Rachel Morrell - Film Studies Practice Essay “Citizen Kane Involves us in a stream of conscious chronological narrative dance” - Dan Jardaine. Discuss Orson Welles’ narrative choices and how they relate to the film’s title. Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane employs a conventional narrative structure combined with a rounded group of sequences throughout the film. These portray Kane’s life and create a three dimensional character. The effect of which being that the viewer is more drawn to the identity
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how William Randolph Hearst used his works to advocate his political propaganda. The author describes Hearst’s use of exaggeration and heightening of reality‚ otherwise known as sensationalism‚ in his reporting as well as in his films to evoke feelings of patriotism in the mass public and promote our engagement in various wars. The book begins by talking about Hearst’s childhood and how his father‚ George Hearst‚ delegated ownership of the San Francisco Examiner to him. Hearst used his executive position
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History Yellow Journalism Yellow journalism is sensationalist journalism. In other words‚ it is when newspapers post bogus‚ exciting stories to the makes the newspaper sell. Yellow journalism all started out with Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Their competition between each other’s newspaper changed the way people view their news and the people who provide it. Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako‚ Hungary on April 10‚ 1847. Pulitzer was wealthy since he was a child. And got the best education
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Section A: Plan of Investigation (104 words) This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did yellow journalism start the Spanish-American war. The scope of this investigation will include the aims of publishers William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer‚ and the methods used by of their newspapers The Journal and The World to report the incidents related to the conflict that occurred between Cuba and Spain. The years 1895 – 1898 will be the primary focus of this investigation
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full-grown bear or cat will never turn on them. Yet it’s not just about cuteness and beauty; controlling an animal that arouses fear in other people can be appealing. That’s why those with egos that need feeding‚ from Kublai Khan to William Randolph Hearst to Mexican drug traffickers‚ are connected by the desire to stock their personal zoos. Most apes‚ cats‚ bears and other animals change when they reach adolescence. They become stronger‚ more aggressive and less predictable. But is their potential
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The film was inspired by the William Hearst‚ a newspaper tycoon‚ a fact that critics attribute to the film’s commercial failure as he is thought to have had influences on the bad publicity served to the film and its studio RKO. Nearly everyone who previewed the film realised that Citizen Kane was a work of brilliance and Hearst had influenced the failure of the film‚ with many of his newspapers and other media outlets side-stepping the film. Hearst is reported to have attempted to buy the
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Patty Smith Hill has played an important part in the history of early childhood education. She started off in a nursery school‚ later became a kindergarten teacher. Growing as a teacher she became the principal and superintendent at her school. Her methods of teaching got her invited to Clark University to study child psychology. John Dewey also asked her to come study at the University of Chicago. For 12 years she was a director of the Louisville Kindergarten Training School‚ she was also taking
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successful by using the many "yellow" techniques mentioned before. Some people thought these methods were immoral and scandalous(Century 166-172). Velez 2 Pulitzer’s only real competiton was from a man by the name of William Hearst. Hearst owned the paper by the name " The Journal." The "Journal" was also highly successful. Harsh competition took place between the two papers(Century 172). The major break or "turning point" in the sensationalism movement was the sinking of
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industrial leaders such as William Randolph Hearst and Andrew Mellon. Herer notes that the Marijuana Tax Act‚ which passed in 1937‚ coincidentally occurred just as the decoricator machine was invented. With this invention‚ hemp would have been able to take over competing industries almost instantaneously. According to Popular Mechanics‚ "10‚000 acres devoted to hemp will produce as much paper as 40‚000 acres of average [forest] pulp land." William Hearst owned enormous timber acreage so his interest
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The Influence of Yellow Journalism There were many aspects that contributed to the Spanish American War. Those aspects ranged from economic struggles‚ to the race to Asia. One of the most important contributions to the Spanish American War was Yellow Journalism. Yellow Journalism is the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers (“Dictionary.com”). In other words‚ Yellow Journalism was exaggerated journalism that writers used to attract more readers
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