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a.) I think that Citizen Kane is frequently selected as the greatest film ever made because it pioneered many important film techniques and it attacked the most powerful newspaper man in the world at the time. Lastly, the film is socially relevant and the film’s message. Citizen Kane is socially relevant because it showed American society of the time, the class structure and the nature of money. According to an article posted on Spark notes, Citizen Kane made many cinematic advances, and its…

In 1899, the newsboys of New York rose up against the high prices for 100 papers from the Pulitzer’s paper, “The World” and Hearst’s “The Journal”. Many years later, the musical Newsies came out. During the Spanish-American War the price of papers rose from 50 cents to 60 cents per 100 papers (Li, Extra, Extra, read all about the newsboys strike of 1899). What made them strike was when the rest of the newspaper prices went back down to 50 cents; Pulitzers and Hearst’s did not. In the musical it…

Joseph Campbell is a professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C and has a Ph.D. in mass communication. He has also received the Society of Professional Journalists’ national award. His books about yellow journalism are mainly to “debunk” the myths that are historically widely believed by most historians and students. These books are very valuable to those who study journalism because of their ability to go against the popular notion and question the myths…

After watching this short clip of Citizen Kane one would believe that the film's plot would be that of conflict over the death of Charles Foster Kane. Kane lives in a castle showing he is wealthy or important, however, he is dying and all alone. He utters the name, Rosebud, as he is dying, therefore, one could assume that she is a long lost love or enemy. The plot could involve a conflict over his assets. However, the plot will most likely involve the discovery of, Rosebud, and her relationship…

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…

Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, is a 1941 film about reporters who try to gather personal details about Charles Foster Kane. Specifically trying to uncover the meaning of his last dying word, Rosebud. Throughout the film many personal truths are revealed about Kane, many people considered to be close to Kane were interviewed to find the meaning of Rosebud, but many other things were revealed about Kane. Citizen Kane is a film representing people who have had a traumatic experience that…

During the film Citizen Kane, I realized theme in it was the struggle of telling one man's story. I mention this in my main assignment, but I have since then gains even more information of this topic. At the begining of the flim they reveal the first draft of the news clip and then have an arguement on how they did not tell Charles Foster Kane's true story, but just his business half of it. Now getting to why I am adding on to what I said in my main assignment, I recently saw a commerical…

Within the copious weight of stories involving World War Two, the story of Lieutenant-Colonel John Churchill was whelved underneath and forgotten by most despite the acts of heroism and demagogic actions he committed. In the same year Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, Jack Churchill was born in 1906, in far off part of England. There, he discovered he was an excellent archer at a young age. Even going as far as participating in the world championships in Norway, leading him to…

Both Citizen Kane and The Great Dictator are widely considered to be among the best films of all time in their respective genres. Orson Welles’ masterpiece may very well be the greatest drama film ever created, while The Great Dictator became Charlie Chaplin’s magnum opus and was the most anticipated motion picture of its time. Although there are many explanations as to why these films have withstood the test of time, the cinematography and artistic choices by Welles and Chaplin stand out as a…

species and until we have evidence to say otherwise, I think that is is a very good possibility that Homo naledi intentionally placed their dead in the cave. As Randolph-Quinney said, when such evidence arises as to disprove the theory they intentionally disposed of their dead, then we can “re-evaluate, rethink and raise new hypotheses,” (Randolph-Quinney 2015, 8). Until then, we should not get hung up on what we don 't know yet and apply what we do know to our current understanding of human…