High Noon The director of High Noon Zinamen used a variety of techniques to create sympathy in the audience for the protagonist marshal Kane. In this essay I will explore a variety of those techniques including exploring how mise en scene, cinematography and acting and the plot place a key role in portraying sympathy in the audience for the main character. Marshal Kane has 1 hour 24 minutes to raise a posse to fight 4 men who are coming to town to kill him, the townspeople refuse to help him and this causes Marshall Kane to slowly deteriorates, although he defeats the antagonist at the end. Cinemamephotography and acting were used to create sympathy in the audience by using lots of close ups of Marshal Kane's face every time he was refused help. This camera angle was used because it emphasized how sad, defeated and upset Kane because none of the townspeople would help him fight the four antagonists. Long …show more content…
This is evident when marshal Kane returns to his office to write his will. The director decides to use black and white instead of colour because it is a sad text and this is really emphasized in Kane's office. There is also a very little use of props which emphasizes that marshal Kane is in a bad situation. The acting is very defeated with the camera focusing on the marshals face which expresses his defeated attitude and almost tells us that he knows that the end is near. This is a correct assumption because we next see the Marshall writing his will. The costumes also add to the defeated attitude and air about the scene because they are dirty which reminds us about his fight with the deputy Marshall, which further reinforces that he is deserted and will have to face his end by himself and die alone friendless. These factors again highlight how badly Marshall Kane's situation is and therefore creates more sympathy in the
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Citizen Kane’s larger than life character is Charlie Kane, and he is shot from a low angle many times. This is showing the power and effect he has on others and how his fame is “too good to be
The visual aspects of this film are truly amazing. One of things that really caught my eye was the set of Xanadu. When Susan left Kane and she was walking away, the camera caught a great shot that portrayed the massiveness and beauty of the estate. Another part of the film that caught my attention was when the reporters were going through Kane's things in Xanadu and they showed all the things and statues that Kane owned. It was amazing how they were able to show all the stuff Kane had in his estate. The lighting was also a big part of this film. They used a lot of shadowing. For instance, when Kane and Susan were arguing, Kane's shadow completely covered Susan. To me, the use of shadowing in this scene portrayed how much stronger and more important Kane was than Susan. At the beginning of the movie, they also used fishbowl lens. The first scene in the movie where Kane was found dead, most of it was filmed with a fishbowl lens. It gave the introduction of the film a very unique look. I also noticed that they used mirrors in the scene where Kane was walking away from all his servants and guests that witnessed his anger ou...
Both Rainsford and Will Kane are faced with death. The only thing Will Kane has to fight with is himself because no one will help him. The only thing Rainsford has to fight with is a hunting knife. Will Kane only had a little over an hours notice the Frank Miller was coming. Rainsford had know choice but to play the most dangerous game because he couldn't believe because he is you're at school you have no choice but to fight. All of these created a level of suspense.
"To make it fair," General Zaroff says, "We will fight one on one, brain vs brain, skill vs skill." So Rainsford goes out in the forest to fight. Fortunately Rainsford was being smart by making traps for The General, and he went through one of them and hit his right shoulder, and then he went back to his castle since he was hurt. Kane was just by himself, and then all of a sudden Frank Miller and his gang came strolling down the alley, and he heard wack, and glass shattered everywhere. There was tons of action between Kane and his enemies, and Kane ended up killing 2 of the guys that he was going against, so their were only two left. In "The Most Dangerous Games" Rainsford gets more from General Zaroff because the General brings in Ivan, and one of his wolves, but luckily Rainsford sets a great trap that kills Ivan and The dog, and Zaroff was full of
Citizen Kane made cinematic advances on many fronts, and its most significant contribution to cinematography came from the use of a technique known as deep focus, which is having everything in the frame, even the background, in focus at the same time. Where before only the
It became the last American film noir in the classic era of noirs. The movie’s script is based on the novel Badge of Evil written by Whit Masterson. This film was regarded as one filled with exaggerations, controversial themes relating to ambiguity in sexuality, and racism. It is also regarded as a rebellious and bizarre film that made a mockery of the sensibilities existing in the 1950s (Anderson 23). The Touch of Evil is the story of Orson Wells (Hank Quilan) who is a corrupt policeman. He is under investigation by the UN narcotics agency, Charlton Heston (Mike Vargas) who is an agent of the agency who is pursuing Hank Quilan. Hank sought refuge in a brothel where he encounters the love of his life Tanya. Despite, being abandoned by all his friends, Tanya remains true to him. She facilitates his escape from Vargas. She further helps him in confronting his own demons. From the film, it is clear that she loves him (Anderson 23). In this study, we will analyses the instances of violence in both films as well as their respective narratives in determining their importance to the story and analyzing how the directors used different modes of cinematic in engaging the audience’s
