Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane The film, Citizen Kane, is about a man whose life is based on his wealth and fame. There are many film techniques used to show Charles Foster Kane’s dominance, and most importantly his relationships. Starting with his childhood, Charles was a very spoiled kid. He whined until he got what he wanted. At a young age, Charles was adopted away from his family, so, he could go to the city and become a wealthy man. Due to this situation, he really never developed a strong relationship with his parents, particularly his father. The film uses wonderful technique to illustrate the absent relationship between Charles Kane and Mr. Kane. There are two scenes, back to back, that depict Charles and his father’s relationship. In the first scene, Mr. Kane is discussing with Charles’ foster father about Charles and what they plan to do with him in the future. This scene happens to be shot in deep focus, which allows you to vividly capture the composition of the background. In the background, Charles is playing out in the snow, and he appears to be a great distance from his father. This charles, kane, father, between, mr, relationship, two, film, scenes, foster, technique, shot, scene, distance, characters, very, shows, one, man, go, entire, citizen, because, background, about, throughout, symbolizes, symbolism, son, mrs, life, important, great, due, doing, doesn’t, communication, clear, charles’, both, back, appear, another, young, wonderful, whose, whined, whine, wealthy, wealth