EXPLAIN HOW THE PRODUCTION CONTEXT OF CITZEN KANE INFLUENCED THE “LOOK AND FEEL” OF THE END PRODUCT.

The cinematography of Citizen Kane was crucial in order to influence the end product. This included lighting, screen frame size, camera movements and a range of long and deep shots. All of these techniques were difficult to produce at the time and obtain a quality scene out of them.

The use of flashbacks and deep focuses influenced the overall mysterious atmosphere of the film and managed to portray the plot and allow the audience to get insight and understand Kane’s final words which were a mystery to many before he died. The context achieved from flashbacks to Kane’s childhood incorporated and highlighted how his “success” ultimately turned into nostalgia, loneliness and greed which lead to his death and how he becomes hungry and greedy for power and wealth corrupting and stripping him away from his initial personality.