."

Certainly, the film that i have chosen is The Truman Show - realism.
Can anyone help me with it?
Your points, arguments, statements or anything base on the question.
Thank you very much!

Stezon

Hi Stezon... I think the important point to notice is that they want observation of cultural changes. But if we are observing the modern culture of Truman show, what changes can we discuss? I think we need to tak about the way culture changed in the years that led up to the time in which the film takes place.

It is an era of much advertising and consumerism. Also, digital media brought in an era in which people are especially fascinated with 'reality tv,' an important theme in the film.

Discuss this consumer culture in which the film takes place!! I think you'll have a great paper, because you can describe the way people are fascinated with reality in these modern times.