'Scene Analysis from Citizen Kane'

' very much regarded as the greatest film ever so do, because of the use of cinematography, storey structure and medication etc. that was in advance(p) of the time it was made in, Citizen Kane (Orson Welles 1941) is a film á clef that peers into the vicissitudes in the tone story of a newspaper tycoon, Charles raise Kane, by dint of and through the accounts of the lot in his life that was close to him in order to sort let out the mystery of his end word, Rosebud. The period that leave be analysed is the time where in Xanadus butlers account of when he heard Rosebud, Susan Alexander, Kanes second wife, leaves him for good, direct him into a hold backbone of rage which results in his silent departure. This outline will take unconnected the sequence and put it back together again to extract the main themes that arise from it.\nIn the fountain snap of this sequence, the dissolve from the outside(prenominal) view of the day jobless takes us to a large K, accom panied by outstanding non diegetic medical specialty. The channelise in unison completely interrupts the tranquilize emphatic music that was playing out front it, which foreshadows a dramatic pellet later on in the sequence. The K imposes itself on us; roughly looming over us like Kane does to Susan in the previous jigsaw sequence. This reinforces his overbearing, self-centred and self-loving nature that has increase with his age, and that Susan has had enough of.\nThe branch word uttered after this opening is Rosebud, and as the photographic camera cuts to Mr Thompson and his interviewee, the light basis them shining in through the windows illuminates the staircase. This light symbolises Mr Thompsons avocation to find the signification of Rosebud, as he is literally shed light on Kanes life by peeking through it. This is similar to the scene where Mr Rawlston told Mr Thompson to find out what Rosebud meant, where the room was shrouded in darkness apart from the lig ht blow in through the windows. That symbolised the mysteriousness of Kanes life... '