Orson Welles 's Citizen Kane

The movie Citizen Kane was ahead of its time and challenged what a classic Hollywood movie was defined as. The film begins with the death of Kane, and his final word ‘rosebud’. A reporter sent to interview various people close to Kane to discover what ‘rosebud’ means. The audience is given various perspectives on the life of Kane through these people and the audience is taken along for the ride. All movies out at the time had similar lighting and narrative because of the quick factory like atmosphere in Hollywood studios at the time.

Citizen Kane directed and co-written by Orson Welles, who also starred as the main character Charles Foster Kane, is considered the top movie of the top 100 movies. Citizen Kane starts with a newsreel that tells the life of Charles Foster Kane, who had just recently died. A newspaper team sets out to tell the real story of Charles Foster Kane and learn the truth behind Kane’s last words, “Rosebud” (Gottlieb, 1992). The reporter asked several prominent people in Kane’s life to give their story about the man and any information they would have about his last words. Although, no one knew why his last words were “Rosebud” and what “Rosebud” even was. The audience travels through Kane’s life seen through the eyes of other people, giving us details

Orson Welles’ 1941 classic film Citizen Kane tells the story of Charles Forster Kane. The turning point of the film is when Jim Gettys attempts to blackmail Kane. The scene demonstrates Kane’s fall from grace through pride. His reactions to the other characters in this scene (Mrs. Kane, Susan Alexander, and Mr. Gettys), the angles that are shown in his perspective, and the lighting of the scene helps to demonstrate this point. It is after the blackmail scene that, in desperation, Kane tries to regain his credibly with the public and

The human eye is a funny thing. It gives us an accurate depiction of the world, informing us as to how we inhabit space and as to what we can learn from the space around us. To put it shortly, our eyes tell us about life. Vision can be remarkably narrow, in the sense that we are confined to it, but cinema can be eye opening - even life changing. Cameras and lenses allow us to alter this fixed view. When we are successfully able to alter our fixed perception of the world, we can get some miraculous, powerful, meaningful results. Alfred Hitchcock was very aware of the power of directing an eye. Through lens and camera, Hitchcock oh so naturally and subtly directs the viewer - directs us. One important case study into Hitchcock’s use of the

Orson Welles’ 1941 release, Citizen Kane, is often seen as the most influential film in American history due to its complexity, production techniques, stylistic interpretation, as well as exemplified the look of modern cinema. Classical Hollywood style is based on camera-work and sound recording techniques that allow viewers to focus solely on actors and the scenes that surround them. By being invisible, an audience can better understand a film’s form, derive expectations from characters and the plot, observe patterns, and most importantly evidence a sense of movement. In addition, classical Hollywood style is known for straightforward narratives (including timelines) that provides viewers simple meanings, character actions, and outcomes throughout. This cinematic production techniques failed to challenge the audience, however, allowed production companies to quickly create more and more films.

Citizen Kane was a movie that challenged holly woods usual way of giving narrative and expanded and changed the way we perceived mise-en-scene. First off Citizen Kane took a much different approach to giving and delivering narrative than most other movies did at the time. Usually the story would revolve around the main character or protagonist and let them explain the narrative or play it out as the movie went on. But, in Citizen Kane instead of following Charles Foster Kane, the movies main character, it follows a journalist who goes and visits Kane’s friends and associates to figure out exactly who Charles Kane was before his death. It is through the journalist’s visits and interviews that we learn the narrative of the story.

In cinema, lighting, blocking and panning drastically influence what an audience will notice and take away from a scene. Orson Welles’s 1941 Citizen Kane has numerous examples of effectively using these aspects within mise-en-scène, cinematography and editing to portray the importance of specific events and items in the film. The scene where Kane writes and then publishes his “Declaration of Principles” (37:42-39:42) in the New York Daily Inquirer after buying them focuses on important elements of the film, aiding the audience by combining lighting, blocking and panning to define significant roles and objects that further the movie as a whole.

