Citizen Kane Post

We watched the movie Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles. For a movie that came out over 60 years ago, I thought it was very well done. The camera angles, the lighting, the sounds/music, all made this movie one of the best films ever made. I'm going to talk about how mise-en-scene was used in the movie. I noticed this mostly used through lighting, and costume and make-up. I noticed it in lighting when they would use high and low-key lighting. One part I really noticed the low-key lighting was when Kane was signing the Principles Paper. He was really in the shadows while everyone else seemed to be normally lit. I think Welles used this technique to make it look dark that Kane was signing the Principles Papers as if he was going to break the rules later on. The costume and make-up aspects fit perfectly for this movie. They wore what they normally wore in the old days. Also I thought they used make-up pretty well towards the end of the movie when they made Kane and Susan look like they were older. Even though it was obvious he was wearing a mask, it still added the effect of age to his face. Overall this movie is a classic and portrays great film techniques. I enjoyed this movie, but wouldn't consider it myself one of the best films ever made.