Analysis Of Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a very well put together film that re-lives, in detail, the life of Charles Foster Kane and his endeavor. The movie does an extremely good job at illustrating the on going desire of the American dream, as well as revealing the obstacles in honoring and telling the story of a man. In addition to this, there are multiple shots and sequences that put the film a league of it’s own, especially for its time.

Mr. Kane was a man who appeared to be very true to himself, he did what made him happy and what he believed to make other people around him happy. For example, he started his whole empire on the basis that he thought it would be fun to run a newspaper. Furthermore, he never did it for the money, and that was going to
From the first shot to the last, it kept the viewing wondering what was going to happen next. The opening sequence with all of the dark music and slow frame changes did an amazing job at depicting how sad and lonely Kane was at the end of his life. Furthermore, when this all led up to the shot on his lips when he uttered “Rosebud”, I found it interesting that nothing else could be seen in that shot and only the snow globe to be seen afterward, truly leaving the words a mystery for the entire film. Another shots that captured me was the dinning room seen between him and his first wife. The viewer saw each close up of each of them every mini-scene, slowly seeing their smiles go to frowns, go to yelling at each other, to finally, complete silence. The close ups did a great job throughout the sequence at documenting the evolving happiness of Kane and how he couldn’t find happiness, even with a meal with his wife. Being the last shot in the movie, the camera work needed to be flawless for the shots on “Rosebud”, and it was. The steady zooming in on the name and what it was on finally reveal to the viewer all that Kane ever wanted, his simple life back, or more importantly, when he knew what made him