After viewing Citizen Kane, I found the most prominent element of film to be the various camera angles that Welles used. The most obvious angles were when Kane was speaking to other people. The camera would always be at a low angle to make Kane look authorative, and with alot of power. The person he would be talking to would always be filmed at a lower angle to make them look inferior to Kane. This High-Low camera angle tactic is what makes the viewer feel that Kane is so important. Though I don't know what this angle is called, when the camera tracks through the neon sign and then dranes down onto Susan, it makes susan look "doomed" and "helpless", which she was after the death of Kane. Overall camera angles in Citizen Kane are what really influences the viewer to see cerain characters certain ways.
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Hey we are on the same page about the importance of the cinematography! Very nice Laura
well done laura, nice job explaining the angles and light, i would have to agree with you on those.
its called a 'low-angle shot'..
increases prominence of the character. :)
I gotta agree with you laura. Many of the important details in the cinematography of Citizen Kane are often taken for granted. This move pioneered the use many features used in cinematography today. For it’s time their was no movie like it, it was revolutionary. This is why Citizen Kane is a great movie.
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