1) “Citizen Kane” is one of the most influential films ever made. Discuss this statement.
Citizen
Kane was Welles first film. This film is considered to be the best film
even 70 years later which is incredible in itself and should say a lot
to the audience. He had his influence in about every part of the movie.
He produced, co-wrote, chose the cast and crew, did the music and
editing. He used a lot of deep focus shots and spot lights to create
depth perception. throughout the movie. Since he was in radio before he
made this film, he could create a lot of his own sounds from the
knowledge he had through radio. He used many techniques all in one film
the most directors did not do and also brought back techniques that
people stopped using. Welles did all of this when he was only 25 years
old.
2) What
had Orson Welles done in his first 23 years of life to warrant the
Hollywood Film Industry offering complete creative control to a first
time filmmaker?
When
Welles was only fifteen years old he dropped out of school and went and
traveled to Europe. He found his way to the Gate Theater in Dublin
where he told them he was a Broadway star, they did not believe him but hired him anyway because he was so blunt and confident. He
traveled to America three years later and toured with Broadway star
Katherine Cornell in plays. He was considered by many a prodigy by the
time he was 20 years old. In 1937 Welles and Houseman started the
Mercury Theater. Welles kept it running by the money he made in his
radio. He did so much by the age of 25 that most of us could only dream
of.
3) Pick
an extended scene or sequence from “Citizen Kane” and discuss the
storytelling technique by analyzing and combination of its component
parts (direction, writing, performance, cinematography, production
design, art direction, editing, sound, score, ect).
The
scene I chose to analyze is the scene where Kane is signing his
declaration of principles. This scene uses a good foreshadowing concept.
When he is reading the principles his face is completely shadowed until
he signs his paper. Because of the shadowing of the face it shows the
audience that the principles might not stay with Kane forever.
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