way. In the film‚ Citizen Kane by Orson Welles‚ Charles Foster Kane attempted to live his life unconstrained but rather ironically‚
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Battle over Citizen Kane I really enjoyed watching this extremely interesting and entertaining documentary about all of the aspects of this film. In most aspects‚ Orson Welles was the most interesting and fascinating character. It was almost as if I had wanted to learn more about him for a really long time and I never had. It was very well put together and had some great stories. It seemed that I made the similarity of Orson to Marilyn Monroe. I am not a scholar on Marilyn‚ but I know that
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The action of this scene primarily takes place inside the Kane’s house in Colorado.The establishing shot begins in a descent into the snow using a long shot‚ it sets the location for the scene. As the Listology (2013) review describes‚ “The scene is nostalgic and artificial‚ the exteriors visually trapped in a false boundlessness with the surrounding sky above Charles appearing like misted glass. It seems as if we are enraptured in Kane’s lost childhood‚ essentially inside the snow globe that represents
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Zealander Andrew Niccol. In it‚ Andrew Niccol explores the themes of genetic modification and its possible future use in human engineering. The opening scenes are stylishly designed and subtly introduce the themes and main character of the film. As mentioned‚ genetics plays a very large role in the film Gattaca’ and is introduced in several ways in the opening scenes. The very first images the viewer sees after starting the film is a quote juxtaposed onto a black background‚ followed by another quote
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Opening Act: A school getting bombed‚ flames exploding onto the screen. Screams can be heard from the inside and distant sirens get louder and louder. The camera comes closer and closer‚ reaching the school the same times the firemen’s get there. They begin to hose down the school while others prepare to enter the building. The camera cuts to the front doors of the school. A women‚ presumably a teacher is shown to struggle out of the building. She leads 4 children out of the flames‚ 3 boys and a
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of techniques‚ Citizen Kane falls into the classical category and demonstrating the Italian Neorealism‚ The Bicycle Thief fits the modern class. Both films use photography‚ mise en scene‚ editing‚ movement‚ and story similarly and differently to emphasize their personal themes. In both films‚ photography played a huge role to depict a theme. The use of camera angles‚ specific shots‚ and lighting in Citizen Kane‚ help support the idea of supremacy. In the political campaign scene‚ there is a long
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Techniques used in Citizen Kane In film class this past week‚ we learned that there are many cinematic techniques used in films that contribute to the way a film is portrayed by an audience. We had the pleasure of watching a film directed by Orson Wells In 1941 called “Citizen Kane”. I am glad that this particular film was the film of choice to demonstrate some of these techniques. The movie “Citizen Kane” uses each cinematic technique in a way that is obvious to the viewer. I have chosen five
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Citizen Kane Essay Two E. SETTING/SET 1. Citizen Kane: Susan’s room Considered as one of the greatest films of all time‚ Citizen Kane portrays Charles Foster Kane as a man of materialism‚ who uses money to buy everything he wants. This theme of the film is revealed at the climax when Kane trashes Susan’s room after she leaves him. Undoubtedly‚ setting and sets play a key role in the success of this plot. First of all‚ Susan’s room appears to be an attic room‚ which is quite small
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Citizen Kane‚ directed by Orson Welles‚ is considered to still be one of the world’s greatest movies ever produced. Citizen Kane is a powerful dramatic tale about the uses and abuses of wealth and power. It’s a classic American tragedy about a man of great passion‚ vision‚ and greed‚ who pushes himself until he brings ruins to himself and all around him. From the scene depicting Kane’s meeting Jim Gettys‚ the audience observes that Kane has aborted his youthful ambitions and has become self-absorbed
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The golden age in studio film making with movies such as Orson Welles “Citizen Kane “. When the golden age emerged in 1941 World War ll started and when it ended 4 years later it was hard for Hollywood to bounce back to what it was. The making of “Citizen Kane “redefined the look of modern cinema and changed forever the way in which American audience and film historians talk about the movies. In “Citizen Kane “Orson Welles used evocative depth of field (deep focus). Welles’s used this visual style
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