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An 8 page research paper that analyzes this motion picture classic, focusing on its utilization of the elements of cinema, with a particular focus on the innovative techniques of cinematography that director Orson Welles and cinematographer Greg Toland employed. Other topics discussed include imagery and symbolism, setting, editing style and character development. Bibliography lists 10 sources. kheoffck.rtf
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the life of newspaper magnate Chares Foster Kane, played by Welles and loosely based on the life of real-life newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The narrative of Citizen Kane can
be interpreted as a "potent metaphor for the betrayal of principles," as well as a intelligent and nuanced examination of the "corrupting nature of power" (Wood). The following examination
of Citizen Kane concentrates on the elements of cinema are utilized in the film, first look at specific scenes that epitomize these film elements and then discussing the film components
involved Character structure While many of the characters are developed as fully-fledged, living breathing people whom the audience comes to know, Kane is, of course the most fully developed. For
example, early on in the film, when Kane is describing his goals for the newspaper he owns, "The Inquirer, to his business partner, Leland points out, "thats the second sentence
youve started with I," which foreshadows Kanes progressive metamorphosis from "journalist to megalomaniac" (Lehmann 45). A scene that is highly relevant to understanding Kanes character is told in a prolonged
flashback, a visual "memory" belonging to Walter Parks Thatcher, Kanes legal guardian and the manager of his estate while Kane was a minor, which is prompted by a reporters examination
of Thatchers diary. Film components: Dissolves, flashback, deep-focus shots, long shots, close-ups. In the establishing long shot, Kane, as an eight-year-old, is shown sledding on a hillside (Dirks). He
throws a snowball, hitting a sign that reveals the location, "Mrs. Kanes Boarding House" (Dirks). His mother has recently inherited a fortune as one of her boarders paid in mining
stock certificates and the mine has become successful. In a deep-focus shot, the camera "moves from outside and pulls back through the window...where his mother (on the left) admonishes him
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