Citizen Kane (1941) made significant contributions and cinematic advances on many fronts. It challenged traditional narratives as well as various technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema in its use of deep focus technique. Deep focus is a technique whereby everything has been incorporated in the frame as opposed to focusing only at the foreground. “Combination of lighting, type of camera lens, and composition, all designed to come up with the most desired focus, are the major focus of the

film Citizen Kane written, produced, and starring Orson Welles is the most innovative film of the Hollywood cinema era. The use of verbiage, cinematography and real life events occurring during the time of the films release encompassed a vast amount of talent in its right which led to Orson Welles win of Best Original Screenplay at the 1942 Academy Awards. In the beginning of Citizen Kane we hear voice over narration to emulate a news anchor who gives vivid detail of Charles Foster Kane and his

Citizen Kane From watching Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane, a movie about a wealthy newspaper publisher can arguably be the greatest of all time, or at least a great movie for its time period to others. There’s several aspects to this movie that makes it a remarkable film, also a great example of a film that takes great risk for its time period with how they used the camera. What makes this a remarkable film would be; how they used lighting to shed focus of certain characters

Citizen Kane "I know too many people, I guess we're both lonely." This quote by Charles Kane, in the movie Citizen Kane, sums up what I believe is his entire character. He is a very lonely man, portrayed as someone who is always grasping at love. He doesn't know what it means to be loved as he was given away as a child to a very wealthy man and was raised up in a rich household. As an adult he tries to buy affection from everyone but he is never truly satisfied. This uneasiness around the main

tracking to make his movie, “Citizen Kane”, flow smoothly. His use and changing of different techniques highlight the lonely, power-hungry and incomplete Charles Kane. The movie “Citizen Kane” starts off with a close up of a “No Trespassing” sign then tracks over the fence to give a view of the property. As the movie goes on, it dissolves into different views of the house, which portrays Kane as a dominant and sociable part of society. Although it seems as if Kane has a bountiful amount of close

Lonely is a Man Without Love In the 1941 film Citizen Kane we learn about the life of Charles Foster Kane, who is a wealthy news reporter.The first scene shows Charles Kane dying as he whispers “Rosebud” the rest of the film works to solve the meaning of his dying words.The film then shows News on the March, which reveals Kanes entire life.After Kane begins building his newspaper empire he met and married Emily Norten. Soon after Kane runs for political office,yet his personal life begins

Citizen Kane is arguably one of the most influential movies of its time, and on the favorites list of a lot of people. The story of a powerful newspaper journalist and what his last dying words mean influenced movies years after it was created. The film was created in 1941 by one of the major production film companies, RKO. Not only did Orson Welles star in the film but he was also the producer, co-author and director, something that was not seen very often in this stage of motion pictures. Citizen

Citizen Kane (Welles, Orson) is known as one of the greatest movies of all time, and I agree completely. The movie was the first of its kind, making it unique. It was the first movie to use deep focus throughout and everything on screen is seen in focus, unlike other movies made in this time. This movie had to be thought out perfectly and most scenes were filmed in one shot in order to make the most of the focus. It was visually stunning and innovative for its time. See, Star Wars (Lucas, George)