Monday, October 25, 2010
Ambiguous StoryTelling
Placement of characters and their dress and lines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg7VUk4DjIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg7VUk4DjIk
Deep Focus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbV8hoqdpvc&feature=related
Father in focus. He is the reason she wants to send Kane away.
Father in focus. He is the reason she wants to send Kane away.
Deep Focus 6:23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbV8hoqdpvc&feature=related
Large windows indicate loss of power.
Large windows indicate loss of power.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Outline for Citizen Kane
Visual Effects
I. Introduction
A. Citizen Kane is justifiably called the most influential film ever made
B. Justifications for this thesis
1. The first extensive use of deep focus
2. The arresting nature of its storytelling
3. The use of light and shadow
II. Expositions of each justification
A. Deep focus used in innovative way to herald the future
1. The use of deep focus showed a new way to compose a scene
2. The scene with Kane as a boy, his parents, and Thatcher; other scenes
3. Many later films drew from this technique
B. The storytelling in its use of flashbacks upset the usual linear storytelling technique
1. Before Kane, there were very few examples of flashbacks as a major component of storytelling, and none so effective
2. One rare example was The Power and the Glory: not as effective
3. Many films, especially film noir, drew from Kane’s use of flashbacks
C. Kane’s use of light and shadow made scenes look more as if a crisis were occurring
1. Characters placed in light and shadow add to the tension
2. Two scenes with Jed Leland, scene with Gettys, Kane, Susan and Emily
3. The tension between light and shadow influenced films to come
III. All of the aforementioned techniques make Citizen Kane the most influential film ever made
A. Most successive films borrowed one or more of its techniques
B. The detached nature of the film is reflective of a later 20th century America that had lost its idealism
I. Introduction
A. Citizen Kane is justifiably called the most influential film ever made
B. Justifications for this thesis
1. The first extensive use of deep focus
2. The arresting nature of its storytelling
3. The use of light and shadow
II. Expositions of each justification
A. Deep focus used in innovative way to herald the future
1. The use of deep focus showed a new way to compose a scene
2. The scene with Kane as a boy, his parents, and Thatcher; other scenes
3. Many later films drew from this technique
B. The storytelling in its use of flashbacks upset the usual linear storytelling technique
1. Before Kane, there were very few examples of flashbacks as a major component of storytelling, and none so effective
2. One rare example was The Power and the Glory: not as effective
3. Many films, especially film noir, drew from Kane’s use of flashbacks
C. Kane’s use of light and shadow made scenes look more as if a crisis were occurring
1. Characters placed in light and shadow add to the tension
2. Two scenes with Jed Leland, scene with Gettys, Kane, Susan and Emily
3. The tension between light and shadow influenced films to come
III. All of the aforementioned techniques make Citizen Kane the most influential film ever made
A. Most successive films borrowed one or more of its techniques
B. The detached nature of the film is reflective of a later 20th century America that had lost its idealism
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