Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane Citizen Kane was directed and produced by Orson Welles. Influenced by Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst, Welles created the character Charles Foster Kane. This was a black and white film made in 1941 about a boy who inherited a millionaire’s fortune and dedicated all his time and money into make a newspaper, The New York Inquirer, which grew rapid popularity among the public. Throughout the film we see that the paper consumes …

…are still being used today in modern age films. I enjoyed this film because it focuses a lot on the blacks in the black and white instead of making a happy go lucky black and white film, which I feel would ruin the point Welles was trying to make. A lot of shadows are used and obscure lighting techniques were used which I found very fascinating and visually pleasing, to see the change in style.