Two main elements that Orson Welles brings together to give the story of Citizen Kane‚ are flashback storytelling and deep focus lighting. The narrative form of Citizen Kane is flashback storytelling‚ which basically means the film starts with Kane’s death and from there the audience goes back in time to explore Kane’s life. How the film does this however‚ is through the testimonies through Kane’s peers. The entire story is about this group of Journalists led by Mr. Thompson (William Alland) who
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The Style of Writing‚ Setting and Symbolism in The Running of Bulls In the Running of Bulls flashbacks were heavily used to show the personal history of each character. This interesting style of writing also shows the intricacy between the relationships of each character while staying very simple to comprehend. Equally as interesting as the style of writing in this short story‚ is identifying the many background settings that compare or depict Don Miguel de la Mendoza’s dark emotions toward
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An analysis on how Mise-en-scene and sound create meaning and generate response in the film Marnie‚ by Alfred Hitchcock. The scene is of Mark trying to rekindle Marnie’s memories from the night of her mother’s ‘accident’: Marnie‚ having seeing Mark trying to hold back her mother’s punches‚ begins to remember parts from that night. The first shot‚ of Marnie‚ her mother and Mark‚ uses Mise-en-scene to show the higher achy within the three characters. Whereas towards the beginning Hitchcock had always
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success and wealth. One ’s formal expectation of this theme would be that of a perfect family life‚ large amounts of money‚ a successful career and ultimately‚ happiness. Welles redefined these expectations through the mise-en-scene of the first flashback in which Kane ’s parents bequeath him to Thatcher. The scene opens with Charles Kane ’s mother‚ father and their banker‚ Thatcher‚ in the Kane boarding house. Kane ’s mother is shown in the forefront of the scene‚ walking towards the camera with
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life with no friends. Charlie desires to have new friends‚ and finally‚ he been accepted by Sam and Patrick. Charlie values his friendship. When his friendship taken a turn to the worse side‚ he sank back into depression and started to experience flashbacks of his Aunt Helen. In this movie‚ this is
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In “The Alchemist‚” Paulo Coelho uses diction‚ imagery‚ and a flashback to characterize the novel’s protagonist‚ Santiago‚ while relating to themes. Based on the novel‚ Santiago could be characterized as someone who is intuitive and connected to nature. Coelho uses imagery such as‚ “he could see the stars through the half-destroyed roof‚” (3) to show that Santiago is not one to fear nature‚ but rather that Santiago thrives in nature. Santiago uses his limited resources in multiple ways‚ such as
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In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using the literary devices and/or techniques of irony‚ flashback‚ and point of view. Throughout the story‚ Nick Carraway exposes the affluent main characters through their hideous actions and words. Whether to them it is virtuous or not‚ the result was completely repulsive. First of all‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using irony. According to the text
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thrilling sensation created in the movie. Editing in this movie generates many different effects‚ but the most noteworthy effects in the movie add to the continuity of the film as well as the sense of suspense and uncertainty. This movie is filled with flashbacks and flash-forwards because of the main character going back to the past to change his memories. In doing so he hopes to live the best life possible without destroying the lives of others that are close to him. The one scene I chose starts out
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The Harlem Renaissance was the beginning of African Americans finding new cultural identities and ideals as America reached the end of slavery. One of these African Americans was Janie Crawford whose upbringing was different from that of the slave period. Janie‚ the main character in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” (1937) by novelist Zora Neale Hurston is a perfect example of showing that humans have the skill to learn and grow by trial and error. She experienced life’s offers different from those
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Macbeth‚ let alone any shakespeare play‚ would be difficult to portray because so many people have different opinions about the the scene should be. Shakespeare’s does not make this challenge any easier because he sets it up so the reader/viewer can make some interpretations his/herself. These two portrayals of Macbeth‚ the Kenneth Branagh and the Mel Gibson version‚ are extremely opposite to one another. Of course they still tell the story of Macbeth‚ but there is much controversy over who did it
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