In the beginning, Thatcher believes that obtaining the newspaper company ‘The Inquirer’ is seemingly useless however Kane believes that this newspaper company can be used to “look after the underprivileged”. Emphasising the purpose and the ideals of Kane, however, this belief doesn’t last. As his paper grows in stature these morals begin to degrade. He starts to lie in the newspaper, which is shown in a line that was adopted from Hearst “you provide the prose poems, I’ll provide the war”. This parallelism provides the start of yellow journalism where the news is supposed to shock and therefore sell the paper even if the story is false. The start of the degradation of morals is shown by the chiaroscuro lighting as Kane signs the “Declaration of Principles”. As he signs this he is shown to move from the light into the shadows, foreshadowing Kane 's descent into corruption due to the hunger for power. This is coupled with the camera shooting Kane from a low angle symbolising Kane 's escalation in power which is shown to be the cause of the fall into corruption. The corruption of Kane is also shown in his relationship with Emily and the deterioration of their relationship. This is conveyed mainly through the montage scene which depicts Kane and Emily being close in proxemics implying initially the bond that they share however as time
The impeccable use of cinematographic techniques also heightens the film and aids to reveal character development. In order to properly analyze this film, an evaluation of the narrative structure, time, space, and sound must be done. Each of
The film Citizen Kane is a mystery beginning in Xanadu, Florida, with Charles Foster Kane on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters “Rosebud” before dying. Reporter Jerry Thompson sets out to tell Kane’s story, as well as discover the meaning of Rosebud. Thompson begins to interview all of Kane’s known friends and associates. First, Kane’s second wife, Susan Alexander Kane, is interviewed, but refuses to speak about her late husband. The story then moves to Charles Kane’s childhood. Mary Kane, his mother, discovers a gold mine on their property in Colorado, bringing them out of poverty. Playing with a sled, Charles discovers he’s being sent away to be raised by a bank in New York. Walter Thatcher arranges a trust fund to be received by Kane upon turning 25. Years
He is either blocked by shadows or just shot with his back facing the camera, as shown in this scene and the following scenes. As suggested by Bordwell and Thompson “the plot’s handling of Thompson makes him a neutral conduit for the story information that he gathers” (Thompson, and Bordwell, P.122). Up until this point, the newsreel has shown a purely commercialized image of Kane. Mr. Thompson is the device that is used to find a deeper understanding of the situation. This effect also allows the protagonist to still be Kane even after his
Many tactics may be used to make a film successful. So much so, that films by certain directors can be identified by the usage of these tactics, or traits, that are found to be unique to the films they produce. One of the strategies that Alfred Hitchcock often employed would be to “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” The audience can suffer in many ways, such as when a film invokes a question to be asked, or emotion when they know something that the characters do not, which can add to the audience experience in a positive aspect.
He is missing Rosebud. If you want to know who or what Rosebud is, then you will have to watch the movie. Orson Welles not only directs and produces the movie but also plays Kane. He does a fantastic job of bringing this one-of-a-kind character to life. The story, while simple, is very effective.
Also, Welles furthers the image of how demanding Kane is of Susan and many others. Mr. Welles conveys the message that Kane has suffered a hard life, and will continue until death. Welles conveys many stylistic features as well as fundamentals of cinematography through use of light and darkness, staging and proxemics, personal theme development and materialism within the film, Citizen Kane. Welles prominently portrays his figures with a specific amount of light or darkness, stunningly affecting whole scenes stylistically. The scene at Xanadu establishes Mr. Kane as an overbearing, controlling character.
In a particularly odd method of presenting a story, the movie Citizen Kane takes place mostly within the past, not in the sense of being placed before our current time, but rather through the use of flashbacks. Viewers follow a young reporter as he as he interviews people about a recently deceased Mr. Kane, who led a long life as a business tycoon and a politician in the United States. . Orson Wells, the writer of this 1940’s classic, depicts Kane as what many would consider the perfect example of who it means to be an American. He is an intelligent, well raised man, who both pursues and gains greatness in all aspects of life. Upon his death bed Kane whispers the words “Rosebud” while holding a glass snow globe, a phrase that is quickly snapped