Duncan Kane

weird to see a movie about another movie. It is obvious that a recreation is never the same than the original work, but I feel like this movie truly demonstrated some of the aspects and difficulties that Orson Welles experienced for his film, “Citizen Kane.” If I were Orson and had gone through these many hardships for a movie, I probably would have given up. Orson’s determination was greatly shown through this movie. Although it is ranked as one of the worst movies due to its camera work and imaging

Robert Hilary Kane, well known as Robert Kane, was born in Boston during 1938 and is still living. Moving on, as he grew up and finished his education, he became a professor of philosophy at the university of Texas at Austin. However, since he is seventy seven years old now, he has retired. Throughout his life, he has always had a conceptual thought about the free will problem, which helped him develop his own speculation, in regards to Aristotle’s idea about the formation of character and Karma’s

Movies have been made ever since the 1890’s. However, there can only be one, true, best movie of all time. Everyone has their own opinion on it. I believe that The Wizard of Oz, of course the one made in 1939, is the best movie of all time because of ratings, the message it sent to people of all ages, and how well it was put together for a movie made in the early 1940’s. The Wizard of Oz from 1939 has the best rating for any movie made. Rotten Tomato has this movie at the top of their list for “Top

Extract analysis of cinematography within Citizen Kane [12:30-22:30] This essay is an analysis of a key sequence in Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) that uses cinematography to create mystery, intrigue, and disorder. The scenes introduce us to many main characters and help establish the film. The initial scene is set in a projector room where Rawlston is telling his employees, mainly Mr. Thompson to find out more about rosebud. A long shot is used to establish the surroundings, however; the lighting

Popeye, a 1980 film directed by Robert Altman, is about a sailor who gains strength from eating vegetables, specifically Spinach. For this song, I am going to focus on talking about the director because this song is from a motion picture. Robert Altman died in 2006, but before that he was a co-pilot in the Air Force before following in his passions for directing and movie making. Most likely his most famous project is when he was signed on as the director of the Alfred Hitchcock TV show in 1956

Citizen Kane is directed, produced by and stars Orson Welles and was made in 1941. Citizen Kane follows the life of famous newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane and was a very controversial film for its time. Citizen Kane does not come under one specific film genre but falls under the heading of several interesting genres, which include biography, narrative, detective and news-paper reporter genre. ‘Film Noir’ is also associated with Citizen Kane as it has many genres but also a very specific style

Even though Vertigo was poorly received, when it first aired in 1958 it has since been crowned Alfred Hitchcock’s best film and accomplishment of all time. Vertigo may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is a cup of tea that people ought to try. Many of Hitchcock’s films exposes the viewer to scenarios and ideas that people generally try to avoid or sweep under the rug, Vertigo is no exception. This film takes the viewer on a slow-moving but nonetheless, intense rollercoaster ride. It is hard not

where Mr. Thatcher is about to take young Kane away. The sequence opens with a wide angle mid-shot of Mrs. Kane (Agnes Moorehead), Mr. Kane (Harry Shannon), Mr. Thatcher (George Coulouris) and Charles (Buddy Swan) standing outside of the boarding house. The positioning of the characters in this scene is very deliberate: Charles is in the middle as he is at the centre of this discussion, while his mother and Mr. Thatcher are positioned on either side of Kane at the same height. This can symbolise both

Citizen Kane is a 1941 film that the American Film Institute considered the greatest movie of the past 100 years. The film was directed, produced, written, starring Orson Welles. Orson Welles was awarded the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1941 for Citizen Kane. Welles played the character Charles Foster Kane a wealthy newspaper owner and publisher of the New York Enquirer who also had political aspirations. The opening sequence focuses our attention through lighting and the use of deep focus

Editing Time and Space in Movie Making Editing Time and Space in Movie Making Citizen Kane (1941) The manipulation of time and space in the film of citizen cane is different from that of Pulp Fiction in that it considers formal elements of film technique such as Mise-en-scene where it essentially involves a costume, setting and makeup staging and lighting (Belton, 46). The very important scene that happens in front of the camera appears in the final shot of the film. The setting function of the