Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane “Citizen Kane” “Citizen Kane” is often cited as one of the finest films ever made, and rightfully so. Orson Welles, co-scripted, starred in, and directed this psychological study of an American newspaper tycoon. His innovative expressionistic use of sound and camera techniques greatly influenced later filmmakers. Welles used such innovative techniques as deep focus (in which objects both near to and far from the camera are sharply in focus) and high and low camera angles. However the most important factor of the film is the presentation of the story. The way that the plot is presented is very interesting. The beginning starts very quickly and abruptly. At the very beginning of the film the audience immediately encounters the end. However the body of the story – how, as a poor boy, Kane came into great wealth, how he became a newspaper publisher as a young man, how he aspired to political office, was defeated because of a personal scandal, and devoted himself to material acquisition – is slowly unfolded. Another element of the layout that adds interest is the mystery of the secret meaning behind Kane’s very, story, kane, one, film, camera, techniques, newspaper, mood, kane’s, interesting, innovative, citizen, beginning, audience, welles, sound, same, rosebud, presentation, plot, personal, orson, mystery, layout, interest, however, himself, giving, focus, ever, castle, young, yet