英语影视作品赏析第五单元 楚门的世界ppt课件.ppt

In case I dont see you.,Unit Five The Truman Show第五单元楚门的世界,JimGarrey is Truman,Laura Linney is Meryl,影片赏析,导读,Imagine you are photographed at every moment of your life, the way you dress, eat and behave, the words you say are all under observation of others. How would you feel like? Well, the character in The Truman Show is just such a person whose life is totally controlled by the outside. However, he is the only one not knowing the truth. Truman was selected as the leading actor of a TV programmeThe Truman Show. He lives in a small town called Seahaven Island, which actually is a huge artificial studio.,影片赏析,导读,Truman lives in a world of false,影片赏析,导读,In case I dont see you,good afternoon, good evening, and good night！,影片赏析,导读,Sylviathe girl Truman accidentally met and fell in love with at first sight.,影片赏析,导读,Truman determined to escape Seahaven Island and to look for the real self.,影片赏析,导读,He stepped on the road of seeking the real self.,影片赏析,导读,Faced with the dilemma between fame and freedom, Truman chose freedom without hesitation.,影片赏析,演员简介,JimGarrey is Truman,Pet Detective,in Living Color,The Mask,Batman Forever,The Cable Guy,Liar Liar,The Truman Show,Man on the Moon,“Comedy Star” in Hollywood.,the Golden Globe for the Best Actor,影片赏析,演员简介,“Comedy Star” in Hollywood.,the Golden Globe for the Best Actor,Laura Linney is Meryl,Primal Fear,Absolute Power,The Truman Show,You Can Count on Me,The Life of David Gale,Academy Nomination,Driving Lesson,The Nanny Diaries,电影简介,A Great Scheme,30 years ago, an TV production company in America adopted an infant with an aim to cultivate him into a superstar. To their relief, he indeed became the leading actor of the most popular soap opera “The Truman Show” around the world.,电影简介,A World of False,It seemed that there was no difference between Trumans life and others. But what he didnt know was that behind him, there were thousands of cameras targeting at him, observing him at every moment. All he did was under control of others.,电影简介,Truman felt increasingly suspicious. He found that everyday, in the same place and at the same time, similar scenes occurred. Colleagues in his company started to work after he arrived. Worse still, his wife was not a doctor! Everyone around him seemed to be cheating him, a kind of deep horror kept hanging over him.,Finding the Truth,电影简介,Seeking Real Self,Christof told Truman that he had become the world-famous superstar and if he was willing to live in the island, he can retain all these fame. However, Truman walked out of the island without hesitation, looking for his entire new life.,电影简介,生词,电影简介,新词 难词,Words in the movie:,电影简介,新词 难词,Words in the movie:,电影简介,新词 难词,Words in media industry:,电影简介,新词 难词,Words in media industry:,练习,What have you learned from the following sentence said by Truman and why would he say this?,In case I dont see you.Good afternoon, good evening, and good night.,练习,2. Open discussion,Imagine you are living in such a place as Truman is, where everything is created and arranged deliberately, and someday you are told that you have become a superstar. Whatever you do, people around the world are watching you closely. Will you continue to stay where you are or try to make a change? Why or why not?,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Media ethicsis the subdivision ofapplied ethicsdealing with the specific ethical principles and standards ofmedia, includingbroadcast media, film, theatre, thearts,print mediaand the internet. The field covers many varied and highly controversial topics, ranging fromwar journalismtoBenettonadvertising.The ethics of journalism is one of the most well-defined branches of media ethics, primarily because it is frequently taught inschools of journalism. Journalistic ethics tends to dominate media ethics, sometimes almost to the exclusion of other areas.,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,News manipulation. News can manipulate and be manipulated. Governments and corporations may attempt to manipulate news mediaTruth. Truth may conflict with many other values.Public interest. Revelation of military secrets and other sensitive government information may be contrary to thepublic interest, even if it is true. Privacy. Salacious details of the lives of public figures is a central content element in many media. Publication is not necessarily justified simply because the information is true.,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Fantasy. Fantasy is an element of entertainment, which is a legitimate goal of media content. Taste. Photo journalists who cover war and disasters confront situations which may shock the sensitivities of their audiences.Conflict with the law. Journalistic ethics may conflict with the law over issues such as the protection of confidentialnews sources.,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Ethics of entertainment mediaIssues in the ethics of entertainment media include:The depiction of violence and sex, and the presence ofstrong language.Product placement.Stereotypes. Taste andtaboos.,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Media and democracyIn democratic countries, a special relationship exists between media and government. Although the freedom of the media may beconstitutionallyenshrined and have precise legal definition and enforcement, the exercise of that freedom by individual journalists is a matter of personal choice and ethics. Modern democratic government subsists inrepresentationof millions by hundreds. For the representatives to beaccountable, and for the process of government to betransparent, effective communication paths must exist to theirconstituents. Today these paths consist primarily of the mass media, to the extent that ifpress freedomdisappeared, so would most politicalaccountability.,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Meta-issues in media ethicsOne theoretical question for media ethics is the extent to which media ethics is just another topical subdivision ofapplied ethics, differing only in terms of case applications and raising no theoretical issues peculiar to itself. The oldest subdivisions of applied ethics aremedical ethicsandbusiness ethics. Does media ethics have anything new to add other than interesting cases?,拓展阅读,Media Ethics,Similarities between media ethics and other fields of applied ethicsPrivacyandhonestyare issues extensively covered in medical ethical literature, as is the principle of harm-avoidance. The trade-offs between economic goals and social values has been covered extensively inbusiness ethics(as well as medical andenvironmental ethics).Differences between media ethics and other fields of applied ethicsThe issues offreedom of speechand aesthetic values (taste) are primarily at home in media ethics. However a number of further issues distinguish media ethics as a field in its own right.,参考文献,结尾,