Your TV is Lying to You

In this article, aimed at secondary teachers and students of Media, Jones discusses the principles of visual 'truth' in media production. Jones points out that '[T]he cinematic form has, in essence, a single core tenet: cinema is a construction.' He argues that, 'this constructed truth [...] doesn't just apply to narrative or creative decisions on the part of directors and screenwriters, but is in fact rooted in the production process itself.' The article provides a number of interesting ideas for class discussion and analysis of visual 'truth' in the media.