ENGL 1201 October 30‚ 2012 Frame from Citizen Kane Citizen Kane‚ directed and written by Orson Welles in 1941. Charles Kane is the publisher of the New York Inquirer. He is a very wealthy man that is hungry for money and power. He is a very famous and well respected man who thrives to get on top. He is married to the daughter of the president of the U.S. but he wants more. He then runs for governor against James Getty’s. Kane is married to Emily Kane‚ at the same time he is also having an affair
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How does mise-en-scene create meaning and provoke response in the opening of American Beauty? The opening scene of American Beauty shows a teenage girl lying in a bed‚ venting her feelings towards her father. In this‚ the audience sees her in dull clothing and colours‚ minimal make-up and has greasy-looking hair. As she sits up‚ her hair falls around her face and she stares directly into the camera‚ giving a sense of unease to the audience. The next shot is an establishing shot‚ showing the
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I will be analyzing a 10 minute clip off the film called Juno that was released in 2007 directed by Jason Reitman. This analysis will cover mise-en-scene‚ colouring‚ costume and performance. The film begins with a long-shot of Juno standing outside of a house with a chair in front of her introducing the surroundings to the viewers. It then showed us a wide angle shot focusing Juno and a chair. The beginning part makes the audience confused to why a chair was outside and why she was focus with the
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disbelief an absolute breeze for anyone that views Wizard of Oz. Uniquely‚ for a production of the time period‚ Wizard of Oz begins in black and white and‚ through an exquisitely executed tornado scene‚ throws its viewers right into the middle of Munchkin Land with Dorothy. However‚ the black and white scenes can still hold their own in
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The timing is reflected in the scene where the professor’s assistant and Will are alone and the assistant tells Will how lucky he is to have someone believe in him as much as the professor does. As if on cue‚ the professor walks in just as his assistant finishes talking and gets up to leave. The cinematography in the movie is good. The viewer is immediately given some insight into Will’s social status. The viewer is shown that he obviously lives in one of the poorer sections of Boston; you see that
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Cecilie Skogheim FS 101 Term Paper VERTIGO Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock‚ 1958) is an American film noir psychological thriller. Hitchcock made Vertigo during a very creative period (1958-1960) of his life. In that time period he released three historic films‚ Vertigo (1958)‚ North by Northwest (1959)‚ and Psycho (1960). Each film took a radically characteristic approach to the genre suspense thriller‚ and Hitchcock made a massive change to the thriller genre. His films were not black and white anymore
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[DOCUMENT TITLE] Karinne Saraiva da Silva – N01147112 Introduction Mise-en-Scene Shot The element distance of diachronic shots is well explored throughout the famous music Let It Go showing the contrast between the scared Elsa and herself after the transformation. At the beginning‚ Elsa is terrified after running away from Arandelle‚ the extreme long shot of the mountain leaves the character invisible‚ then the camera starts to approximate‚ but the shot only changes to a long shot only 12 seconds
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Citizen Kane is one of those classic films that had tremendous impact on not only the field of cinematography‚ but on American society in general. Written in 1941 by Orson Welles‚ who also directed and starred in the film‚ Citizen Kane cries out to be psychoanalyzed. Loosely based on the real life newspaper mogul‚ William Randolph Hearst‚ the film sparked not only controversy‚ but social dialogue for decades. I will discuss the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ with a small sidebar about
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Philip Lee Joor Baruah Monday- 11:15-12:30 Film 20A 30 October 2014 Citizen Kane Sequence Analysis Essay Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography and editing are visual elements in film that create meaning in the shots/sequences of the film. Ultimately it is these factors that can establish narrative agents and their relations‚ drive the narrative and place the view in a certain point of view of the narrative. Orson Welle’s 1941 film‚ Citizen Kane‚ is considered significant for its technical innovations with its
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Citizen Kane is a very well put together film that re-lives‚ in detail‚ the life of Charles Foster Kane and his endeavor. The movie does an extremely good job at illustrating the on going desire of the American dream‚ as well as revealing the obstacles in honoring and telling the story of a man. In addition to this‚ there are multiple shots and sequences that put the film a league of it’s own‚ especially for its time. Mr. Kane was a man who appeared to be very true to himself‚ he did what made
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