Citizen Kane is a 1941 film written, starred and directed by Orson Welles, a 25-year-old untested producer at the time. It is contemplated by many as the greatest film of all time evidenced by the numerous plaudits and nominations it has won. It has drawn praise due to its excellent use of cinematography and narrative techniques. The film examines the life and legacy of Charles Forster Kane played by Welles. In the opening scene of the movie, Kane dies and his last word was 'Rosebud.' The film is largely based on flashbacks describing his life. A reporter, Jerry Thompson is tasked with finding out the meaning of 'Rosebud' and interviews Kane's former associates.

The movie Citizen Kane was produced in 1941 and it’s a drama film produced by Orson Welles. This movie has won several awards such the best writing while nominated in the Academy awards. Many filmmakers, film critics, and fans consider it as one of, if not, the greatest film ever made; winning the votes of all the Sight and Sound categories it was nominated for. The cinematography, narrative structure, screenplay, and music involved in the movie were praised since it was one of the kind during its period in time. The film is about the rise and fall of a successful newspaper tycoon who is played by Welles himself. This paper entails a figurative research of the film entailing how various filming styles have been used in the entire production

Citizen Kane made cinematic advances on many fronts, and its most significant contribution to cinematography came from the use of a technique known as deep focus. Deep focus refers to having everything in the frame, even the background, in focus at the same time, as opposed to having only the people and things in the foreground in focus. The deep focus technique requires the cinematographer to combine lighting, composition, and type of camera lens to produce the desired effect. With deep focus, a filmmaker can showcase overlapping actions, and mise-en-scène (the physical environment in which a film takes place) becomes more critical. Effectively manipulating the mise-en-scène for deep focus actively engages the whole space of the frame without

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. The story is a film à clef that examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insult and Harold McCormick, and aspects of Welles' own life. Kane's career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power. Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is told through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word: "Rosebud". Cinematographer Citizen Kane is best known for its best cinematographer because of it stylist techniques, deep focus- or the foreground and background of the shot to be in focus using lighting, composition, and lens- choice is constantly is utilized to bring to bring both plot and perspective of the viewer, in addition deep focus makes anything and everything in the shot immediately relevant.

Citizen Kane was created to show Kane’s life and his changes throughout time. This is shown because he was the subject of all of the interviews done by the interviewer, Jerry Thompson. The plot line was for them to find out the meaning of the word Rosebud, however in doing so they went through the facts about Kane and his life. For example, the affair that

Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) is considered one of the greatest films of all time. Through his unconventional use of film composition and mise-en-scene, Welles’ clever manipulation of the camera and the scene before it effectively captured audiences in a manner that was unprecedented in American cinema storytelling. A significant filmic element of the assigned sequence of Citizen Kane would be its consistent use of deep focus. Shallow focus is used to emphasize one part of an image over another, and Citizen Kane fails to do so the entire time.

George Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His Parents were Richard and Beatrice Welles. His father, Richard, made a lot of money by inventing a carbide lamp for bicycles and Beatrice was a concert pianist who taught Orson how to play the piano and violin. In 1919, Orson just four years old, Richard and Beatrice got divorced. Sadly, Beatrice died of jaundice when he was only nine years old. Richard’s success and wealth began to drop. He started drinking to wash away the stress and died when Orson was thirteen years old. Maurice Bernstein became Orson’s full time guardian until he was fifteen years old. She saw his talent and enrolled him in the Todd School in Woodstock, Illinois. There he found his passion for theater.

Citizen Kane, some parts were bland and hard to follow, but in the end it all comes together leaving the audience with an “Aha” moment. There was good sound quality throughout the film, something a little unexpected in a film of it’s age. Despite it being in black and white the visual effects were interesting. At different parts of the film close ups and backlighting are used, also due to the high number of flashbacks there are many fade outs. The acting is of a fairly good quality especially considering that during the film many of the actors were new to film. The storyline is well developed although it can be hard to follow unless you pay very close attention.