Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane Orson Welles was a director ahead of his time. His portrayal of Kane shows his acting ability, but this film is not about acting. It is about a powerful man whose downfall creates a reaction unexpected to anyone. It is also about the mystery of one word. But what is it mostly about' Style. Citizen Kane uses camera, lighting, and set techniques to show Kane's rise and fall from power. This fact makes the camera almost one of the film’s characters. The camera allows each of us in the audience to see the world as Kane would see it. This is accomplished by revealing much about the film’s characters through their relationship with the camera. Does Kane fear his first wife Emily' Does he feel he is better than his second wife Susan' Is he happy with his grandiose palace, or does he feel trapped within its walls' All of these questions are answered almost wholly through his relationship with the camera. It is Welles' use of camera techniques that made Citizen Kane such a milestone in the development of cinema. He experimented with new techniques and in doing so forever changed the face of film. For example in the camera, kane, susan, film, about, relationship, first, wife, through, shows, trapped, time, techniques, palace, feel, even, cinema, characters, almost, xanadu, world, walks, side, shown, show, second, room, public, out, one, once, occurs, new, never, much, moved, man, happy, further, film’s, feelings, fact, example, emily, director, couple, citizen, character, allowed, acting, york