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    Auteur

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    film‚ like a mother to an infant. For example‚ the director that I believe qualify as auteur is Orson Welles. Orson Welles meets the definition I have provided because as a director he was able to effectively express personal ideas. The film “Citizen Kane” marked the first time the technique “Deep Focus” was used extensively and effectively. In this film Orson Welles was able to express his vision and apply the deep focus technique effectively. Another director who I qualify as an auteur is Spike

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    Essay On Citizen Kane

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    Through all that it is able to produce one more quality: the quality of becoming timeless. The movie “Citizen Kane” is widely regarded to be one of the best films of all time‚ and it was released over 70 years ago now‚ but because of the quality effort and innovation that went in to the production‚ it has been able to stand the test of time. The good films

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    Orson Welles

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    John Houseman and together the pair made the Mercury Theatre in 1937. A year later in 1938 the two produced "The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Their radio show became most famous when it broadcasts it’s version of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds." Citizen Kane was his first of his films of Welles to be seen by the public eye. It was known as a huge loss for RKO losing about 150‚000 for the studios. Although ironically the film is known as the best film ever made today. Many of his films that continued

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    the beginning of the first colored talkies‚ and finally to the modern day action packed‚ CGD filled‚ Michael Bay directed "eye candy" they called movies‚ movie reviewers and fans alike have debated the best movie of all time. From Casablanca to Citizen Kane‚ to the Godfather‚ to The Shawshank Redemption‚ and more recently to Boyhood‚ people have claimed that these movies were the best of all time; however‚ unless the movie that they’re talking about is Mad Max Fury Road‚ then they are clearly mistaken

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    broadcast (History.com Staff 4). Little did Orson know that his broadcast would actually help him gain publicity. “In fact‚ the publicity helped land him a contract with a Hollywood studio and in 1941 he directed‚ wrote‚ produced a starred in “Citizen Kane” - a movie that many have called the greatest American film ever made” (History.com Staff

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    Hollywood Reporter‚ who polled almost everyone in the entertainment industry‚ the answer is The Godfather; according to the American Film Institute (AFI)‚ who have worked some fifty years to preserve and honor motion pictures and its performers‚ Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time; and according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)‚ one of the most reliable databases for movie and industry information‚ The Shawshank Redemption rated by fans and others is the greatest movie of all time;

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    Citizen Journalist

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    Caterin L. Villar November 27‚ 2011 English 102 Professor Rigney Is Assuming the Role of Citizen Journalist worth the Risk? Amateur journalism is becoming more and more popular everyday with the advancement of technology. Newspapers across America have become so decimated by staff cutbacks that citizen journalists are stepping in to fill the gap in covering the news.  Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Youtube are only some of the free websites where users are connected with others and can share in

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    The unknown Citizen

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    poem “ The Unknown Citizen By W H Auden is a poem that pokes fun at the life of a automaton working in a factory. Reading it in a glance‚ I find the title that catches my very first attention. It is because Auden gives the poem such a title that the whole poem sounds so dramatic and pompous‚ as if it is dedicated to some citizen who have sacrificed so much for the nation. The citizen‚ to my dismay‚ is never named and remains as the unknown one throughout the whole poem. The citizen is referred to JS/07/M/378

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    The Unknown Citizen

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    <center><b>The Unknown Citizen Is Me</b></center> <br> <br>"The Unknown Citizen"‚ a poem written by W.H. Auden‚ reflects a period of vast change in America’s history‚ making "The Unknown Citizen" an example of the government’s view of the perfect modern man in an overrated‚ unrealistic society. <br> <br>During the time period that this poem was written‚ in the late 1930’s‚ The United States was going through tremendous social‚ political and economic change. Following the passing of Black Monday

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    Citizen Journalism

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    I.3.1 The definition of Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism‚ can be defined as a community news and informationshared online and/or in print. The content is generated by users and readers. It can betext / blogs‚ digital storytelling‚ images‚ audio file‚ podcasting or video. Feedback anddiscussion on issues raised is received in the same way.2 Citizen journalism is a form of citizen media - where individuals write and orcomment on issues they feel are left out of the mainstream media. Many issuesaddressed

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