Citizen Kane is one of the greatest movies of all time. When Orson Welles made this movie he was years ahead of his time. Citizen Kane has changed everything about film. Every movie made after 1941 should be grateful for how Citizen Kane influenced the film industries. Citizen Kane introduced new things to Hollywood that people have never done before. Orson Welles used the camera like it was never used before. Orson Welles was a genius in understanding of cinema. Filmmakers were shocked by advances in this film. Orson Welles revolutionized films without the modern technology. The film is basically about a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word “Rosebud” ever spoke by Charles Foster Kane. The film begins with a news reel
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It had a beginning then it had an end. It was nothing new, every movie used this technique. But, when Orson Welles directed this movie he started them movie from the end to beginning. We see the movie start with Kane dying with his last breath “Rosebud” then throughout the movie we travel back in time to learn the life of Kane in order to find out what he meant by “Rosebud.” We learn his story via flashbacks when the reporter was interviewing people that Charles Foster Kane was close with. Each of them tells us a different part of his early life. We don’t really understand what each story says until we heard all the stories of his past. This technique was very unique to the people in 1940s and it changed how many movies were directed after Citizen Kane was …show more content…
Kane’s power is illustrated throughout the film using low angles. Lesser important characters were illustrated with high angles. Before, the Movies were mostly filmed on sound stages and not on location so, it was impossible to film at an angle that showed roof, because the stages had none. Welles' crew used black cloth covered above the set to produce the illusion of a regular room with a roof, while the boom microphones were hidden above the cloth. In 1940s it was the first film to use so many high and low angle shots. Even in today’s films it is still not so common to see so many angled shots as they did in Citizen Kane. The angles also show us emotions of the characters without the use of the music. It gave a unique element to the
It had a beginning then it had an end. It was nothing new, every movie used this technique. But, when Orson Welles directed this movie he started them movie from the end to beginning. We see the movie start with Kane dying with his last breath “Rosebud” then throughout the movie we travel back in time to learn the life of Kane in order to find out what he meant by “Rosebud.” We learn his story via flashbacks when the reporter was interviewing people that Charles Foster Kane was close with. Each of them tells us a different part of his early life. We don’t really understand what each story says until we heard all the stories of his past. This technique was very unique to the people in 1940s and it changed how many movies were directed after Citizen Kane was …show more content…
Kane’s power is illustrated throughout the film using low angles. Lesser important characters were illustrated with high angles. Before, the Movies were mostly filmed on sound stages and not on location so, it was impossible to film at an angle that showed roof, because the stages had none. Welles' crew used black cloth covered above the set to produce the illusion of a regular room with a roof, while the boom microphones were hidden above the cloth. In 1940s it was the first film to use so many high and low angle shots. Even in today’s films it is still not so common to see so many angled shots as they did in Citizen Kane. The angles also show us emotions of the characters without the use of the music. It gave a unique element to the