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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.
