Essays on Citizen Kane

After several decades since the production of Citizen Kane, it is considered as one of the most influential movies developed in the United States. Notably, the theory of film attests to the centrality of Kane’s stylistic invention instead of the originality of the narration. Particularly, Welles used an in-depth approach to focus, allowing the camera to sustain the spatial uniformity of the entire shot to articulate the precise meaning of the film (Miller & Hübner, 2019). Also, the above focus ...

Citizen Kane is an incredible film. Incredible in that it was created by a man who had never had any film understanding; extraordinary in light of the fact that he cast it with individuals who had never confronted a camera in a movie production previously; incredible in the way of it's narrating, in both the composition of that story and its unfurling before a camera; incredible in that its photographic achievements are the features of film photography to date, lastly extraordinary, on the ...

In the entertainment world, there are different types of film and genre that are breathtaking. No matter the differences of the movies c, there's one element that ties them all together. A film is noticed with the aspects of Mise-en-scene by following an order form. Films will show ways of a certain degree in every angle changes made with feature of Mise-en-scene can bring difference in film genre without any fixes to script. This element is called Mise-en-scene, it means “putting into the ...

The opening of Collateral and many other films leave the audience with questions. In the case of Collateral the audience wonder. The relationship and connection between Max and Annie? What consequences will Max encounter for driving Vincent? Questions like these create suspense and engage the audience in the movie.and In the start of the movie Vincent's gets into Max’s cab max knows LA very well so Vincent offers him $600 to drive him.Max hesitates but accepts the cash. When a dead body fall ...

Orson Welles’ 1941 film Citizen Kane chronicles the perplexing life of Charles Foster Kane. One of the key players in Kane’s life is his second wife, Susan. A very naïve young lady, she is swept into the whirlwind that is Kane’s life, and ultimately loses any control she had over her own life. Throughout the film, Welles uses a number of various techniques to portray Susan’s complicated situation with Kane. One of the ways Welles portrays Kane’s dominance over Susan is by shooting her at a ...

The term mise-en-scène essentially means "visual theme" or "telling a story". Both are shown in visually artful ways through storyboarding and cinematography. One may describe mise-en-scène as the overall look and feel of a movie. This term has two categories, design and composition. The design would include the setting, lighting, acting, makeup, decor, and props. The composition would include the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of actors, objects, light and color ...

Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), one of the greatest classic movies, provides a realistic representation of the search for meaning and identity through the analysis of the term ‘Rosebud’. ‘Rosebud’ refers to the mysterious dying word of the film’s protagonist – Charles Foster Kane. The film centres itself around ‘Rosebud’ as a reporter seeks to unravel its hidden meaning in order to gain more understanding of Kane’s life. Through the use of critical formal analysis, this essay argues that ...

The media depicts people in different perspectives that leave individuals with the urge to dig into their true character and complications hidden in their reputation. Citizen Kane, produced and directed by Orson Wales is among the highly rated and most famous films in the world and surrounds the mysterious life of Charles Kane. The film makes use of remarkable narrative, scenes and cinematic techniques and innovations to present its argument and meaning. Two fascinating themes have been ...

In the movie Citizen Kane by Director Orsen Welles the mise en scene was integrated in the movies very we. Mis-en-scene refers to everything present in a filmed image – sets, scenery, actors, movement, props, lighting, costumes, etc. In one of the scenes of Citizen Kane, Mis-en-scene is very visual and identifiable. The use of camera angles. Subject- camera, focus( depth of field), composition and light are very well done. The camera angle refers to angle of the camera towards the subject. The ...