the film‚ like a mother to an infant. For example‚ the director that I believe qualify as auteur is Orson Welles. Orson Welles meets the definition I have provided because as a director he was able to effectively express personal ideas. The film “Citizen Kane” marked the first time the technique “Deep Focus” was used extensively and effectively. In this film Orson Welles was able to express his vision and apply the deep focus technique effectively. Another director who I qualify as an auteur is
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When conducting an interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering
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Allah (1936)‚ swashbucklers like The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939)‚ or musicals like Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)” (203). However‚ despite this new technology‚ a film did not have to use color in order to be considered of quality. Orson Welles’ 1941 Citizen Kane‚ for instance‚ was shot in black and white‚ despite the advent of color film in the previous decade. While it is possible this decision was made for budgetary reasons‚ the use of black and white dramatically accentuated the shadowy‚ mysterious
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making Charles diminish in size and distance while still the focus of the shot. The low-angled shots reveals the ceiling‚ showing more extreme foreground and background. As Roger Ebert (2004) points out in his article “In almost all movies before Citizen Kane‚ you couldn’t see the ceilings in rooms because there weren’t any. That’s where you’d see the lights and microphones. Welles wanted to use a lot of low-angle shots that would look up toward ceilings‚ and so Toland devised a strategy of cloth
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films primarily he gained a lot of praise for his radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. Besides this Welle’s filmography is probably what he is most well known for with such films as Touch of Evil‚ The Magnificent Amerbsons‚ and of course Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane to this date is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made however the film itself and Welles only received a best screenplay award. Welle’s was essentially a director ahead of his time who utilized the art of mise en scene to add
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Cosmopolitanism The era of globalization has brought about a new wave of integration and interaction on a global scale. Contrary to common belief‚ globalization is not a new phenomenon as examined by Karl Marx. For thousands of years people across the globe have been doing business‚ similar to Central Asia’s Silk Road‚ which connected Europe and China. Contemporary globalization however encompasses a technological infrastructure through the use of the Internet and other modern devices. This sophisticated
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John Houseman and together the pair made the Mercury Theatre in 1937. A year later in 1938 the two produced "The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Their radio show became most famous when it broadcasts it’s version of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds." Citizen Kane was his first of his films of Welles to be seen by the public eye. It was known as a huge loss for RKO losing about 150‚000 for the studios. Although ironically the film is known as the best film ever made today. Many of his films that continued
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child to suicide. (Citizens Voice) About twelve percent of teens have depression in the United States. (It’s something as parents you should be looking for in your children when their normal daily interaction takes a drastic turn. The fact is most teens in this timeframe have an enact ability to hide their real emotions from their parents. Our family teachers and sometimes friends think it is a phase and we will get over it in time. In some
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to the beginning of the first colored talkies‚ and finally to the modern day action packed‚ CGD filled‚ Michael Bay directed "eye candy" they called movies‚ movie reviewers and fans alike have debated the best movie of all time. From Casablanca to Citizen Kane‚ to the Godfather‚ to The Shawshank Redemption‚ and more recently to Boyhood‚ people have claimed that these movies were the best of all time; however‚ unless the movie that they’re talking about is Mad Max Fury Road‚ then they are clearly mistaken
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The U.S. Cinema Industry ESCP-EUROPE 2013-II GARCIA RUIZ‚ Gabriela ESSAY Final EXAM PART I: Choose one element that particularly struck you‚ briefly analyze it justifying your choice (10 pts.) 1. Citizen Kane: Rosebud I chose “Rosebud” because this word evolves the main sense of the whole movie. From the beginning with the scene of Kane dropping a crystal snowball before dying and whispering “Rosebud” to the end when the last scene shows us the image of a chair burning in which back
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