Truth+and+Reality

Context: Truth and Reality
=Introduction= For an overview of the unit: [|Truth_and_Reality_context.jpg] [|Visuwords] online dictionary: look up 'truth', 'reality', and 'proof' Activity: [|truth-reality_introduction.pdf]

=Truth and Reality in the film 'Proof'= Three important clips from the film are available from [|Australian Screen] for you to view and analyse

**Questions**
Support your discussion in each question with evidence from the film.
 * 1) What importance does Martin place on trust?
 * 2) What drives Martin’s quest for ‘the truth’?
 * 3) What drives humanity’s quest for ‘the truth’?
 * 4) What is the connection between Martin’s blindness and the importance of photographic ‘proof’?
 * 5) Compare and contrast Martin and Celia’s need for photographs.
 * 6) Can Martin ever really find ‘the truth’, and is it even that important?
 * 7) Can we trust our senses to show us what is real?

Activity: [|contextstudy_proof.pdf]
Study Guide to Proof:

=Impact of digital photography on our perception of Truth= Complete the tests (tests 2, 3 & 4) at the [|Museum of Hoaxes] to see how well you can spot a 'real' or 'hoax' photo. How have the changes to photography in the last 50 years led to changes in how reliable we see photos as 'proof' of reality? []

Article: [|truth_photoshop-article.pdf] Activity: [|1008_photoshopquestions_jj.pdf]

=The Truth about Beauty=

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Article: [|theage_glamwithouttrickery.pdf] Activity: [|Glam without trickery_qns.pdf]

=Truth and Reality in Advertising=

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=Virtual Realities= [|secondlife affects reallife.pdf] [|secondlife vs reallife.doc] [|Second Life - the usual participants]

[|30standard-facebook-profiles.pdf]

=Understanding the Context= [|1008_realityquotes_jj.doc]

=Writing about the Context= [|1007_Context_Writing.doc]

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