Katherine Allegro 9/26/11 Citizen Kane Reflection Prof. Brandt ART 206 Citizen Kane Reflection First watching Citizen Kane‚ with not much background knowledge‚ it was unclear why this film is rated the best movie of all time by the American Film Institute. After watching the movie a second time with more knowledge and commentary‚ the reasons started to become more clear. Orson Welles had a brilliant vision for the movie‚ and it was all obtained through his innovative filming techniques
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Citizen Kane is a film which incorporates a whole range of themes and techniques‚ some more than others. A main theme presented throughout the film by Orson Welles is ‘What is lost‚ cannot be found’. Welles presents this theme thoroughly through his use of symbolism of Kane’s Sled‚ the brilliant use of camera angles‚ as well as the simple use of dialogue to represent Kane’s feelings. These three components used by Welles provides the audience with the key theme of a man having everything he wanted
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Introduction Citizen Science is a form of science that allows all human beings to participate in scientific discovery. It is a method that calls out nonscientists to participate and give data‚ research‚ information and their own point of view on a variety of scientific research projects available to the public. The research given by ordinary citizens or participants is extremely beneficial. I participated in a Citizen Science project called “ Center for Canine Behavior Studies”. This project
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Policing today is a dangerous‚ stressful‚ and at times a frustrating job. It started out as local enforcers of the rule of the Crown. Today‚ policing has become a job with many areas of to be promoted in‚ but the most important job is the beat officers. Romans 13:1-5 tells us to submit to governing authorities. God has placed those individuals over us to strike fear in the wrongdoers‚ but to the ones who do right they will honor. God has put them over you to punish the wrongdoers. You must submit
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We live in an enthralling world and even more enthralling society. From the moment we wake up until the moment we go back to our beds‚ we avail of media. At the end of the day‚ you avail of the latest news from your television and crave for your favorite music over the radio and even log on to be connected to the rest of the world through the World Wide Web. Our society is becoming more and more capable of being constantly informed‚ entertained‚ and connected to the other individuals at the click
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The extraordinary film‚ Citizen Kane‚ was directed by Orson Welles in 1941. Orson Welles is not only the director of the film but the protagonist as well. This film was very different for the industry during the time it was released‚ it brought forth many new camera techniques. The film introduces the film with a dead screen‚ which was something completely new to the audience. Once the film starts‚ the camera tilts up the fence to “enter” the famous castle and it also adds some some suspense because
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Stand by if you are not a citizen. Key Quote: “If we look to the laws‚ they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if to social standing‚ advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity‚ class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way‚ if a man is able to serve the state‚ he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition.” (p. 58) Context: Pericles‚ a well-known political Athenian statesman‚ delivers a speech at
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Aneesa Bennett Professor Lauder Philosophy 3920 7 February 2013 An Analysis of Citizen Kane For those who have never seen an old film in its entirety‚ Citizen Kane makes for a good one to start with. For two and a half hours Orson Welles takes one through the life journey of Charles Kane. The overall theme of this movie is that one simply cannot control everything around them and Welles exemplifies that through his character Kane. The character Kane started life in poverty and ended it in
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The characters portrayed in the Iliad are culturally similar to the people living in the United States today‚ but they are also different from us in several ways. The people that lived during the time of Homer had different ideas on many issues. The way they viewed things were somewhat different to how we view things today. This is to be expected because throughout history many events reshaped their views and beliefs. Events such as disasters‚ plagues‚ and wars occurred which brought about change
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write about what I will be doing for my senior project. In the events of my senior project I will be doing college and career technical educational study for the first semester. The topic of my senior project will be on environmental engineers. I chose the topic of engineering because I like to solve problems‚ and problems are an engineer’s inspiration‚ and I also like to design. You would be surprised of the ideas of what engineers bring to our world today like the games we play on our smart phones
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