Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane was directed and produced by Orson Welles. Influenced by Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst, Welles created the character Charles Foster Kane. This was a black and white film made in 1941 about a boy who inherited a millionaire’s fortune and dedicated all his time and money into make a newspaper, The New York Inquirer, which grew rapid popularity among the public. Throughout the film we see that the paper consumes all of Kane’s energy and the struggle that he and his wife encounter because of it. Following Kane’s death The shot that I found was the my favorite was the scene where they went back and forth from Kane to his wife at the dinner table progressively getting older and the topic of conversation was growing more and more anger. I liked this shot because it showed that through time the couple grew more distant from each other. The way that Welles shoots this scene is very dramatic and very sharp and tight from cut to cut. I also noticed that the couple is always growing farther and farther apart to the ends of the tab
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York Inquirer, Citizen Kane, Foster Kane, citizen kane, Hearst Welles, scene dramatic, black white, black white film, white film, kanes death, kane wife, newspaper headlines,
Approximate Word count = 723
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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