Citizen Kane

Ryan Demers

NonLinear Editing

Alex Bordino

Spring 2015

The techniques used in the film Citizen Kane were very dynamic. I felt like the movie was made up of a series of interviews that were reenacted as the reporter searched to find out what Charles Foster Kane meant by "rosebud" on his deathbed. The jumping between time eras was intriguing especially when the characters were made to look older than their younger versions. The film contained many creative transitions from one scene to the next. One transition I liked was when a man was clapping his hands and then that clap transitioned into the audience clapping at the Opera House. The organization of the scenes was important so the audience would know what era they are currently in. My favorite scene from the movie was when Kane and his wife were eating breakfast and the deterioration of his marriage and obsession for the newspaper is displayed within a matter of seconds. Kane begins the montage as being a loving husband complimenting his wife and by the end he has become obsessive and slightly delusional.