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Film Art
14 January 2016
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane (1941) is a dramatic mystery, directed by Orson Welles , starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, and Dorothy Comingore. Citizen Kane is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, and while I don't agree with that, I think the cinematography is some of the best of all time. Citizen Kane was one of the first films to use "[deep focus, which basically means, using a shorter lens, with more light and focus, to give more field of depth]" (175). This shot is a great example of this (1), as your eyes start at the mother, and then you see the depth of the room behind her. Another thing Citizen Kane uses is editing in (2), which basically means "[transitioning through editing]" in the sequence after Kane dies, and it fades to the news (223). Citizen Kane's strongest feature is its cinematography, and it's worth watching, entirely for that.
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