End of WW1 : 1918

After the war the Allies joined to together and formed a treaty as a way to punish Germany, The Treaty of Versailles. Germany was forced to sign the treaty that established peace between all the nations and take responsibility for the war. Germany was crippled financially, socially, and had a reduced militia. This eventually lead to the economic crisis in 1923.

During the years after the war UFA aimed to publicise German culture and improve the public image of Germany which had been stained after the war. German expressionism was completely banned in some countries which limited their ability to reach international audience. The depression that followed during their economic crises was manifested into their films and media – Despair, twisted, distorted

Films released: 1923 Germany

The setting of the cabinet of Dr Caligari is all presented as triangles. For example all doors are triangular, roof are triangular the whole setting is set upon the shape of the triangle.

In the set photo you can see how the walkways are triangular along with the doorway presented. Even the shadows on the floor have connotations of a triangle. There fore I’d like to base the set on the concept of a triangle.

You can see how everything is on a slant and that dead centre the walls create the triangular shape. The floor in the setting isn’t flat and is placed upon an angle therefore with the set design and in shooting id like to ensure that we present the characters and setting as on a slant. The film, as a result, presents us with a dark and twisted world with distorted shapes and angles.

For the setting we intend on using greenscreen with the rebound of using projection in case greenscreen fails us. The background will be hand painted and crafted then created digitally to be placed on greenscreen.

Taking this image as inspiration I can take a photo of somewhere similar and add trees around where buildings are.

Why do critics praise Citizen Kane as ‘Being the greatest film ever made?’

Intro:

Citizen Kane features techniques that have been the main influence for mainstream films even today and have had a long-term influence on the way films are produced. Orson Welles discovered new ways of structuring actors and camera angles to add deeper emphasis on the roles and relationships of the characters. Most notable was his use of deep focus that consisted of other techniques with lighting, composition, and type of camera lens.

Techniques such as these were new to the typical 1940s audience and therefore was not as well recognized by critics at the time. To a more modern audience ‘Citizen Kane’ is now being praised as being ‘the greatest movie of all time’ by fans and critics for its storytelling, visual style, and editing style Orson Welles integrated throughout the film (montage, dissolves, etc). Citizen Kane’s influence can be spotted in modern films such as ‘The other side of the wind (2018)’ and ‘There will be blood (2007)’. Orson Welles was just 25 when he produced Citizen Kane and with the cinematographer, Gregg Toland, and the editor, Robert Wise under Welle’s direction the film gained its reputation as groundbreaking and innovative from its time.

Conc.

I believe Citizen Kane’s attention and praise from critics derive from its use of new filming techniques to tell its story. The film introduced new ways of using cinematography and editing to influence the meaning of a storyline and in turn, influenced dozens of other films. After the decades since its release, it received the appraise it never had during its years of release. Welles stained the film industry with his detailed and technical style. Now it’s being referred to as the ‘greatest film of all time’.

Refs:

https://screenrant.com/citizen-kane-best-movie-all-time-why

https://www.sparknotes.com/film/citizenkane/section2

https://screenrant.com/10-films-apart-from-mank-to-watch-if-you-liked-citizen-kane/