Scene Analysis from Citizen Kane

practically regarded as the greatest get ever do, because of the use of cinematography, level structure and medicine etcetera that was innovative of the time it was made in, Citizen Kane (Orson Welles 1941) is a frivol away á clef that peers into the vicissitudes in the invigoration of a newspaper tycoon, Charles Foster Kane, by means of with(predicate) the lines of the people in his life that was close to him in site to solve the mystery of his decease word, Rosebud. The term that leave be analysed is the sequence where in Xanadus butlers account of when he heard Rosebud, Susan Alexander, Kanes second wife, leaves him for good, sending him into a fit of rage which results in his silent departure. This analysis will pick apart the sequence and put it back unneurotic again to extract the principal(prenominal) themes that arise from it.\nIn the hatchway blastoff of this sequence, the dissolve from the outdoor view of the day takes us to a large K, accompanied by sal ient non diegetic music. The change in music completely interrupts the calm emphasized music that was playing beforehand it, which foreshadows a dramatic scene later on in the sequence. The K imposes itself on us; almost looming over us like Kane does to Susan in the preceding(prenominal) jigsaw sequence. This reinforces his overbearing, self-centred and egotistic nature that has increased with his age, and that Susan has had generous of.\nThe first word uttered after this opening is Rosebud, and as the camera cuts to Mr Thompson and his interviewee, the wake stool them shining in by and through the windows illuminates the staircase. This light symbolises Mr Thompsons pursuit to nonplus the meaning of Rosebud, as he is literally cast off light on Kanes life by peeking through it. This is similar to the scene where Mr Rawlston told Mr Thompson to find out what Rosebud meant, where the room was shrouded in darkness apart from the light streaming in through the windows. That symbolised the mysteriousness of Kanes life...