Citizen Kane

Ariana Montagnino

Non-Linear Editing

Alex Bordino

1 March 2015

Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane begins at the end. The narrative starts at the deathbed of Charles Kane, giving you little insight on his life. The rest of the story of Charles Kane was told through flashbacks, or scenes from the past, to give you a closer look on the kind of person Kane was before his death. Another technique we learned in class that was applied to Citizen Kane was eye line matching, or shorts from behind a characters shoulder showing another character engaging with them in conversation, reminding the viewer that the two characters are in the same place talking to each other. This was applied during the interview scenes, where the interviewer was asking Kane’s family and friends questions so you could both see what his life was like, as well as join the interviewer on his quest to figure out why Kane's last word was "rosebud". I thought the movie was interesting, and I enjoyed the camera flash transitions that smoothly served as a segue between scenes.