JOURNALISM -- "Citizen Kane"

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RULES FOR MOVIE TITLES:

Put the title of a movie in quotation marks.

Capitalize the principle words, including prepositions and conjunctions of FOUR or more letters.

Capitalize an article (a, an, the) or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word of a title.

Put quotation marks around the names of all such works except the Bible and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material (almanacs, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.).

ie. "Time After Time""The Star-Spangled Banner""For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Encyclopedia Britannica"Citizen Kane""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

1. Type a 1- to 2-page movie review of "Citizen Kane", the movie voted the greatest of the 20th century by the American Film Institute.

2. Your review should be in third person, past tense.

3. You should double space your review and put it in paragraph form.

4. Your review should answer these questions with specific examples and AT LEAST TWO QUOTES FROM THE MOVIE:

A. Why was this movie considered the best in 100 years? Does it compare to movies made in the 1990s?

B. What about the making or presentation of this movie could have been considered revolutionary for 1941? Consider direction, camera angles, lighting, etc.

CHARACTERACTOR

Charles Foster KaneOrson Welles

Joseph Cotten

Dorothy Comingore

Ray Collins

George Colouris

Agnes Moorhead

Erskine Sanford

BernsteinEverette Sloane

Paul Stewart

Ruth Warrick

TAKE NOTES ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET

JOURNALISM -- "Citizen Kane"

Answer the following questions as you watch the video.______/20 POINTS

  1. Who is Citizen Kane?
  1. It’s been said that the movie is based on what famous person’s life?
  1. What key event happens in Kane’s childhood in the movie? Explain.
  1. What newspapers is Kane in charge of in the movie?
  1. How does he make his newspapers successful? Explain.
  1. What motif repeats throughout the story? Explain.
  1. What does “rosebud” mean at the end of the story? Look into the fireplace at the end to know.
  1. What is Xanadu in the movie?
  1. Look at the camera angles in the movie. How do the angles differ for shots of Kane vs. other people? Explain with examples.

10. How is lighting used to create effects for this movie? Explain with examples.

  1. What did you find interesting about the movie? Explain in a strong paragraph.