(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Citizen Kane

The scene took place during the evening. The room was originally illuminated by a gaslight until Kane turned it off. As Kane leaned on the long wooden table to sign his declaration of principles his whole body was covered incomplete darkness. .
             Figure movement and expression of the characters was also minimal. In this scene the lighting and composition of the character had more of an impact on what Welles wanted the audience to notice. .
             Kane's composition in this scene was always between Leland and Bernstein. He also tended to always be standing over them with his features darkened by shadows. Kane also tended to send out vibes that he was real sure of himself, compared to Bernstein, who never got out of his chair. Bernstein remained in his chair during this scene and only moved to turn his body to follow Kane. Jedidiah Leland seemed to keep a straight face throughout the scene only smiling after he requests to be given the original Declaration of Principles. When Kane reads the Principles out loud his face and upper body is completely covered in shadow and his voice is mysteriously soft and monotone. Kane and Leland contrasted each other in two ways during this scene. One contrast was their clothing, though they both wore suits Leland wore a three-piece with a bow tie and Kane wore his white dress shirt with the collar undone. It seemed to me that Welles was showing how Leland took his job seriously and wanted to do his best for the paper and that Kane was more laid back not only with his personality but also with his tactics. Welles also used the style of overlapping dialogue to make the scene seem more realistic. .
             The scene starts with a shot of the building in which Kane publishes his newspapers. Then the camera slowly moves in closer and then dissolves so that the camera is now looking from the outside in to Kane leaning against a window writing his declaration of principles. Then there is a jump cut to an inside view of Kane against the window writing so that now his back is towards the audience.


Essays Related to Citizen Kane

1. Final Paper - Citizen Kane

... what those around him may desire. He understands that he has been a bad person, but the arc happens all too late for Kane. After analyzing Citizen Kane for tension, it was clear to see there were several bouts of tension throughout the movie. One example that comes to mind of ... audience to not know what is coming next providing a real sense of suspense. There were many elements of the filmmakers toolbox included in Citizen Kane. Firstly, looking at the camera work that was used throughout the movie, there were several times that it was used subjectively and objectively. ... the movie, ...

  • Word Count: 3526
  • Approx Pages: 14
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Citizen Kane

... of his courtship of Susan Alexander and her disastrous opera career, and his decline into the remote master of Xanadu. Another aspect that I consider to be crucial is that Citizen Kane contains the elements of great drama, the characters, the structure, the simultaneously fascinating and confounding things you find in Shakespearean tragedies. Shakespeare might have put these characters on stage, ... other films -- is a tragic, I'd say Faustian one, wherein idealism and great power give way to hubris and eventual downfall. In characterization, narrative structure, and the functional use o...

  • Word Count: 2870
  • Approx Pages: 11

3. Citizen Kane and Casablanca

... bar of Rick Blaine's in Casablanca and the entire movies is almost entirely shot within the bar itself. On theater hand, Citizen Kane follows the rise of Charles Foster Kane and there are multiple sets spread throughout the entire movie. Casablanca is about a couple who give their lives for the sake ... of values both of them believe in more than themselves, while Citizen Kane is about one man who ends up ruining his life and the lives of others because of corruption and power over others. While the love ... lovers who were torn apart by the war love and infidelity and then reconciled t...

  • Word Count: 1001
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Framing of Citizen Kane

... and his relationships with the other characters. Techniques such as deep focus Through the framing, the audience receive a better idea of how Kane's attitudes, emotions and relationships served to bring about his eventual downfall. In Citizen Kane, people are framed in the shot facing the camera. There are very few moments where the character speaking has their back facing the camera. Many times ... in his framing of the movie. One such technique is graphical matching, in which shots are connected together by a person or object remaining steady throughout a series of shots. For example,...

  • Word Count: 1979
  • Approx Pages: 8

5. Citizen Kane

... to return to his sled, his childhood, to return to the beginning when wealth has yet to corrupt him. Citizen Kane is the story of a man's great ideas to make the world better, but unable to because of the corruption wealth brought him. Citizen Kane is set at a time in American History where the world is changing and money is at the center of ... sent him. The settings of this film are very important in revealing the theme of corruption caused by wealth. Citizen Kane comprises of one episode after another, an endless stream of events that lead to Kane's corruption from wealth. For exampl...

  • Word Count: 1031
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

6. Citizen Kane

... RKO Radio Pictures for the publicity ride of the century in 1941 with project number 281, the now venerable, but then volatile, epic Citizen Kane. A not-so-subtle jab at newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, Citizen Kane illustrates the proverbial rise and fall of Charles Foster Kane, a character whose story so incensed Hearst that a smear campaign ensued to such a degree that the very mention of ... Citizen Kane at the 1942 Academy Awards was met with boos from the audience. In spite of its initial reception, the film persevered and has become ... to change it, even if it meant dig...

  • Word Count: 1716
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Groundbreaking Cinema - Citizen Kane

... different reasons a movie could be considered the best, but few have ever achieved something even close to the genius of Orson Welles that is "Citizen Kane." Orson Welles could easily be considered ahead of his time and that is because no one had ever created a movie that brought such an ... much more then they actually do. What Orson Welles has done with his masterpiece "Citizen Kane" has created one of the first movies in American history that perfected the idea of visual storytelling. The first scene of "Citizen Kane" is, in my opinion, is the best example of visual storytelling becau...

  • Word Count: 973
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

8. Citizen Kane

... era of 1940s, to make and watch movies. Based on the real life of William Randolph Hearst, who was a powerful newspaper magnate and publisher, Citizen Kane is a story about the life of a multi-millionaire newspaper publisher, Charles Foster Kane (played by Orson Welles), who once accomplishes almost everything he deserves - he was made by his mother to deserve them, but loses more than ... scene is not a main thing that Welles wants to talk about throughout the movie, but it is helpful to tell us what other people think or say about Kane. Secondly, the flashbacks in Citizen Kane are pre...

  • Word Count: 694
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. Citizen Kane

... uses and abuses of wealth and power. It's a story about a man of great passion, vision, and greed, who pushes himself until he brings ruins to himself and those around him. Citizen Kane, is a good example of direction. Welles used skills of lighting, sound, camera movement and editing. This film did not only represent the theatre world of its time, but also set ... hopes, and his marriage are finally broken when his affair with singer Susan Alexander was exposed. He weds the singer, the marriage fails, and Kane lives his remaining years in the giant mansion he built for her. Citizen Kan...

  • Word Count: 542
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

10. Citizen Kane Critical Essay

... in one word, "Rosebud". "Rosebud" had a significant symbolic meaning, which is cited in various scenes throughout the duration of the film. This symbol has a major impact on Charles Foster Kane's life. "Rosebud" makes Citizen Kane a tragedy. "Rosebud" has a significant symbolic meaning. The term "Rosebud" symbolizes the security, hope and innocence of childhood, something that a man can spend his life seeking to regain ... to return to his secure, innocent childhood years where there were no worries. These problems essentially made Kane's life a living hell. The term "Rosebud" makes Citi...

  • Word Count: 531
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question