Citizen Kane Cinematography

Photographically, Kane ushered in a revolution ‘challenging the classical ideal of a transparent style’ that doesn’t call attention to itself. In Kane, the ‘style was part of the show’. The lighting in the movie is generally in mostly high key in those scenes depicting Kane’s youth & dealing w/his years as a crusading young publisher (the happier part of his life). As he grows older & more cynical, the lighting grows darker, more harshly contrasting.

First off, Citizen Kane has an interesting interaction of still shots of a some type of castle, which is lead on to be creepy by the music in the background. The music creates a type of suspense or even a sense of curiosity. It sparks questions of to of why we are looking at this castle and slowly moving closer and closer. Music creates a build up until we see a body drop what looked like a snow globe or something, then it decrescendos to allow for the words to be mumbled out. In this intro if there were some type of cheery music going up to the caste it would not fit at all and would create an inaccurate idea of what may be about to happen or how the plot were to devolve in this movie.

During practice sequences and montages, the film chooses to use modern pop rock music. It chooses to not use music that would be considered by most audiences to be native,

The musical score from this scene in the montage creates a melancholic mood by augmenting the emotional

The arrangement changes to a slow, melodic, heartfelt tone to emphasize their emotions. Still hitting on visual changes. The scene and music help show them the severity they face. Showing that they must continue forward in their long journey of

When Ricky first arrives to meet his foster parents, it plays music. This music makes you jump in your seat and takes your attention straight away. Similar scenes have similar musical numbers that capture what Ricky is feeling in the moment and what feelings the scenes bring to the

The music helps portray the transition between a worried team full of buys to a confident team of

Directed by Orson Welles, the 1941 motion picture “Citizen Kane” is the story of the rise and fall of a great, influential man. The opening scenes of “Citizen Kane” are quite different from what follows during the rest of the film. Fading in and out of different landscapes instilled mystery. This mysterious vibe was carried on during Charles Foster Kane’s death through the use of shadows, quiet music, and close up shots. Isolated in his vast empire of a home, Kane uttered only one word before he passed: “rosebud.”

Welles utilized sound to make the audience feel the mood of the scenes, the soul of the characters, and the meaning of the film. During happy times in Kane’s memory, the music and sounds were of quick and light as in business implying a mood of success and forward motion in life. The sounds used in the movie assisted viewers in many ways; 1) guided attention to certain parts of the scene, 2) helped define the dimensions of where the characters were positioned in the scene, 3) conveyed the mood of the scene and the character’s states of minds, 4) helped to represent time, 5) created rhythm not provided by music, 6) revealed the main characters aspects, 7) aroused expectations about what was going to happen in the scene, and 8) enhanced the overall dramatic effect of the sequence of the movie. These are just a few of the benefits that the newly introduced sounds in the movie Citizen Kane provided. This film was truly ahead of its time and Orson Welles was well aware of that.

There are many things that make “Citizen Kane” considered as possibly one of the greatest films every made; to the eyes of the passive audience this film may not seem the most amazing, most people being accustomed to the classical Hollywood style, but to the audience with an eye for the complex, “Citizen Kane” breaks the traditional Hollywood mold and forges its own path for the better. Exposition is one of the most key features of a film, it’s meant introduce important characters and give the audience relevant details and and dutifully suppress knowledge in turn. “Citizen Kane” does not follow this Classic Hollywood style exposition, instead going above and beyond to open the film with revealing as little information as possible and confuse/intrigue

The movie overlaps the interviews to tell the life story of Kane while the flashbacks are doing the storytelling. The story is not told in chronologic manor, uses several techniques to tell the story of Kane. The angles used to portray certain scenes, getting all of views in, having lighting changes, shadows are all creative to the movie and introducing these techniques into Hollywood

Shot Analysis: Citizen Kane Orson Welles, director of “Citizen Kane”, is well known for his unusual directing methods that defied conventional cinematic techniques. Welles provided his audience with original forms of cinematography, narrative structures, and music. The scene I chose to analyze is extremely important to the plot of the film because Kane begins to realize that he is going through some serious financial problems. During the scene, Kane maintains a sarcastic mood, until he finally decides to surrender and signs the papers that transfer the ownership of his media empire to Mr. Thatcher.

In this essay I will be comparing the themes and the narrative techniques used in both films. Starting off with the film “Citizen Kane” as mentioned it is a story of a millionaire, Charles Foster Kane. It begins with Kane’s death and speaks a single word: “Rosebud”. The reporters in the hunt to know

The composer of the movie, Bernard Hermann was majorly popular for operating with Hitchcock had given the wonderful music to the movie. Nevertheless, the movie continues to be most noticeably the effort of Orson Welles, an authentic hallway comprising of mirrors representing the grand artist's fears, obsessions, and dreams. “Citizen Kane” is not merely the one among the grand effort of the cinema, although it is one among the grand artistic constructions of the century. (Donnelly) (IMDb) “Citizen Kane” was originated from the unusual and the real screenplay from Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter from America, together with principle director, actor, and the producer Orson Welles, with extra unaccredited devotions from Mollie Kent, Roger Q. Denny, and John Houseman.

Kylie Mawn Professor Rodais CINE 121 Midterm 4 March 2018 Question 1: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) is a film that is well known for pushing cinematic boundaries in many ways. One commonly recognized technique in Welles’ film is deep focus photography. Deep focus photography is used in films to allow everything in a shot to be in focus at once. Typical, only specific characters or objects are in focus in any given frame in order to guide the audience’s attention in a scene, but deep focus can bring a new level of sophistication to a shot.