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Truman show paper

In the media, there are several things that result in society losing their natural habits or morals. From out early ages, we have a basis in our minds that we are taught by our parents and raised with from there. We have a foundation of thoughts that make who we are. A large portion of those thoughts are morphed into daily habits. These habits can be the times we do things, the order we do things, or the way we do things. In my household, my mom always made it very evident that every dinner was to be family time. Living in a busy, always-moving household, dinner time was really the only thing that never lacked solidity. As we grow up, we are more likely to dip into our own personal schedules as well as developing our own interests. Popular TV shows, movies, internet sites, and readings are things that often take up most our interest. In the Truman Show, a TV show took over the entire world’s interest in an inhumane matter. The movie reflects upon society’s disability to relate to human nature.

                In a person’s life, a common basis we all have is our family. The majority of people within the world have a family to fall back on. Family consists of the people you can always trust and that will always be there regardless of the issues. The next best thing to family is friends. Friends are chosen individuals that you most likely have things in common with and that you get along with. They are the people you go to when you’re in trouble or when you are sad and you need cheering up or just need to get away. In the Truman Show, his “family” is a collection of paid actors. I can’t imagine finding out that my family has actually no true relation to me. Not only are they non-genuine, but they are being paid to act genuine. Even his audience was non-genuine. They were people who became addicted to a TV show, but the character has no entwinement to their lives. The audience was also a pool of people who didn’t actually care about Truman enough to change the fact that his life was a set-up. Those who knew Truman best didn’t even care about him enough to help him.

                The movie also reflects on how society gets so wrapped up in something they forget about their morals. When something is so addicting, you forget what you grew up with. If this show existed today, I would definitely have a problem with it. The reason I would have a problem with it is because if it were happening to me, I would feel like a mockery and I would never want that type of exposure to happen to me. I believe that if this show existed today, even if there were nothing I could do to change it, to respect my morals I wouldn’t watch the show. Getting entertainment out of someone else’s true life that they are not knowingly submitting to the world is disrespectful. No matter how unmannered something is, if it’s popular, we will engage. But like I said, when things become so large and such a huge trend, people tend to leave their morals and thoughts behind.

                Such a commitment to something, such as a 24 hour TV show you have on 24 hours a day, tends to cause a lifestyle change. I know that when I am watched a TV show, I often forget to do things I should be doing such as walking my dog or doing my homework. And while I am only eighteen and have no one else to look after but myself, this is usually alright. Then again, the shows I watch are all shorter than an hour. If a parent were to be addicted to a show like this and forget to do something that others depend on, it will have negative effects. Examples of negative things to forget could be making dinner for the family, or having the family eat that dinner together, or picking up a child from school, or doing laundry, etc. All of things are things that keep a house containing a family running. It keeps everyone working together and usually on a certain schedule. Though a certain commitment like a 24 hour TV show doesn’t exist, if it did, habits and times would be the last of a person’s worries.

                As stated earlier, the Truman Show imitates how one’s morals and habits can often be obscured in adjustment to a large trend. In most people’s lives, they heavily depend on what they were taught as children. Common sense and manners are things that are needed in daily life. Along with those necessities, we also rely on our morals. Without these three key components to life, what would you have? You wouldn’t be able to function in society, have friends or make a living. Allowing unmannered acts to occur is just as rude as being unmannered. Don’t do to others as you wouldn’t want others to do to you. The concept is simple.

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Notetaking on camera techniques

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
C-amera
T-ape
T-ripod
M-icrophone
H-eadphones
P-ower
L-ights

• Shooting into a light source = a silhouette

Button to adjust = a backlight button or add light to the front

• Where do you want your light source?
behind the camera

• On what object should you focus the camera?
zoom in on the nose and focus

• No tripod= bad

• Date and Time= it is permanently recorded

• What's the difference between SP/EP?
SP: standard play, EP: extended play. Going to EP will allow you to record more at a lower quality

• Camera shoots in SP.

• Pre-Roll-
3-5 seconds

• Post-Roll-
3-5 seconds

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic: Has some depth, not plain.
Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from a wall

• 1 Shot= Middle of the chest to above the head.

• 1 Shot with graphic= Middle of the chest to above the head, but the shot is panned to the side to leave space for the graphic.

• 2 Shot= Only for anchors, when they are interacting (in the studio).

• CU- Close up, zoomed in on a subject to show detail.

• MS- Medium shot, not a close up, but not a long shot. Ex: have of a person or a little wider out.
• LS- Long shot, showing most of a room, or showing a person's entire body.
• ECU- Extreme-close up, very zoomed in on something.

• Rule of thirds- An imaginary grid where you place the parts of the shot that are the most important on the lines of the grid.

CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Up and down panning

• Pan- Side to side panning

• Zoom- Changing the focal length, going in closer or further of a subject

• Dolly- Physically moving your camera

LIGHTS
• Key- The most important light, it is the strongest light that does the most lighting of the shot. It comes in at a 45 degree angle.

• Fill- A light that comes from the other direction so there are no shadows, also a 45 degree angle.

• Back- A light behind the subject that seperates it from the background.

MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- Microphone that takes in sound from one direction.
• Omnidirectional- Microphone that takes in sound from all directions.
• Cardiod- Picks up some sound from the side.
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- A microphone that you can clip on to one's shirt.
• Boom Microphone- A microphone that is on a stick that you can drop into the shot where you would like the sound from, it is also a uni-directional microphone.

Corrections

I commented on Amanda Skipton and Jackie Tussing's blog

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There’s a time in the present when we have to make the biggest decisions about our futures.

 Jackie: “I’m kind of nervous, because I don’t know what I’m doing.”

Reporter: “What do you think of when you hear the word ‘college’?”

Kelsey: “I think about the options I'm considering, and not living at home anymore, which is the best part.”

Although the decisions that come with going to college are liberating and exhilarating to think about, it’s also very stressful.

Reporter: “Does the idea of college/thinking about college psych you out?”

Jackie: “No I'm just really excited to go and get out of this place.”

Reporter: “Have you sensed your child’s stress when the word “college” is brought up in conversation?”

Janice: “Recently more than before, but yes, and for a good reason because the decision and processes are tedious and stressful.”

The decisions children make about their future, obviously, affect everyone.

Reporter: “Are you parents pressuring you about figuring out your post-high school plans?”

Jackie: “Yes, my dad is, because he thinks that it is coming up too fast; which it is.”

Reporter: “Have you applied for any colleges/universities yet?”

Jackie: “Nope, I am about to this weekend, and I'm kind of nervous because I don't know what I'm doing.”

Reporter: “Are you worried about your child choosing the right college?”

Janice: “Yeah, because things have to stay realistic. But in the end I feel like it’ll all work out.”