Scene Analysis from Citizen Kane

Often regarded as the greatest film constantly made, because of the use of cinematography, narrative expression and unison etc. that was modern of the time it was made in, Citizen Kane (Orson come up 1941) is a film á clef that peers into the vicissitudes in the tone of a newsprint tycoon, Charles Foster Kane, through the accounts of the passel in his life that was soaked to him in order to thrash the mystery of his dying word, Rosebud. The epoch that will be analysed is the rank where in Xanadus butlers account of when he heard Rosebud, Susan Alexander, Kanes bet on wife, leaves him for good, sending him into a fulfill of rage which results in his dense departure. This analysis will displume apart the sequence and tramp it back together again to extract the main themes that build up from it.\nIn the opening position of this sequence, the dissolve from the exterior opine of the day takes us to a large K, go with by dramatic non diegetic music. The flip-flop in music alone interrupts the calm emphatic music that was playing before it, which foreshadows a dramatic scene subsequent on in the sequence. The K imposes itself on us; almost looming over us the like Kane does to Susan in the previous saber saw sequence. This reinforces his overbearing, self-centred and narcissistic personality that has increased with his age, and that Susan has had enough of.\nThe source word uttered afterward this opening is Rosebud, and as the photographic camera cuts to Mr Thompson and his interviewee, the exonerated behind them glare in through the windows illuminates the staircase. This cleverness symbolises Mr Thompsons quest to specify the meaning of Rosebud, as he is literally shedding light on Kanes life by peeking through it. This is equivalent to the scene where Mr Rawlston told Mr Thompson to find turn up what Rosebud meant, where the room was shrouded in immorality apart from the light be adrift in through the windows. That symbolise d the mysteriousness of Kanes life...