Lilly Kane

“Rosebud...” An iconic one liner that begins the mystery of who Citizen Kane truly was. The scene opens up to eerie music; the camera slowly making its way past a chain-link fence with the sign that says 'No Trespassing'. The camera continues it's journey beyond the fence; showing glimpses of a more elaborate fence with a large 'K', for 'Kane' drawing the eye. Upon the fence sit two small primates - this represents the power, and money he held, but they are also portrayed as rundown, and somewhat

Lighting Techniques: The Black and White World of Citizen Kane Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is revered for its inventive and sophisticated use of lighting schemes to bring a certain tone to the film that sound or mise-en-scene could not achieve. However, the frequent low-key lighting goes further than merely creating a mysterious, film noir-esque mood. Intense shadows coupled with bold highlights shape Welles’ black and white film into a black and white world, which in turn emphasizes Kane’s descent

seemingly at different times in the film industry depending upon those who argue that certain films that engaged in the use of this type of filming. It wasn't though until the collaboration of director Orson Wells and DOP Gregg Toland in the film Citizen Kane 1941 that deep focus cinematography was brought to public attention and given notability by various publications and brought an unusual acknowledgement of the cinematographer within the film industry at the time. Aesthetically deep focus required a

Citizen Kane is a movie about Charles Foster Kane, a publishing tycoon, who was taken away from his parents when he was a child, to be given a life full of opportunity, only to die alone, with no one to comfort him. This movie was one of the first movies to challenge the traditional narrative and technical elements of Hollywood Cinema. Classic Hollywood cinema, which developed between 1917 and 1960, was a particular way that films were produced during this era. It consisted of certain technical

Many consider Citizen Kane to be the greatest film ever made, and although that is clearly a debatable point of view, no one can deny the contribution that Citizen Kane has had on the film industry. Orson Welles introduced some very innovative techniques in filmmaking, using some unique and unconventional camera shots, angles, and lighting techniques that revolutionized how films have been made ever since. Welles used exceptionally low camera angles to create a dramatic tension between characters

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