Citizen Kane and Cinematography

Orson Wells uses different cinematic elements throughout the film that really make the movie more interesting and appealing. One element that I noticed in particular that Wells used a few times was the "crane" camera angle. The film starts off with a great crane of his entire property and really shows us everything in a interesting way. By using a crane we see more and more in a gradual way which I think makes it much more exciting then if the entire property is shown to us all at once. Another time that Wells used the crane that I thought was very cool was when it went over all of his stuff after Susan left him. I didn''t even notice until Mr. K brought it up, but when it does this shot all off his things sort of look like skyscrapers and roads.

Another cinematic element that I thought Wells was good at was with using high and low angles on different shots. One example I remember was when Susan was in the Opera house singing and the camera showed her from a high angle. I don't know if this was the intended effect but it made her seem defeated and overwhelmed by how badly her singing was. Another time that I can remember was right after Kane lost the election, they showed a street side view of his office from a high angle. This shot made Kane seem defeated. There was also the time when Kane was up in front of all the people giving his election speech. The Low angle that he was shot at made him look powerful and confident.

Overall I really enjoyed watching Citizen Kane and felt that the cinematic effects that he used really made the movie more interesting and appealing.