Celebrity is a social construct, involving the creation of the ideal person for the public to admire and recognize. This is evident in "Almost Famous" directed by Cameron Crowe, "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John and "The Loved One" by Evelyn Waugh. These three texts demonstrate through various techniques such as camera angles and satire, the manufacture of a celebrity.

In "Almost Famous", the band, Stillwater was depicted as rising B-list celebrities and the audience are able to witness the processes that the band were subjected to in order to become famous. This shown by the symbolic change from traveling by bus to plane. The bus made part of who they are. They were comfortable in it and it was their home when they travel on the road. In the film, there were reverse shots of Will and Stillwater following the manager to the plane and the...