Duncan Kane

1. Why does Charles Foster Kane force Susan Alexander to become an Opera Singer? Why is it so important to him? Kane’s friend Leland states that Kane always has something to prove it is also evident that throughout the movie Kane wants to be loved by the public; when Jim Gettys made it possible for the press to make public that Kane was having an affair the press called the mistress a “singer” as opposed to singer. Kane set out to make his lover Susan into an opera singer because this is to him

Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941) is known as one of the most innovative and highly rated films of all time. Welles and his cinematographer, Gregg Toland, were among the first filmmakers to use deep-focus photography for significant portions of the film rather than using the more classic medium and close up shots. Welles and Toland also used unconventional filming methods, such as “high contrast, unusual camera angles, and the use of shafts of light” (Cagle, Dombrowski and Ramaeker), which created

Citizen Kane represents a long period of time, allowing the characters to age throughout the film. Telling Kane’s life story in flashbacks is a very original approach in captivating the significance of his life. The film starts out by the parents almost abandoning their child, even when he does not want to leave. Kane’s mother did it out of protection from his father because he seemed to be an abusive alcoholic. As the film went on and Kane started to grow, he became very well known for his success

“The Film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has,” a quote by Francois Truffaut. This quote explains Truffaut’s belief in the Auteur theory and how films should become more personal to it’s director. Also, he mentions that the number of spectators would be equal to the number of “friends” the director had, and I think he meant that since film’s were so personal, viewers were connected in some way

The use of deep focus also manipulates the viewers perspective. In Citizen Kane, Charles Kane and his wife, Susan Kane, are seen within their mansion. (1:47:17) In the mansion, the viewer is able to see everything within the shot. They can see the massive statues and proportions of the inanimate objects compared to the humans. This scene allows the audience to witness Susan and Charles sitting so far apart within this one room, so much so they have to yell to converse. This both supports Susan’s

Suspended reality plays colossal part in whether a film is influential enough to be a great movie. Suspended reality is when a person forgets all about the actual life the person is living and they are completely enthralled in a movie or book that they are experiencing, and they feel the emotions within the movie or book as their own emotion. Some of the best films have suspended reality that is so strong that you cry along with it or smile with it. If the film is thought worthy that film makes

forth in my imagination about how the life of a citizen Kane was transformed from turbulence into dominion and strength. Sometimes an early sign might give some signals to a change that may occur in the near future and one of the signs that happened when Kane was a child lives with his mother but suddenly for a reason his life starts to change when he left his mother and became one of the political symbols of his state. In addition, the life of Kane has passed into family problems after he became the

Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941), is remembered as one of the greatest American films to be made. Its' revolutionary storyline and the new ideas that Welles introduces in the film sets it apart from others created at the time. The film depicts a young man, Charles Kane (Orson Welles), who grew up wealthy and who eventually owns a newspaper. Throughout the movie, as he gains wealth and power, he exhibits a distinct weakness that eventually leads to his downfall. While David Fincher's The Social Network

Down By The Station: Down by the station was my favorite book when I was little. This is mostly because of the song my mom sang with the pictures. The other part that would be entertaining to a kid is the bright colorful pictures of the baby animals going down, one by one down by the station Inch By Inch: Like Down by the Station, it had a song that went with it, that I can still remember to this day. For a while this was my bedtime story every single night because I loved it so much. The Purple

literature is at its best in the light novel.” - Orson Welles Orson Welles was passionate about film. By the young age of 25, he had directed, produced, and starred in what is today considered by most to be the greatest movie ever made, Citizen Kane. About a year later, Welles began work on his next film project, The Magnificent Ambersons. Based on the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons tells the story of a falling aristocratic family in a