Orson Welles

Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narratives and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema in a number of ways. The most noteworthy challenge of traditional narratives was its application of deep focus. Citizen Kane using deep focus and having everything in frame was a serious challenge of traditional narratives and technical elements because traditionally in films of the time, only the foreground was in focus. In addition to those elements, Citizen Kane used cutting edge storytelling…

Schatz has identified several noir elements in the film Citizen Kane. According to Schatz (116-117), Citizen Kane had all of the seven noir elements: 1. The majority of scenes are lit for night 2. As in German Expressionism, oblique and vertical lines are preferred to horizontal 3. The actors and setting are often given equal lighting emphasis 4. Compositional tension is preferred to physical action 5. There is an almost Freudian attachment to water 6. There is love of romantic narration 7…

In both plays Shakespeare presents the heroes as losing their dominance and manhood through another character villainy. As both heroes identities are built around manliness, for the villains to insult their manhood would hurt them severely. In Act 4 Scene 1, Othello is stating that “A horned man’s a monster and a beast”. In the Jacobean era, the image of a cuckolded man was a man with horns which indicates a bestial and monstrous nature. It is a physical indicator that he is less than a man. He…

"Well, nobody's perfect" the famous last line from the movie Some Like It Hot by director Billy Wilder, almost did not make it into the film. The line was only a temporary fill-in, until Wilder could come up with a better line. Fortunately, the line made it into the film, and became the most famous and iconic line of the entire film. The story is about two men, trying to escape from a criminal gang by dressing up as woman, and fleeing to Florida with an all-woman jazz band. The film thus stands…

The Three Idiots (2009) is the best film I ever watched in my life. Not only the film that interesting done, but also its contents which interpret many society problems through the story. This essay is written about what messages I have received from this film. Including how those messages related to the development. First of all, the pressure from society and family. There are many scenes which talking and showing the audience about how serious the characters are suffer with their education…

Consistently rated among the top films made of all time, Godfather trivia should be interesting to anyone with an interest in classic films. Most recently, to show how highly it is regarded, the AFI ranked it only behind Citizen Kane on one of their best movie lists. The film was based on a book written by Mario Puzo, and tells the story of the Corleone mob family. The Godfather, the novel, was one of the most successful novels of all time. The film achieved similar success and recognition, and…

The studio system is known today as a time when Hollywood produced their films at their own studios. During this time film companies held the market for all films, held workers into contracts and monopolized the industry. During this time period eight studios; Columbia, MGM, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century Fox, United Artists, Universal and Warner Bros. produced 75 percent of the films made in the United States. Seven of the eight studios released an average of 45 films per year. The time in…

Pyscho is a very popular film which released on January 12th 1960 in Hong Kong and was directed by the famous Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock had said that one of the reasons why he shot Pyscho as a back-and-white film was because he thought that the murder scene might have been too intense for the audience to watch . So going back to the shower scene, it is one of the most prominent and iconic scenes shot in all cinemas. The scene begins when we can see one of the leading actresses Marion Crane…

Merly Beaumonte Media 15: Essay Two October 26, 2016 Which one of you nuts has got any guts? I’ve discovered one of my favorite films in film history class. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was a phenomenal and unforgettable film directed by Milos Forman. This film premiered in 1975 and is considered one of the best New Hollywood films. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a great example of the director’s work and also undeniably one of the best films ever made in the history of movie making.…

The Auteur Theory is defined by a director who is the main force for a film. A main creative force is usually someone who wrote, directed, and maybe even edited their own film. Although in MMP’s it’s extremely rare for a director to edit their own movies, it’s not unheard of in the indie market. It is debatable whether if directors who are the main creative forces in their film make it any better, because sometimes they fail. A great example of an auteur theory director is George Lucas, and he…