An American Orson Welles being the Director of Photography was embraced with features of cinematography that enabled him to introduce color shooting in his career to produce Citizen Kane in 1941. This film by Orson Welles wanted to build up a schedule of talent at the studio more especially to the young generation in order to acquire the skills of photographing. The film engendered controversy since it appeared to fictionalized as well as caricaturing people’s lives and events. Orson Welles involved
sound create meaning in a scene from Citizen Kane (1941)? Citizen Kane 41:00- 45:30 The 1941 Citizen Kane, directed and produced by Orsen Welles, was a blockbuster. The key star was Orsen Welles as Charles Foster Kane. Along him starred Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, William Alland, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart and Erskine Sanford. The film focused on the life of newspaper tycoon, Charles Foster Kane and aspects of his childhood. Although
In keeping with this week’s theme of law, order, revenge and justice, this essay will offer an alternate reading of the films My Darling Clementine and High Noon to that provided by Richard Hutson in his 2004 article. While Hutson largely views protagonists like Wyatt Earp and Will Kane as democratic lawmen who “care and protect… the people and values of a community”, it is necessary to identify that for both men, upholding the law and maintaining order within their towns is secondary to seeking
true people are still perusing that wealth that they think will make them happy. One such example is the movie Citizen Kane. Kane, who is the main character, is one of the wealthiest men in america but is unhappy until the day that he dies. The movie, produced to send a message about capitalism, portrays him and all of his struggles, while he lives in a palace and buys off his friends. Kane was just one stereotype of why that idea of wealth being the equivalent of happiness is
The Life and Death of 9413 : Film Theory Essay by Bradley Kane The Life and Death of 9413 is a 1928 short silent experimental film directed by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich. The film lasts 13 minutes and follows the story of an aspiring movie star who moves to Hollywood to make his dream come true. It was photographed/shot by Gregg Toland, who was responsible for the cinemtaography on American masterpieces such as Citizen Kane (1941) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The film beginnings with various